High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rudy Clark (born Rudolph Clark, 1935) is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. He wrote songs for James Ray (and indeed may have discovered the singer), including Ray`s moody 1962 R B and regional pop hit "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", later a hit for "Freddie and the Dreamers", as well as "Got My Mind Set On You", which became a No. 1 US and No. 2 UK hit for George Harrison in 1987. Clark was a close friend of Bobby Darin, who owned TM Music/Trio, the music company that employed Clark. Clark and Darin collaborated on several hits including "Do the Monkey."