"Everybody Plays the Fool" is a 1972 song first recorded by American R&B group #TheMainIngredient, and written by #JRBailey, #RudyClark and #KenWilliams. It was the first #single released from the group's album #BitterSweet, released with the #Bside "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me?)". "Everybody Plays the Fool" was the group's highest charting hit single, reaching No. 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1972.
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