Artist: Hank Snow
Author: Hank Snow
Label: RCA
Year: 1950
N°1 C&W for 21 weeks. The song that put him on the map; rejected one year earlier by Steve Sholes. B-side of With This Ring I Thee Wed, a Hill & Range choice. Hank was as powerless as Elvis, fell under contract with RCA (Steve Sholes), Hill & Range Publishing and Col. Parker.
Covers:
Willie Nelson [with Hank Snow]
Elvis Presley [had a big hit with Snow's A Fool Such As I]
Emmylou Harris [top 5 C&W]
Johnny Cash [80s recording]
See also: Now And Then There's A Fool Such As I and Yellow Roses.
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Arnold Rypens
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