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"Shake the Hand of a Fool"
Promotional single by Titus Turner
B-side"Beautiful Stranger"
ReleasedSeptember 1961
Recorded1961
GenreR&B
Length2:02
LabelJamie
Songwriter(s)Margie Singleton
Titus Turner singles chronology
"The More We Get Together"
(1960) 		"Shake the Hand of a Fool"
(1961) 		"Horsin' Around"
(1961)
"Serre la main d'un fou"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
LanguageFrench
B-side"Dans un jardin d'amour"
ReleasedMay 16, 1962
Recorded1962
GenreRock and roll
Length2:45
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)Margie Singleton, Jil & Jan
Producer(s)Lee Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"I Got a Woman"
(1962) 		"Serre la main d'un fou"
(1962) 		"Madison Twist"
(1962)

"Shake the Hand of a Fool" is a song by written by American singer-songwriter Margie Singleton[1] and recorded by R&B singer Titus Turner, released as a non-album promotional single on Jamie Records in 1961.[2] Though Turner's original English-language recording failed to chart, the song would become a hit in France and French Belgium through a French-language adaption by Jil & Jan titled "Serre la main d'un fou" a year later by French musician Johnny Hallyday, released as a single by Philips Records that May.[3][4][5] Hallyday also covered the original English version as the opening track on his first foreign-language and English-language studio album "Sings America's Rockin' Hits" earlier in 1962 but was not released as a single nor charted.[6][7][8] Hallyday's version also re-entered the French charts in 2000 and peaked at Number 45.[9]

Track listing

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Promotional single (1961, Jamie 1202)[10]

  1. Shake the Hand of a Fool (Margie Singleton) (2:02)
  2. Beautiful Stranger (Bob Hilliard, Milton Delugg) (2:15)

Track listings (Hallyday)

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Serre la main d'un fou / Laissez-nous twister / Dans un jardin d'amour / Une fille comme toi (1962, Philips 432.780 BE)[11]

  1. Serre la main d'un fou (Margie Singleton, Jil & Jan) (2:45)
  2. Dans un jardin d'amour (Gene Pitney, Jil & Jan) (2:10)
  3. Laissez-nous twister (Sam Cooke, André Pascal) (2:22)
  4. Une fille comme toi (Jerry Lordan, Raymond Mahmoudi) (2:38)

Charts (Hallyday)

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Chart (1962) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[12] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] 19
Chart (2000) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[14] 45

References

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  1. ^ "lescharts.com - Titus Turner - Shake The Hand Of A Fool". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  2. ^ "lescharts.com - Titus Turner - Shake The Hand Of A Fool". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  3. ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  4. ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  5. ^ "Discographie 1962". hallyday.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  6. ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Sings America's Rockin' Hits". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  7. ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Sings America's Rockin' Hits - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  8. ^ "Discographie 1962". hallyday.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  9. ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  10. ^ "Titus Turner - Shake the Hand of a Fool".
  11. ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  12. ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  13. ^ "Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  14. ^ "lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Serre la main d'un fou". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
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