There's a Fool Born Every Minute

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute" is a song written by Paul Evans and Paul Parnes. It was recorded and released as a single in 1968 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis.

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute"
Single by Skeeter Davis
from the album Skeeter Skeeter Skeeter
B-side"I Can't See Past My Tears"
ReleasedMarch 1968
RecordedJanuary 11, 1968
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
GenreCountry, Nashville Sound
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Paul Evans, Paul Parnes
Producer(s)Felton Jarvis
Skeeter Davis singles chronology
"Instinct for Survival"
(1968)
"There's a Fool Born Every Minute"
(1968)
"Timothy"
(1968)

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on January 11, 1968. The session was produced by Felton Jarvis.[1] The song was released as a single in March 1968, reaching the top-twenty of the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart.[2] Additionally, it became Davis' first single to chart on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, reaching number eighteen.[3] In 1971, the song was issued onto her studio album Skeeter Skeeter Skeeter.

Chart performance

Chart (1968) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 16
CAN RPM Country Songs 18

References

  1. "Skeeter Davis discography". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. "Search results for "Skeeter Davis" under Country Songs". RPM. Retrieved 6 January 2014.


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