Love's Made a Fool of You

"Love's Made a Fool of You"
Single by The Crickets
from the album In Style with the Crickets
B-side"Someone, Someone"
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1959
RecordedDecember 16, 1958
StudioNorman Petty Recording (Clovis, New Mexico)
GenreRock and roll
Length2:02
LabelBrunswick 9-55124
SongwritersBuddy Holly, Bob Montgomery[1]
The Crickets singles chronology
"It's So Easy!"
(1958)		 "Love's Made a Fool of You"
(1959)		 "When You Ask About Love"
(1959)

"Love's Made a Fool of You" is a song co-written and originally recorded by Buddy Holly. It was released as a single in 1959 on Brunswick Records by The Crickets without Buddy Holly in a new recording.[2] It featured Sonny Curtis with the Crickets, with the lead vocal by Earl Sinks. It was covered by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1966.[3]

Buddy Holly wrote the song in 1954.[4] It was not until 1958 that he recorded it, as an Everly Brothers demo, which was not released until 1964 on the posthumous Showcase LP.[5] The first public release of "Love's Made a Fool of You", however, was by the Crickets, headed by Sonny Curtis in 1959. It was released as a single from In Style with the Crickets, and stayed on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, peaking at number 26.[6] The Crickets' version, without Holly, was accidentally included on the 1972 compilation album Buddy Holly: A Rock and Roll Collection; the same mistake was made on 1997's The Very Best of Buddy Holly.

Personnel


Charts

Chart (1959) Peak
Position
UK singles chart[7] 26

Bobby Fuller Four version

"Love's Made a Fool of You"
Single label of "Love's Made a Fool of You"
Single by The Bobby Fuller Four
B-side"Don't Ever Let Me Know"
Released1966
Recorded1965–1966
GenreRock and roll
Length2:02
LabelMustang
SongwritersBuddy Holly, Bob Montgomery
ProducerBob Keane
The Bobby Fuller Four singles chronology
"I Fought the Law"
(1965)		 "Love's Made a Fool of You"
(1966)		 "The Magic Touch"
(1966)

The Bobby Fuller Four released a version of the song in 1966, and it became one of the group's most successful recordings. It was another Crickets cover, to follow their smash-hit "I Fought the Law". It broke the Top 30, and was also performed live on Hollywood A Go-Go. This recording features Dalton Powell on drums, taking over from longtime drummer, DeWayne Quirico.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1966) Peak
Position
New Zealand (Listener)[8] 14
US Singles Chart[9] 26

Other versions

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