John Fred

Aliases: John Fred and His Playboy Band
John Fred and His Playboys
John Fred and The Playboys
Real name: John Fred Gourrier
Born: May 8, 1941
Died: April 14, 2005
Country: United States
IPI: 00012435133 6 works
00034284299 3 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: "Swamp pop" singer-songwriter from Louisiana. Grounded in R&B, he changed to a pop style and thereby created his big hit "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)".
Not to be confused with the British act John O'Hara active during the same period.
Related: Tommy Bryan Member of 'John Fred and The Playboys'

Covers by John Fred

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Back in the U.S.S.R.	John Fred and His Playboy Band	1970	The Beatles
Boogie Children	John Fred and His Playboys	1966	John Lee Hooker & His Guitar
Don't Fight It	John Fred and His Playboys	1966	Wilson Pickett
Fortune Teller	John Fred	July 1965	Benny Spellman
Got to Get You into My Life	John Fred and His Playboys	1967	The Beatles
Harlem Shuffle	John Fred and The Playboys	1966	Bob and Earl
Hey, Good Lookin'	John Fred	1999	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
High Blood Pressure	John Fred	1999	Huey (Piano) Smith and The Clowns
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)	John Fred and His Playboys	1967	Otis Redding
Just Want to Make Love to You	John Fred & The Playboys	September 26, 2011	Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Knock on Wood	John Fred and His Playboys	1967	Eddie Floyd
My Babe	John Fred and His Playboys	1966	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
Night Owl	John Fred and His Playboys	1966	Tony Allen and The Champs
No Good to Cry	John Fred and His Playboy Band	November 1967	The Wildweeds
Out of Left Field	John Fred and His Playboy Band	November 1967	Percy Sledge
Out of Sight	John Fred and His Playboys	1966	James Brown and His Orchestra
Play with Fire	John Fred and His Playboys	1966	The Rolling Stones
She Shot a Hole in My Soul	John Fred and His Playboy Band	November 1967	Clifford Curry
We Gotta Get Out of This Place	John Fred and His Playboys	1967	Barry Mann REC, The Animals REL
We Had It All	John Fred	1999	Dobie Gray