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“Some Guys Have All the Luck” is a song written by Jeff Fortgang (often misspelled “Fortang”), which has been a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 twice, first by The Persuaders in 1973 (reaching #39), then by Rod Stewart in 1984, whose version hit #10. Stewart’s version incorporates a vocal refrain from “Ain’t Got No Home” by Clarence “Frogman” Henry. Fortgang wrote many songs during his three years in the music business after graduating Yale in 1971, but sold only this one (other than several public service radio spots on topics such as alcoholism and VD). He went on to get a PhD in Clinical Psychology, and still works in the mental health field in the Boston area. The major hit by Stewart arrived after Fortgang was well into his psychology career. Read on...