There's a Fool Born Every Minute

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute"
Single by Skeeter Davis
from the album Skeeter Skeeter Skeeter
B-side	"I Can't See Past My Tears"
Released	March 1968
Format	7" single
Recorded	January 11, 1968 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Genre	Country, Nashville Sound
Label	RCA Victor
Writer(s)	Paul Evans, Paul Parnes
Producer(s)	Felton Jarvis
Skeeter Davis singles chronology
"Instinct for Survival" (1968) "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" (1968) "Timothy" (1968)

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute" is a song written by Paul Evans and Paul Parnes. It was recorded and released as a single in 1968 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis.

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on January 11, 1968. The session was produced by Felton Jarvis.^[1] The song was released as a single in March 1968, reaching the top-twenty of the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart.^[2] Additionally, it became Davis' first single to chart on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, reaching number eighteen.^[3] In 1971, the song was issued onto her studio album Skeeter Skeeter Skeeter.

Chart performance

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	16
CAN RPM Country Songs	18

References

1. "Skeeter Davis discography". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
3. "Search results for "Skeeter Davis" under Country Songs". RPM. Retrieved 6 January 2014.