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The Bobby Fuller Four

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The Bobby Fuller Four — I Fought the Law (Single Version)

Written in 1958 by Sonny Curtis, who became the Crickets' guitarist by replacing Buddy Holly — the Fuller Four's 1966 Mustang/Del-Fi re-recording (produced by Bob Keane, the man behind Ritchie Valens) turned it into a top-10 US hit (#9) [unverified — Wikipedia only]. Fuller first cut it in 1964 on his own Exeter label in El Paso, where it was only a regional West Texas hit — so the famous 'single version' is actually a rerecord [unverified — Wikipedia only]. Fuller died mysteriously at 23 in July 1966, weeks after the song finally broke nationally; his death in his parked car — ruled accidental, but long suspected to be foul play — remains one of rock's unsolved cases. Ranked #175 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs and named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's '500 Songs That Shaped Rock' — The Clash's 1979 cover made it a punk-age anthem [unverified — Wikipedia only].