Rudy Clark

Rudy Clark
Birth name	Rudolph Clark
Born	1935
Genres	Pop music
Occupation(s)	Songwriter

Rudy Clark (born Rudolph Clark, 1935) is an American songwriter. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. He has more than 250 copyrights listed by BMI.

Clark wrote songs for James Ray (and indeed may have discovered the singer), including Ray's moody 1962 R&B and regional pop hit "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", later a hit for Freddie and the Dreamers, as well as "Got My Mind Set on You", which became a No. 1 US and No. 2 UK hit for George Harrison in 1987. "Got My Mind Set On You" was a No. 1 hit in 18 countries in the same year.

Clark was a close friend of singer Bobby Darin, who owned TM Music/Trio, the music company that employed Clark. Clark and Darin collaborated on several hits, including "Do the Monkey."

Clark wrote the Top 10 soul classic "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)", recorded by Betty Everett in 1964, which would be frequently revisited by other artists, most notably in the version that became a worldwide hit for Cher in 1991. Clark co-wrote "Good Lovin'", recorded by the Olympics in 1965 and then re-made as a #1 hit by the Young Rascals, the following year. Other Clark compositions include "If You Got to Make a Fool of Somebody", recorded by Barbara Mason, and "Fool, Fool, Fool", recorded in 1964 by Little Joey & the Flips and then covered by Roosevelt Grier, the A-Cads, and Ray Brown & the Whispers, with the last two representations reaching #1 in South Africa and Australia respectively. His song "Waddle, Waddle" featured in the film "Hairspray".

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