| "Just Your Fool" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra | |
| B-side | "A-12" |
| Released | 1954 |
| Recorded | New York City, 1953 |
| Genre | Rhythm and blues |
| Length | 2:49 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Songwriter(s) | Buddy Johnson[1] |
"Just Your Fool" (or "I'm Just Your Fool" as it was first titled) is a rhythm and blues-style song written and recorded by the American jazz and jump blues bandleader/pianist Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra in 1953.[1] Called an "R&B anthem", the song has a big-band arrangement and his sister Ella Johnson on vocals—her "delicate and deceptively sweet phrasing was ideally suited to ballads such as this".[1] "I'm Just Your Fool" became a Billboard R&B chart record hit, reaching number six in 1954.[2]
- ^ a b c Romano, Mark. "I'm Just Your Fool — Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Little Walter". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 223. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.