Frank Mills - Poor Little Fool

[7NTM61Ic]

I like this better than Ricky Nelson's.

[missohio83]

I'm not too crazy about this version. Probably because I love this song so much and he changed it quite a bit.

[imajeepster]

I remember i really loved this song and used to hear it on the radio all the time...

[bballman]

Love this... great song from the 70s!

[charlyW34]

This was a substantial hit in Alberta. Much better vocal on this than on" Love Me Love Me Love".

[dougallsdiscs]

Thanks Frank,I enjoyed it even tho' I couldn't vote for it!!,Murray from Scotland....

[sparwood8]

I almost forgot this song. Nicely done

[GoldenOldies60and70s]

This was a very emotional song done by Ricky Nelson but, taken to great heights by Frank Mills...Holds a lot of fond memories !

[nyimtman]

Nice, well done, 5 by 5

[wrathofkath]

I'm looking for Frank's "Wind Song". Sure would appreciate if someone would post it...

[Oldiesmann]

Frank has a nice voice. I wonder what made him decide to focus mostly on instrumental songs instead.

[mojofilter02]

It was probably that he's a much better pianist than he is a vocalist, and even he knew it.

[therevrend1951]

@mojofilter02 I have heard MUCH WORSE from people who actually thought they had talent to sing. I could get rich with my voice--- people would pay me to STOP singing. lol

[7beers]

Reminiscent of "Hallelujah".

[77pintoboy]

Well holy geez,ive been looking for this version of this song for ages.I always thought it was ricky nelson doing it over again in the 70s.Never would have thought it would have been Frank Mills

[prettymom777]

Many have forgotten a couple of other instrumental hits, "Peter Piper" and "Music Box Dancer". Those songs taught me how to impress my Mom when she cought me the sheet music for them.

I thought Ricky Nelson's version was great, too, but a long time ago for me by the time Mills got to it! Anybody remember "The Organ Grinder Song"? It haunted me in the seventies and was sad but so meaningful.

[77pintoboy]

Yep i remember the organ grinder song.Kind of a tear jerker back then.I remember music box dancer too.I heard that for the first time since it was popular about 2 months ago on satellite radio and just had to hear it on here.Seems you like the same stuff i do pretty mom.Thats cool too.

[prettymom777]

It seems that just sends after I posted calling "The Organ Grinder Song" I found it posted under "Love Me, Love Me, Love." And when you're firty all the old facourites come back. Even the ones your parents were two generationsahead of!

Sorry, but for the poor and disabled who have little money but at least computers to help us keep informed, sometimes a few downloads make life a little more fun.

[nailclippers3]

I totally agree prettymom.Music is my life,oh,and cars,lol.I live for the oldies.Take them away and im disabled.I knew that song was called love me love me love,it was 1972.I was in grade 5.Anything you wanna talk about just talk to me.I know about disabilities,it makes you appreciate little things that others take for granted.

[WolfandCougar]

It is on youtube (the organ grinder song) called "Love me love me love" just search under Frank Mills. Someone put together a decent video for the song (I dont think it had a video). Great song, and as you say meaningful. Cheers!

[prettymom777]

How can I ever forget that one? CHML up here in Hamilton played it seven days a week.

Now I have enough choices available to me so that I listen to it occasionally. I must apologise for my spelling mistakes in the post up above. I'm fifty (notfirty) and have favourites (not facorotes)!

If I didn't have music all my like, I would have been one sad person. 'Bye

[tappa55]

This was a throwback tune when it came out more than a decade after Ricky's version. It sounded great at the time, considering some of the music of the early 70's. Thanks for the memory.

[johnny9148]

I mean nobody but nobody loved rickys stuff more than me. johnny suede

[johnny9148]

this song has haunted me for years I found out sharon wrote it as a poem for a crush on one of the everly brothers and told ricky, elvis liked it. I've done it just like the king johnny suede

[joecoolsthename]

I was named after the great Ricky Nelson. never heard this version but it echoes in my ears like no song has done in awhile...SWEET LOVE IT

[secordman]

Heard this for the first time in ages a few months ago. I like the arrangement with the female singers. They used to play this on CFRB a lot too, which is what my parents listened too. Love Me Love Me Love was in a similar vein.

[kcsunshine64]

I remeber this when it came out, I was in Grade 2. Mom would sing along when it came on the radio. A bit more melancholy than Rick Nelson's version but still quite good.

[mojofilter02]

I think that part of the charm of this record is that Frank isn't really a singer. His off-the-cuff rendition makes it endearing. I like his arrangement better, though.

[bloggo1]

so do i!!

[imajeepster]

@mojofilter02 me too, I actually like the arrangement, less peppy and more melancholy...and he's a decent singer.

[imajeepster]

@mojofilter02

he's not known as a singer but he's not terrible, he can carry a tune...but yes it's endearing.

[johnnyelectron]

Great recording from Canada. Does anybody know if Ricky Nelson ever recorded this song in STEREO? Thanks!