Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law 

You Know what i said about The Beau Brummels,goes double for these guys!- i love Bobby Fuller! i was very sad to hear about his untimely demise,just as he was at the height of his career. they even did an UNSOLVED MYSTERY seg about him! whatever the case of this tragedy-Bobby Fuller was THE best,,and his Music will live-on forever!

Beautiful song. It was a favourite song of US soldiers in Vietnam.

I loved the 50's,60's and 70's genre of music......It is however unfortunate that there was some big losses of wonderful singers and intrument players during those era's too.....but,we do fortunetly still have the great music in which they composed,played and recorded to remember them by. LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome song and fantastic singer. Could've been the next Buddy Holly! Rest In Peace Bobby.

The clip of the jail guard dancing "the monkey" with Lada Edmund Jr is still kinda funny after all these years. Thanks for sharing this kinescope from NBC's Hullabaloo. May Mr. Fuller's murderer(s) be brought to justice and may Bobby be inducted into the rock hall someday.

great song.....brings back memories....totally rocks !!!!

Great old track love the footage 5********* terry

terrific song thanks

this is the best version

Now this is the song you play SCREAMING on the radio tooling down the road.

This was live. They recorded four studio versions, and this one is different then all of them.

This song was first made by Sonny Curtis and the Crickets, Buddy Holly's band, after Holly died in 1959. Bobby Fuller Four had the biggest hit with the song, though.

@MisFire45 Even Bobby didn't do it first. It became a local hit in some areas, and all it took was the Bobby Fuller Four's definitive version to put it on the charts.

Great song

RIP Bobby.

Classic. Thanks for sharing.

Otra de las grandes rolas clasicas de "Estudiantes 12-60", que en México se conoció con el título de "Contra la ley", muy ritmica, especialmente en el requinteo! Como dato "curioso" pare ser quer esta fue la canción que utilizó el US Army para sacar a Noriega de la Nunciatura en Panama, se la ponian todo el dia y a todo volumen! yo creo que se la aprendió de memoria!

This is Hullabaloo and Lada St. Edmund the caged go go girl.

The Clash tiene que agradecerle demasiado a esta buena banda

Thanks hatefull66

thats right im then mayby born in 1995 but i love the 60's 70's 80's and the 90's fucking rap shit and wanebee gangsters

Who cares who did it first this is the best version

Thanks for posting this. Best up-close pictures I've seen of Bobby Fuller. What happened to him? These were fine, clean-cut young men. Who was the girl in jail?

woooooooooooow!!!!!!!

:D I love it!

LMFAO at the drummer with his shifty eyes at 1:08 to 1:10 HAHA i love this song its BRILL :D X

I was in Canada (Medicine Hat Alberta) in October 1973 and saw the “Frank Fuller Four” at a bar called the Royal, who sang this. I bought a Tape from them for $2 (long Gone) which had this song on.....Now to my question.......is it the same group?

way better than the one that the clash did i thought

the clash blow..........

Doesn't make them small minded. The version that The Clash did is by far the best known one...

Brian D. knows how this feels.

Colton Harris-Moore is singing this now!

Thumbs up if youve actually fought the law and lost...

I'm not sure what you're talking about with the lyrics. I don't know what version you've heard, by the studio recording of the clash song says "i left my baby" too.

@beautifulmess72 I'm pretty sure Sonny Curtis did the first?

best

Thanks for that. Did the rest of his band keep playing? Or did they join another group etc.?

@beautifulmess72 not small minded, just not exposed to the fact. I didn't know until I searched "Let Her Dance"

@cheskabelle yes, but it's the original version, not a cover. but i like dk too.:)

Yes the only man to beat himself up to death. The law certainly didn't do him any favours there.

I cannot but notice how the guitar strumming closely resembles that of the Crickets, Buddy Holly's group. Also, the drummer looks like the Crickets'

Yep. They used to lip sync much more frequently in those days, and the mics sometimes had funny, futuristic shapes. Nonetheless, they were just for decoration.

I'm not saying either one is better or worse, but do a search for "I fought the law" followed by each band name and you'll find more results with the Clash than Bobby Fuller. And to clear things up by "best known" I meant more people know about it, not that it was the best version.

never heard anyone say it was a green day song lol. i HAVE heard people say it was a clash song though haha.

also back to the 80's? xD

@beautifulmess72 Who thinks the Clash did the original?

@beautifulmess72 In all fairness, thinking something and being incorrect doesn't make you small minded.

bobby fullers version is not the original either,tho probably the best,sonny curtis wrote the tune,and the crickets released the hit post buddy holly,around 1958...

@beautifulmess72 but also this one isn't the original :)

Even worse how the Dead Kennedys rewrote it as "I fought the law and I won."

Just wondering back then did these guys cut their own hair ?

Perfect song for GTA4 LOL driving away from the cops FUUUUUUUU

Look at the mics they're singing into. WTF?

WELL THEY WROTE THE SONG ORIGINALLY

BFV!

it would be a perfect song for the people in the back of a police car

Who is the chick dancing??? 1:14 Awesome!!

Sonny Curtis and The Crickets I won !

Didnt buddy holly do this first??

is bobby fuller's death still considered a suicide? i've heard he was murdered.

its practicly the same thing;) Beacuse buddy holly formed the crickets

It was after Buddy Holly died.

temón, am&qr

Cappin people with a Mac 9... I fought the Po Po and the Po Po won.

The incompetent LAPD??? I think not!!!

Chuck Norris fought the law. And won.

DKs version is more truthful!!

Dead Kennedys version sucks... It reeks of the un-explainable...