As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

#93 Fools Fall In Love -- The Drifters (1957)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSpk5hSDoTQ
“Fools Fall in Love” is one of the greatest songs ever written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, although certainly not one of their better-known. This is the original “classic” version of the Drifters that featured Clyde McPhatter, not the later (but equally great) incarnation with Ben E. King that produced such classics as “Under the Boardwalk” and “Up on the Roof.” The original Drifters were also responsible for the greatest version of “White Christmas” ever (sorry Bing), which was featured in the first Home Alone movie.
 
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