DOO-WOP CLASSIC PENGUINS 78 "EARTH ANGEL" US DOOTONE E-
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A GREAT PLAYING COPY OF THIS CLASSIC FROM THE PENGUINS
EARTH ANGEL b/w HEY SENORITA
EARTH ANGEL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zme35J92OWo
"Earth Angel" by The Penguins, recorded in September 1954, has sold in the millions over the last 45 years and is still one of the most popular records of all time. It is consistently near the top of New York radio station KCBS's annual poll of favorite oldies.
The song evolved through several Los Angeles groups and artists before The Penguins finally committed it to tape in Ted Brinson's garage studio in the back of his house at 2190 W. 30th Street in South Los Angeles.
According to Penguins singer Cleve Duncan, "Curtis Williams had a song called 'Earth Angel.' Jesse Belvin is credited with helping to write it, but Jesse had nothing to do with it after Curtis and I got together. We worked on it together, Curtis concentrating on words and me on the music. I changed the melody to fit my style." Cleve says that Williams also wrote the flipside, "Hey, Senorita," which was originally called "Esa Chiquita." [The song was later credited on the label to Carl Green, who had been the original Johnny in Marvin & Johnny.] It was this second song, Cleve Duncan recalls, that they considered the A-side.
The group recorded both songs at Brinson's studio strictly as a demo. As producer Dootsie Williams remembered, "We had a drummer whose name I can't remember [Cleve says it was Preston Epps], Curtis played piano, and Ted [Brinson] would turn on his [Ampex] recorder and then pick up his bass. He played in that steady, fundamental style from the big bands. We muffled the drums with pillows because we didn't want the lower register to drown out the voices. Every time the dog barked next door, I'd have to go out and shut him up and then we'd do another take. I was planning to put an electric guitar and saxophone on the song later on, but first I wanted to get the recordings down to John Dolphin and get his opinion on them"
So Dootsie made an acetate dub from the tape and took it immediately over to the Dolphin's of Hollywood record store at Vernon and Central, where deejay Huggy Boy broadcasted from the front window on station KRKD. To get an audience reaction, owner John Dolphin asked Huggy Boy to play both sides over the air. When the phone lines lit up, Dootsie knew he really had something, though he still believed that "Hey, Senorita" was the hit side.
By early October, Cash Box declared "Earth Angel" a "Territorial Tip" from Los Angeles. By then, Dootsie Williams had decided to release the demo recordings as is.
EARTH ANGEL
(Words and Music by Jesse Belvin, Gaynel Hodge, and Curtis Williams)
(oh, oh, oh, oh, wah-ah-ah, oh, oh, oh, oh
Earth angel, earth angel
Will you be mine?
My darling dear
Love you all the time
I'm just a fool
A fool in love with you
Earth angel, earth angel
The one I adore
Love you forever and ever more
I'm just a fool
A fool in love with you
I fell for you and I knew
The vision of your love-loveliness
I hoped and I pray that someday
I'll be the vision of your hap-happiness oh, oh, oh, OH!
Earth angel, earth angel
Please be mine
My darling dear
Love you all the time
I'm just a fool
A fool in love with you-ou-ou
I fell for you and I knew
The vision of your loveliness
I hope and pray that someday
That I'll be the vision of your happiness
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh , oh, oh, oh
Earth angel, earth angel
Please be mine
My darling dear
Love you all the time
I'm just a fool
A fool in love with you-ou (you, you, you)
DISC DETAILS:
ORIGINAL US DOOTONE 348 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
SIDE A :- EARTH ANGEL
SIDE AA:- HEY SENORITA
CONDITION - EX-/V+
(Very very light background hiss but no scratches or digs and PLAYS GREAT - LOUD AND CLEAR!)
No reserve!!
THE DOO-WOP CLASSIC 78!!!
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