The Fool - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates [London, England] - 1966 - "Elvis Presley would cover this Lee Hazlewood produced/penned song in 1973 with excellent results. A Blue-Eyed Soul/Rock & Roll beat with a Blues guitar riff. Good first impression on this late 1950's sounding song." - The Very Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates [Import UK] (EMI Records Ltd) [Disc 2]-2008.
FYI: This is his most famous song:
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - 1960 - "One of the BEST. Reached #1 in the UK in August 1960. Later covered by "The Guess Who? (Chad Allan and the Expressions)" in 1964 with excellent results, "The Eyes" 1966, "The Who" 1970. "
NOTE: I picked up this 2 CD compilation new ($9.84 including S/H) from a seller on amazon's site by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates last week (7/21/2011) and finally got around to reviewing it, because I was baby-sitting a dog and two cats at another house:
What you get is 56 songs (1959-1966), 2:18:58 total time, 321.8 MB (MP3 format 320kbps, VBR set at Highest Quality) in iTunes.
What I got was seven songs that are rated 5 stars by me, BUT I'll only present the crème de la crème from these:
Lyrics:
Well Gather round me people
and Hold your glasses high
And drink to a fool, a crazy fool who told his baby goodbye
Too late he found out he loves her
So much he wants to die
Oh drink to a fool, a crazy fool who told his baby goodbye
He needs her, oh he needs her so
and He wonders why he let her go-oo-oo
Oh She's found a new love, buddy
now He's a lucky guy
Oh drink to the fool, 'cause I'm that fool and I told my baby goodbye
Guitar interlude
He needs her, don't you know he needs her so
and He wonders why he let her go-oo-oo
She's found she found a new love, buddy
now He's a lucky guy
Oh drink to the fool, I'm that fool and I told my baby goodbye
I told My baby goodbye
Who told my baby, who told my baby...
PS: check out this song:
Feelin' - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates [London, England] - 1959 - "Very good first impression on the vocals/harmony and late 1950's guitar riffs makes this a standout." - The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates [Import UK] (EMI Records Ltd) [Disc 1]-2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1m37rnVHow
NOTE: check out his most famous song:
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - 1960 - "One of the BEST. Reached #1 in the UK in August 1960. Later covered by "The Guess Who? (Chad Allan and the Expressions)" in 1964 with excellent results."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzN77XlfxB8
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