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Chain Of Fools by Aretha Franklin
Genre: Soul
Year: 2008
Year: 2008
"Chain of Fools" is a song written by Don Covay. Aretha Franklin first released the song as a single in 1967 and subsequently it appeared on many of her albums. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart, staying there for four weeks, and went to number two on the pop chart in January 1968..
It won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and later a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2004, this song was ranked #249 on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The trademark tremolo guitar licks at the introduction were played by Joe South.
"Chain Of Fools" is an unauthorized rewrite of the gospel song "Pains Of Life", released earlier in 1967 by Elijah Fair & The Sensational Gladys Davis Trio. "Pains Of Life" has the same melody as the later song, as well the Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like Billie Jean, Return To Innocence, Missing, Be My Lover, They Don't Care About Us.
More songs by Aretha Franklin: Call Me, Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do), I'm in Love, Jump to It, United Together.
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