Songs with Earlier Histories Than the Hit Version

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Love’s Made a Fool of You

First recorded by Buddy Holly, writer (1958, released UK #39 1964).
Hit versions by The Crickets (UK #26 1959), Bobby Fuller Four (US #26 1966), Cochise (US #96 1971).

From the wiki: “Love’s Made a Fool of You’ was co-written and originally performed by Buddy Holly in 1954. It was first recorded in 1958 by Holly as a demo for The Everly Brothers (who chose not to record it). Holly’s demo would be posthumously released in the UK in 1964 on the Peggy Sue Got Married EP; charting in the UK Top 40. The song would be covered by The Crickets (Holly’s backup band) in 1959, becoming the group’s first single to be released following Holly’s death, but would be more famously covered in 1966 by The Bobby Fuller Four (who also covered The Crickets ‘I Fought the Law‘ the previous year).

“UK Country-rock band Cochise covered ‘Love’s Made a Fool of You’ in 1971. The band is more significant for the band members than with what they produced. Singer Stewart Brown had grown up with Reggie Dwight, later Elton John, and co-founded the band Bluesology with him. After the demise of Cochise, Mick Grabham made a solo album in 1972 and, then, the following year, joined Procol Harum.”

The Crickets, “Love’s Made a Fool of You” (1959):

Bobby Fuller Four, “Love’s Made a Fool of You” (1966):

Cochise, “Love’s Made a Fool of You” (1971):

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