Fortune Teller (song)

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“Fortune Teller”
Single by Benny Spellman
A-side	"Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)"
Released	1962
Format	7" single
Genre	R&B
Label	Minit Records 644
Writer(s)	Naomi Neville

Fortune Teller is a song written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville and first recorded by Benny Spellman (single B-side on Minit Records 644)

Cover versions exist by The Rolling Stones (on their first live album, "Got Live if You Want It! but overdubbed with screaming girls), The Hollies, The Who (on their famous Live At Leeds), The Merseybeats, Tony Jackson, the Hardtimes and many others, including more recently the October 2007 album Raising Sand, performed by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

The song was also a hit in Australia, recorded by The Throb. Rumour has it that the Australian band were played the Rolling Stones version by their studio producer before they recorded their version, to get an idea of how it should sound.