Earth Angel - Penguins, The / Crew Cuts, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Earth Angel (Penguins, The, 1954; Crew Cuts, The, 1955). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-05-16. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)," written by Jesse Belvin & Curtis Williams, was the Penguins' first entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1954 rising to the no. 8 position; while the Crew Cuts' version followed hitting the no. 3 position the following year (Whitburn, 2013). Other artists also hit the Billboard chart with the song: Gloria Mann (1955 no. 18), Johnny Tillotson (1960 no. 57), the Vogues (1969 no. 42) and New Edition (1986 no 21) (Whitburn, 2013). "Counting up every version of this song, you arrive at over 30 million copies sold, making it the top R&B record of all time in terms of continuous popularity" (songfacts, 2023). It was the second doo-wop song to hit the Billboard top 10, the first being the Chords' "Sh-Boom" in 1954 (songfacts, 2023). It is interesting to note that "Earth Angel" was not the "A" side but the "B" side of the record; “Hey Senorita” was the "A" side of the Penguins' DooTone records' release, but the DJs like "Earth Angel" more and started to put it in rotation making it a huge hit (C. O’Dell, loc, 2023). The song was added to the National Registry in 2004 in the R&B genre (Library of Congress, 2023). Finally, the song had a bit of a resurgence in 1985 when Marty Fly and Marvin Berry and the Starlighters performed the song at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in the film "Back To the Future." It was during this performance that Marty's future parents first kissed, which eventually secured the birth of Marty, his sister and his brother (backtothefuturefandom, 2023).

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Lyrics:

Ohhhh . . .

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 evermore.
I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you.

I fell for you, and I knew the vision of your love's loveliness.
I hope and I pray that someday, I'll be the vision of your happiness.

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.

I fell for you, and I knew the vision of your love's loveliness.
I hope and I pray that someday, I'll be the vision of your happiness.

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