1981 Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb – What Kind Of Fool (US:#10)

“What Kind of Fool” is the title of a vocal duet from 1981 by singers Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb. The song was written by Gibb and Albhy Galuten.

The songs on the Guilty album were a collaboration between Streisand and all the members of the Bee Gees, including Barry’s brothers, Robin and Maurice Gibb. But Barry Gibb played the largest role of the brothers on the album, co-writing and co-producing all of the tracks, appearing on the album cover embracing Streisand, and singing two duets with her. Co-producer Karl Richardson was quoted describing Barry Gibb’s contribution to this song: “He did the demo first. Barbra sang to the demo, then he came back and replaced a couple of things after he had heard what she was doing.”

Released as the third single from Streisand’s 1980 album Guilty, “What Kind of Fool” was the third consecutive top ten single from the album in the United States. “Woman in Love” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the album’s title track (also a duet between the two singers) reached number three, both in late 1980. “What Kind of Fool” spent three weeks at number ten on the Hot 100 in March and April 1981. It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart.

Album

Guilty is the twenty-second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand released on September 23, 1980 by Columbia Records. It was produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and his group’s regular production team of Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. After the success of the Bee Gees in the late 1970s, there was some […]

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Musicians

Bass	Harold Cowart
Drums	Steve Gadd
Guitar	Peter Carr
Acoustic Guitar	Peter Carr
Piano	Richard Tee
Piano	George Bitzer
Synthesizer	Albhy Galuten
Trombone	Mike Katz
Trombone	Peter Graves
Trombone	Russ Freeland
Trumpet	Brett Murphy
Trumpet	Ken Faulk

Produced By

Barry Gibb
Albhy Galuten
Karl Richardson

Songwriters

Barry Gibb
Albhy Galuten

Charts

US:#10
UK:# –