‘Everybody Plays the Fool’ songwriter Ken Williams dead at 83
nypost.comAssociated Press reported.Williams reportedly passed away June 17 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, following a long battle with a non-COVID-related illness.Born on Jan.
13, 1939, in Fernandina Beach, Florida, he was a long-time New York City resident and is perhaps best known for the R&B classic “Everybody Plays the Fool,” which he collaborated on with Rudy Clark and J.R.
Bailey. It was famously recorded by The Main Ingredient with lead vocals by Cuba Gooding Sr., the father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr.
The hit song quickly became the band’s most successful single, hitting #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1972.While “Everybody Plays the Fool” is certainly Williams’ best-known tune, the prolific artist wrote or co-wrote more than 500 songs during the course of his storied 60-year career.
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