A-side and B-side pirate radio stations operating off the British coast in the 1960s would buy the publishing rights to the B-sides of records they expected to be hits, and then plug the A-sides in the hope of driving up sales and increasing their share of the royalties. Occasionally, the B-side of a single would become the more popular song. This sometimes occurred because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Some examples include "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (originally the B-side of "Substitute"), "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners (originally the B-side of "How Could I
Even a Fool Would Let Go overlooked version by Ava Barber released June 1979. Other versions of "Even a Fool Would Let Go" have been recorded by B. J. Thomas (album "B. J. Thomas"/ 1977), Kenny Rogers (album "Love or Something Like It" 1978), Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn (album "Diamond Duet" 1980), Dolly Parton (album "Dolly, Dolly, Dolly" 1980), Debby Boone (album "Love Has No Reason" which takes its name from the song's lyrics, 1980), Frederick Knight (album "Knight Time", 1981), Nana Mouskouri (album "Nana" 1981), Dionne Warwick (album "Hot! Live and Otherwise" 1981), Gloria Gaynor (album "Gloria Gaynor 82" 1982), Levon Helm (album "Levon