“Everybody Plays The Fool” is the title of a popular song written by J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark and Ken Williams. The first recording of the song to reach the Top 40 was by the R&B/soul group The Main Ingredient, a trio consisting at the time of Cuba Gooding, Sr., Tony Silvester and Luther Simmons, Jr. Their version of “Everybody Plays The Fool” rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1972 and was certified gold by the RIAA.