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1962 single by Sammy Davis Jr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off. It comes at the end of Act Two to close the show.[1][2] Bricusse and Newley received the 1961 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[3] At the 1963 Grammy Awards, it won the award for Song of the Year and was the first by Britons to do so.
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" | ||||
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Single by Sammy Davis Jr. | ||||
from the album What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers | ||||
B-side | "Gonna Build a Mountain" | |||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | 1962 | |||
Genre | Easy listening, R&B | |||
Length | 2:58 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Sammy Davis Jr. singles chronology | ||||
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This song was recorded whilst Newley was on the road with this production in the United States, after its successful run in the United Kingdom. By the time the cast reached New York, Tony Bennett had re-recorded the song.
This song was the inspiration for a Gary Larson cartoon depicting scientists examining human subjects with the caption "Yes, they're all fools, gentlemen... But the question remains, 'What KIND of fools are they?'".
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