Sanford Clark

Sanford Clark (October 24, 1935 – July 4, 2021) was an American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist, best known for his 1956 hit "The Fool", written by Lee Hazlewood.
Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, from the age of 9. He first began performing in the Phoenix area in the early 1950s. He spent time in the Air Force in the South Pacific; he formed a band there which won a talent show in Hawaii. Returning to Phoenix, he and his friend Al Casey met Lee Hazlewood, then a local DJ. Clark, with Casey on guitar, recorded one of Hazlewood's songs, "The Fool", in Floyd Ramsey's Audio Recorders studio on MCI Records in 1956. 
Dot Records picked the song up for national distribution after a Philadelphia deejay tipped them off to it. The song became a hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 14 on the Country Singles chart, No. 5 on the R&B Singles chart, and No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100. Following the song's success, Clark opened on tour for Ray Price and Roy Orbison.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel played a track from the singer in 1983 via The Fool compilation album, released on Ace Records, but it is not known according to available playlists whether he played anymore tracks from the artist.
==Shows Played==
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*15 November 1983: The Man Who Made An Angel Cry (LP - The Fool) Ace
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists