Since the original Snow version, "Fool Such as I"—as the song is sometimes known—has been recorded and released as singles several times, by artists such as Jo Stafford, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Baillie & the Boys.
Initially released as B-side to "I Need Your Love Tonight", it reached number one in the UK as an A-side single.
Presley's recording reached number two in the United States (stalled behind the Fleetwoods' "Come Softly to Me").
[5] The song was recorded on June 10, 1958, at RCA's Studio B, Nashville, while Presley was on leave from the Army.
[6] The recording featured guitar by Hank Garland, Chet Atkins and Presley, bass by Bob Moore, drums by D. J. Fontana and Buddy Harman and piano by Floyd Cramer and backing vocal by the Jordanaires, with the bass voice provided by Ray Walker.
On the 1973 Dylan album and several associated Columbia 1973 singles, the song is wrongly credited to "B. Abner" and "LeFevre Sing Pub Co (BMI)".
The Smiths recorded a cover based on Elvis's rendition in February 1987 at Firehouse Studios in Streatham.