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Fooled Around and Fell in Love

Elvin Bishop

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LIST YEAR

1976

Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.

Genre

Soft rockBlues rock

Theme

Love songs

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1975

Release: 1975Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.7 reviewed original release year: The recording appeared on Struttin My Stuff in 1975 before its 1976 single/chart cycle. The annual 1976 listening-list position is retained; year precision is used.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1976.html, 1976.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Struttin' My Stuff - licensed original album and track metadata
The original album and Fooled Around and Fell in Love (Album Version) carry 1975 label metadata; the licensed note identifies Mickey Thomas on lead vocal. Use year precision, not a later 1976 single/chart year or a claimed exact pressing.

Struttin' My Stuff - original album year
Distributor album page independently retains 1975 and Island Def Jam copyright. January 1 is not accepted as an exact historical release day.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

The unexpected nature of falling in love.

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1976.html, song-list position 35
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)

Editorial classification of this recording, informed by the cited artist and original-release context. Genre tags are interpretive, not an assertion that the source assigns an exact taxonomy.

Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.

Struttin' My Stuff - licensed original album and track metadata
The original album and Fooled Around and Fell in Love (Album Version) carry 1975 label metadata; the licensed note identifies Mickey Thomas on lead vocal. Use year precision, not a later 1976 single/chart year or a claimed exact pressing.

Struttin' My Stuff - original album year
Distributor album page independently retains 1975 and Island Def Jam copyright. January 1 is not accepted as an exact historical release day.

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