Rudy Clark
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Background information | |
Birth name | Rudolph Clark[1] |
Born | New York, U.S. | October 29, 1935
Died | September 3, 2020 Florida, U.S. | (aged 84)
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
Rudolph Clark (October 29, 1935 – September 3, 2020)[2][unreliable source?] was an American songwriter credited with hit songs such as "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", "Got My Mind Set on You", "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)", and "Good Lovin' " (written with Artie Resnick). He was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. He has more than 250 copyrights listed by BMI.
Background
While working as a mailman in New York City in 1961, Clark wrote songs, and discovered singer
Clark was a close friend of singer Bobby Darin, who owned TM Music/Trio, the music company that employed Clark. Clark and Darin collaborated on several hits, including "Do the Monkey".
Clark wrote the Top 10 pop classic "
Clark composed "All Strung Out Over You" which was recorded by The Chambers Brothers, and was released on Columbia 4-43957 on December 19, 1966.[4][5] It became a regional hit for the group, and by January 11, 1967, it was at #34 on the WMCA chart.[6][7]
Clark was nominated for the
Besides being heard on
Chart hits written
Year | Song[8] | Original artist[8] | Co-writer(s) with Clark[8] | US Pop [9] |
US R&B [10] |
UK
[11] |
Other charting versions[8] | |
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1961 | "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" | James Ray | 22 | 10 | — | 1963: Freddie and the Dreamers, #3 UK 1965: Maxine Brown, #63 US pop | ||
1962 | "Itty Bitty Pieces" | James Ray | 41 | — | — | |||
" Got My Mind Set On You "
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James Ray | — | — | — | 1987: George Harrison, #1 US pop, #2 UK | |||
"Waddle, Waddle" | The Bracelets | 113 | — | — | ||||
1963 | "Do the Monkey" | King Curtis | Bobby Darin | 92 | — | — | ||
"Shirl Girl" | Wayne Newton | Bobby Darin | 58 | — | — | |||
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" | Merry Clayton | — | — | — | 1964: Betty Everett, #6 US pop, #1 R&B, #34 UK (1968) 1975: Linda Lewis, #107 US pop, #97 R&B. #6 UK 1977: Kate Taylor, #49 US pop 1990: Cher, #33 US pop, #1 UK | |||
1964 | "Beg Me" | Chuck Jackson | 45 | 5 | — | |||
"What Can a Man Do?" | Ben E. King | 113 | 39 | — | ||||
"Do It Right" | Brook Benton | 67 | 33 | — | ||||
1965 | "Why Don't You Let Yourself Go" | Mary Wells | 107 | — | — | |||
"Good Lovin' " | The Olympics | Artie Resnick | 81 | — | — | 1966: The Young Rascals , #1 US pop
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1967 | "You Can't Stand Alone" | Wilson Pickett | 70 | 26 | — | |||
1968 | "A Woman With the Blues" | The Lamp Sisters | — | 20 | — | |||
1971 | "You Shouldn't Have Set My Soul on Fire" | Inez Foxx
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— | 50 | — | |||
1972 | "Everybody Plays the Fool" | The Main Ingredient
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J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams | 3 | 2 | 52 | 1991: Aaron Neville, #8 US pop | |
1973 | "After Hours" | J. R. Bailey | J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams | — | 29 | — | ||
1975 | "Seven Lonely Nights" | The Four Tops
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J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams | 71 | 13 | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
References
- ^ Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1962, "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"
- ^ "More music deaths", The Vinyl Word, 16 September 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020
- ^ James Ray, Way Back Attack. Retrieved September 30, 2020
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series – Music, Current and Renewal Registrations, January-June, 1967 A Page 12
- ^ 45Cat – The Chambers Brothers – Discography, The Chambers Brothers, A: All Strung Out Over You, B: Falling In Love
- ^ musicradio77.com – WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for January 11, 1967
- Billboard, January 28, 1967 – Page 58 Breakout Singles
- ^ a b c d "Songs written by Rudy Clark". MusicVF.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ISBN 0-89820-115-2.
- ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
External links
- Rudy Clark at the Internet Broadway Database
- Rudy Clark discography at Discogs
- Rudy Clark at IMDb
- Bobby Darin: The Incredible Story of an Amazing Life Al DiOrio, p. 135 (2004) (Google Books excerpt)
- Bobby Darin: A Life, Michael Starr, pp. 127–29 (2004) (Google Books excerpt; includes interview of Clark)