Shake the Hand of a Fool
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"Shake the Hand of a Fool" | |
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Promotional single by Titus Turner | |
Released | September 1961 |
Genre | R&B |
Length | 2:03 |
Label | Jamie |
Songwriter(s) | Margie Singleton |
"Shake the Hand of a Fool" is a song by written by American singer-songwriter Margie Singleton[1] and recorded by R&B singer Titus Turner, released as a non-album promotional single on Jamie Records in 1961.[2] Though Turner's original English-language recording failed to chart, the song would become a hit in France and French Belgium through a French-language adaption by Jil & Jan titled "Serre la main d'un fou" a year later by French musician Johnny Hallyday, released as a single by Philips Records that May.[3][4][5] Hallyday also covered the original English version as the opening track on his first foreign-language and English-language studio album "Sings America's Rockin' Hits" earlier in 1962 but was not released as a single nor charted.[6][7][8] Hallyday's version also re-enetered the French charts in 2000 and peaked at Number 45.[9]
Track listing
Promotional single (1961, Jamie 1202)[10]
- Shake the Hand of a Fool (Margie Singleton) (2:02)
- Beautiful Stranger (Bob Hilliard, Milton Delugg) (2:15)
Track listings (Hallyday)
Serre la main d'un fou / Laissez-nous twister / Dans un jardin d'amour / Une fille comme toi (1962, Philips 432.780 BE)[11]
- Serre la main d'un fou (Margie Singleton, Jil & Jan) (2:45)
- Dans un jardin d'amour (Gene Pitney, Jil & Jan) (2:10)
- Laissez-nous twister (Sam Cooke, André Pascal) (2:22)
- Une fille comme toi (Jerry Lordan, Raymond Mahmoudi) (2:38)
Charts (Hallyday)
Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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France (SNEP)[12] | 10 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] | 19 |
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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France (SNEP)[14] | 45 |
References
- ^ "lescharts.com - Titus Turner - Shake The Hand Of A Fool". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Titus Turner - Shake The Hand Of A Fool". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Discographie 1962". hallyday.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Sings America's Rockin' Hits". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Sings America's Rockin' Hits - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Discographie 1962". hallyday.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Titus Turner - Shake the Hand of a Fool".
- ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.