A Fool Such as I - Hank Snow

A Fool Such as I, written by Bill Trader, published 1952. Performed by Hank Snow it peaked at no 4 on the country charts early 1953. Bill Trader was a song writer but had 1 album - Bill Trader Sings His Songs. Presley gives this country song an R & B flavour.

Presley recorded it in June 1958 and it was released in 1959 as the b side of I Need Your Love Tonight. The song has been recorded by many artists since. 

Bill Trader was primarily a song writer, and A Fool Such As I was originally a  hit for Hank Snow in 1952. However, there is at least one album by Bill himself, Bill Trader Sings His Songs illustrated here, backed by a group called the Castaways. Bill also co-wrote a song called I Found Love Again with Hoagy Carmichael. Another song of Bill's recorded by other artists was Don't Wake Me Now.

Source - http://www.searchingforagem.com/Misc/Fool.htm 

There are some interesting comments at the foot of this page regarding Bill Trader.

Hank Snow - Bio here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Snow

 Here's Hank singing the song live