Sanford Clark had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:13 PM EDT July 6, 2021
JOPLIN, Mo. Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was 85.
Clark died Sunday at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, where he had been receiving cancer treatment before he contracted the coronavirus, his publicist and fellow performer Johnny Vallis said Monday.
Clark was born on Oct. 24, 1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Phoenix, where he first began performing in the early 1950s. “The Fool” reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100. The song was later recorded by several other well-known artists, including Elvis Presley and The Animals.
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Sanford Clark had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:13 PM EDT July 6, 2021
JOPLIN, Mo. Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was 85.
Clark died Sunday at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, where he had been receiving cancer treatment before he contracted the coronavirus, his publicist and fellow performer Johnny Vallis said Monday.
Clark was born on Oct. 24, 1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Phoenix, where he first began performing in the early 1950s. “The Fool” reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100. The song was later recorded by several other well-known artists, including Elvis Presley and The Animals.
Rockabilly and country musician Sanford Clark died from COVID-19 on Sunday. He was 85.
Clark had been receiving cancer treatment at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri before contracting the coronavirus, according to the Associated Press.
Clark was born in Tulsa in 1935 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 9. That s where he would meet fellow Oklahoman Lee Hazlewood, who would write and produce his first single and later sign him to a recording contract.
Clark s breakout recording of the Hazlewood-penned song The Fool peaked at number seven on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1956. The song was later covered by Elvis Presley and The Animals.
Sanford Clark had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:13 PM EDT July 6, 2021
JOPLIN, Mo. Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was 85.
Clark died Sunday at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, where he had been receiving cancer treatment before he contracted the coronavirus, his publicist and fellow performer Johnny Vallis said Monday.
Clark was born on Oct. 24, 1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Phoenix, where he first began performing in the early 1950s. “The Fool” reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100. The song was later recorded by several other well-known artists, including Elvis Presley and The Animals.
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