The Fool - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates [London, England] - 1966

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 ($ 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:
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