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    the penguins earth angel musica rock de los 50s n.n

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      EARTH ANGEL - PENGUINS - 1974 PERFORMANCE
      EARTH ANGEL - THE PENQUINS - 1974 with Original Lead Singer Cleveland Duncan Way back in 1954, The Penguins recorded “Earth Angel” as a demo in a garage. It was brought to Dootsie Williams and he used it as the B side of the Penguins first single “Hey Senorita” on the Dootone Label. Although the unfinished original demo record of “Earth Angel” was going to be overdubbed with additional instrumentation, the acetate was brought to a local radio station and both sides were played to monitor feedback. The “B” side “Earth Angel” was getting much more reaction that the “A” side, “Hey Senorita” and it was decided to release the unfinished demo as is without overdubbing and added instrumentation. During the winter of 1954-55, Earth Angel became the first independent label release to appear on Billboard’s national pop charts and made it to the top ten. Back then, it was the norm for R&B songs to be covered by white artists and a version of the song by the Crew-Cuts peaked higher on the charts. But it is the Penguins version that is remembered sixty years later. It was the Penguins’ only hit and it eventually sold more than ten million copies. It is considered one of the definitive doo-wop songs. The song's authorship was the subject of a bitter legal dispute with Dootsie Williams in the years following its release The Penguins engaged in a dispute with Dootsie Williams regarding royalties which they were not receiving. By mid‐January 1955, they hired Buck Ram, a white big band-era veteran, to manage the group. At the time, Penguins were riding high and a major label, Mercury Records, was interested in signing them, but Buck Ram told Mercury that he would only allow The Penguins to sign with them if they also signed a new group that he was managing, The Platters. Both groups were signed, but the Penguins had no more hits and The Platters went on to international fame. The Penguins never matched the success of their debut single, but the song continues to see popularity and acclaim. “Earth Angel" has been called "a simple but elegant recording now judged by many to be one of the finest examples of what would become doo-wop.” Cleveland Duncan, the song's lead vocalist, remarked, "I never get tired of singing it, as long as people never get tired of hearing it. In this video, Cleveland Duncan is singing lead in this 1974 live performance with the Penguins Cleveland Duncan died in 2012 at age 78.

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        The Penguins- Earth Angel
        Old Schoolers
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