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"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers (with McDonald singing lead vocals) for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. Debuting at number 73 on January 20, 1979, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979, for one week. [7]
The album spent 87 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. In the spring of 1979 Minute by Minute was the best-selling album in the U.S. for five non-consecutive weeks. [1] It was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. [2] The song "What a Fool Believes" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1979 and became the
Their first greatest hits album, released in 1976, "Best of The Doobies," achieved diamond status. Two of the Doobie Brothers' singles hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Black Water" in 1974 and "What A Fool Believes" in 1979. That song was ranked number 19 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.
"Minute by Minute" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year but lost to the Doobie Brothers' prior single, "What a Fool Believes". [14] Co-writer Michael McDonald was surprised by the song's success after a friend had told him that the song "just doesn't have it." [15] Craig rated it as the Doobie Brothers' 6th greatest song. [7]
"China Grove" is a song by American rock band the Doobie Brothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, The Captain and Me. It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter Tom Johnston. [4] The song reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Touring with Michael McDonald for the first time since the '90s, the Doobie Brothers are riding a vibe shift, driven by yacht-rock nostalgia and a Rock Hall induction.
The album includes singles and album tracks from McDonald's first two solo albums, If That's What It Takes (1982) and No Lookin' Back (1985), along with duets with James Ingram ("Yah Mo B There"), Patti LaBelle ("On My Own") and one song from when McDonald was lead singer of the rock band The Doobie Brothers ("What a Fool Believes"). The album ...
A Doobie Brothers concert is not for a 15-year-old-girl, but I’m old enough to know that these guys are good. Vivian Engel is the daughter of Star-Telegram columnist Mac Engel.