Poor Fool
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{{Infobox song
| cover = Ike-and-tina-turner-poor-fool.jpg
| type = Single
| artist = Ike & Tina Turner
| album = Dynamite!
| B-side = You Can’t Blame Me
| released = November 1961
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| length = 2:25
| label = Sue Records
| writer = Ike Turner
| producer = Ike Turner
| prev_title = It's Gonna Work Out Fine
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Tra La La La La
| next_year = 1962
}}
"Poor Fool" is a song written and produced by Ike Turner. It was released by Ike & Tina Turner on Sue Records in 1961.{{Cite journal|date=November 18, 1961|title=Record Reviews - Pick of the Week|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1961/CB-1961-11-18.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=8}}
Release
"Poor Fool" is the second single from Ike & Tina Turner's 1962 album Dynamite!. An earlier version of the song, "A Fool Too Long," was released in 1960.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ike-Tina-Turner-A-Fool-Too-Long/release/9447276|title=Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool Too Long|website=Discogs|year=1960 }} "Poor Fool" was released as the follow-up to the Grammy nominated single "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" in November 1961. The record became the duo's second hit record of the year. They promoted it on American Bandstand in January 1962 which helped propel the single to No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the R&B chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0511525/|title=Amaerican Bandstand - Episode #5.99|website=IMDb}} The song was also included in their 1963 album It's Gonna Work Out Fine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-gonna-work-out-fine-mw0000262383|title=Ike & Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine|website=AllMusic}}
The B-side track "You Can't Blame Me" was taken from their debut album The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner.
Critical reception
Cash Box (November 18, 1961):
Ike & Tina Turner come thru in sensational follow-up (to "It's Gonna Work Out Fine") fashion with this new Sue slice. It's a pounding, chorus-backed rock-a-cha-cha, tabbed "Poor Fool," that vocalist Tina and maestro Ike deck out with sock, dual-mart sales authority. Should spread like wild fire in the days to come. Flip's a fetching thump-a-rhythm entry that highlites a delightful vocal duet by Ike & Tina.
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Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1962)
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| US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite magazine|date=January 27, 1962|title=Hot 100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-01-27.pdf|magazine=Billboard}}
| align="center" |38 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B Sides{{Cite magazine|date=January 20, 1962|title=Hot R&B Sides|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-01-20.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=35}}
| align="center" |4 |
| US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite journal|date=February 3, 1962|title=Cash Box Top 100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1962/CB-1962-02-03.pdf|journal=Cash Box}}
| align="center" |23 |
| US Cash Box Top 50 R&B{{Cite journal|date=January 20, 1962|title=Top 50 In R&B Locations|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1962/CB-1962-01-20.pdf|journal=Cash Box}}
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| US Cash Box Top R&B Records{{Cite journal|date=December 29, 1962|title=Top R&B Records of 1962|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1962/CB-1962-12-29.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=54}}
|align="center"|17 |
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References
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