| What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Tams |
| Album: | Presenting The Tams |
| B-Side: | Laugh It Off |
| Released: | 1964 |
| Recorded: | 1963 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 2:00 |
| Label: | ABC-Paramount |
| Prev Title: | Silly Little Girl |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | It's All Right (You're Just In Love) |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
| What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bill Deal and the Rhondels |
| Album: | The Best of Bill Deal & The Rhondels |
| B-Side: | Are You Ready For This? |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Recorded: | 1968 |
| Genre: | Bubblegum pop, southern soul |
| Length: | 2:13 |
| Label: | Heritage |
| Producer: | Jerry Ross |
| Prev Title: | May I |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | I've Been Hurt |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
"What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" is a 1964 single written by Ray Whitley and recorded by the Tams.[1]
This track was one of the many hit records recorded at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Musicians on this track included Norbert Putnam on bass, Jerry Carrigan on drums, David Briggs on piano, Terry Thompson and Earl "Peanut" Montgomery on guitar, and Jill Shires on flute.
The single was the group's most successful release on both the United States R&B and pop charts. "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" went to number one on the Cash Box R&B chart and peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 224.