"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" was a single by blues guitarist Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist.-Career:Bishop was born in Glendale, California, and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was ten years old...

. It appeared on his 1975 album Struttin' My Stuff and was released as a single the following year. Bishop does not sing lead vocals on the track; feeling that his gravelly voice didn't do the song justice, he invited vocalist Mickey Thomas who was a background singer in his band at the time, to sing it. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 singles chart in May 1976. The record was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America

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 on June 23, 1976.

Based on his work with Bishop, Thomas was invited to become the lead singer for Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

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. T.G. Sheppard had a #21 country hit with a cover

Cover version

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 of the song in 1985. The song featured in the films Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

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(1997), Invincible

Invincible (2006 film)

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(2006) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008).

Personnel

• Philip Aaberg
  Philip Aaberg
  Philip Aaberg is an American pianist, keyboardist, and composer. He gained international recognition through a series of successful piano recordings released on Windham Hill Records. Although classically trained, Aaberg incorporates classical, jazz, bluegrass, rock, and new music elements into his...
  
  : Piano
• Donny Baldwin
  Donny Baldwin
  Donny Baldwin is an American drummer best known as a member of Jefferson Starship and its continuation Starship.Donny began his career as a drummer for Elvin Bishop during the 1970s where he worked with future Jefferson Starship bandmate Mickey Thomas...
  
  : Drums, Percussion
• Elvin Bishop
  Elvin Bishop
  Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist.-Career:Bishop was born in Glendale, California, and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was ten years old...
  
  : Guitar
• Michael Brooks: Bass
• Mickey Thomas: Vocals
• Bill Szymczyk
  Bill Szymczyk
  Bill Szymczyk is an American music producer and technical engineer best known for working with rock and blues musicians, most notably the Eagles in the 1970s. He produced many top albums and singles of the 1970s, though he retired from the music business by 1990...
  
  : Producer

Covers

In 1991, Rock music

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 artist Henry Lee Summer

Henry Lee Summer

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 covered this song which appeared on his album "Way Past Midnight" and the Queens Logic

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soundtrack.

In 2004, country music

Country music

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 artist Mark Wills

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 covered this song for the southern rock

Southern rock

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 tribute album Southern Rock Country Style.

In 2006, Rod Stewart

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 covered this song for the album Still The Same...Great Rock Classics Of Our Time.