I Pity the Fool

"I Pity the Fool"
Single by Bobby Bland
from the album Two Steps from the Blues
B-side"Close to You"
Released1961 (1961)
Recorded1960
StudioChicago
GenreSoul blues
Length2:30
LabelDuke
Songwriter(s)
  • Deadric Malone (credited)[1]
  • Joe Medwick (actual)[2]
Producer(s)Don Robey
Bobby Bland singles chronology
"Cry, Cry, Cry"
(1960)
"I Pity the Fool"
(1961)
"Don't Cry No More"
(1961)

"I Pity the Fool" is a 1961 song by Bobby Bland. It was taken from his debut studio album Two Steps from the Blues. It was covered by The Manish Boys featuring David Bowie in 1965.

References

  1. Hogan, Ed. "Deadric Malone – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  2. Wood, Roger (2012). Jasinski, Laurie E. (ed.). Handbook of Texas Music (2nd ed.). College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. eBook. ISBN 978-0876112977.