What Kind of Fool Am I? explained

What Kind of Fool Am I?
Type:single
Artist:Sammy Davis Jr.
Album:What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
B-Side:Gonna Build a Mountain
Recorded:1962
Genre:Easy listening, R&B
Length:2:58
Label:Reprise
Prev Title:Bye Bye Blackbird
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:Gonna Build a Mountain
Next Year:1962

"What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off. It comes at the end of Act Two to close the show.[1] [2] Bricusse and Newley received the 1961 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[3] At the 1963 Grammy Awards, it won the award for Song of the Year and was the first by Britons to do so.

Background

This song was recorded whilst Newley was on the road with this production in the United States, after its successful run in the United Kingdom. By the time the cast reached New York, Tony Bennett had re-recorded the song.

Cover versions

Parodies and popular culture

Song legacy

This song was the inspiration for a Gary Larson cartoon depicting scientists examining human subjects with the caption "Yes, they're all fools, gentlemen... But the question remains, 'What KIND of fools are they?'".

Notes and References

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stop-world-i-want-to-get-off/id95052468 itunes
  2. http://www.allmusicals.com/s/stoptheworld-iwanttogetoff.htm allmusicals.com
  3. Lister, David, Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion, The Independent, 28 May 1994
  4. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  5. Web site: I'll Cry If I Want To. Unterberger, R.. Richie Unterberger. Allmusic. 2011-08-08.
  6. http://www.discogs.com /sergio-franchi
  7. [George Maharis]
  8. Web site: Original versions of What Kind of Fool Am I? By Perry Como | SecondHandSongs. SecondHandSongs .
  9. "Bill Evans Discography," https://www.jazzdisco.org/bill-evans/discography/, JAZZDISCO.org, Accessed 27 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Moon & Sand - Jacky Terrasson Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic . . 27 August 2020 . en-us.