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Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

1972 · Funk / Soul

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Everybody Plays The Fool is a Soul & Funk album by The Main Ingredient, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 30 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Everybody Plays the Fool3:22
  2. 2Just Don't Want to Be Lonely3:33
  3. 3Superwoman3:14
  4. 4Rolling Down a Mountainside4:33
  5. 5I Am Yours4:12
  6. 6Happiness Is Just Around the Bend6:20
  7. 7You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)3:29
  8. 8Girl Blue4:22
  9. 9Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love)3:13
  10. 10Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing4:07
  11. 11Let Me Prove My Love to You3:40
  12. 12I'm So Proud3:34
  13. 13You've Been My Inspiration2:52
  14. 14Make It With You3:48
  15. 15Euphrates4:43
  16. 16Black Seeds Keep On Growing3:31

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Classic Soul
  • warm
  • tender
  • soulful

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"Everybody Plays the Fool" is the title of a popular song written by J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark and Ken Williams. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best R&B Song at the 1973 ceremony.
The first recording of the song to reach the Top 40 in the United States was by the R&B group The Main Ingredient, a trio consisting at the time of Cuba Gooding, Sr., Tony Silvester and Luther Simmons, Jr. Their version of "Everybody Plays the Fool" rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1972 and was certified gold by the RIAA. This version also peaked at #2 on the Billboard R&B chart and at #25 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. It was the group's highest charting hit single.

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