Earth Angel
The Crew Cuts Lyrics

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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-ooh-ooh-ooh.
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.

Overall Meaning

The song Earth Angel by The Crew Cuts is a classic love ballad that expresses the depth of love one can feel for another person. The song is about someone who is in love with a person who they consider to be an "earth angel." The lyrics seek to convey both the longing and the hope that this person will be theirs forever, as they are deeply invested emotionally in them. The song's use of repetition (e.g., "earth angel, earth angel," and "doo, doo, doo") helps to emphasize the importance of the message being conveyed.

The lyrics open with a request to the earth angel to be theirs ("Will you be mine?"), and the singer repeats the phrase "love you all the time" throughout the song, conveying the depth and intensity of their emotions. The singer notes that they are "a fool in love," acknowledging that their love may be somewhat foolish and illogical, but they nevertheless cannot help but feel the way they do. The singer goes on to say that they fell for the earth angel because of their "love's loveliness," and that they dream of one day being the source of their happiness.

Overall, Earth Angel is a powerful expression of love and devotion that conveys the deep emotions one can feel toward another person. The song's bittersweet lyrics and haunting melody have resonated with listeners for decades and continue to capture the hearts of new audiences today.

Line by Line Meaning

Earth angel, earth angel,
Addressing the person as someone ethereal and rare.

Will you be mine?
Asking the person for love and commitment.

My darling dear, love you all the time.
Expressing affection and devotion towards the person.

I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you.
Acknowledging that their feelings for the person has made them act silly and irrational.

The one I adore.
Stating that the person is the one they admire the most.

Love you forever, and evermore.
Promising to love the person indefinitely.

I fell for you, and I knew the vision of your love's loveliness.
Realizing the beauty and appeal of the person's love.

I hope and I pray that someday, I'll be the vision of your happiness.
Expressing desire to bring happiness to the person's life.

Please be mine.
Requesting the person to be in a romantic relationship.

I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you-ooh-ooh-ooh.
Reiterating that their feelings for the person have made them act foolish.

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Instrumental outro.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: GREG ROBERTS, HERMAN EZEKIEL WILLIAMS

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Comments from YouTube:

@johnperkins5618

5y↑244

I love to read the comments. We recorded this record for Mercury Records in Chicago. I am now 88 years old and I'm still singing the song at public appearances I make. I am John Perkins founder and member of the original Crew-Cuts. My brother Ray, who sang bass in the group and myself are the only two remaining members of The Crew-Cuts.

@Phuocyy

5y↑6

John Perkins what happened to pat?

@jimvaughn1216

4y↑2

Sure glad you passed your talent onto your son, John. Looking forward to him being back with Brent Johnson. He brings a special sound to all he plays with.

@pequenopedrinho4081

;)

@bradyn.concord1185

4y↑2

You are soo awsome!!!!

@TitoTitoTitoTito

Sure you are

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@richardrussette2635

10y↑245

just come out of the Marine Corps in February 1955, took a date to the Statler Hotel
to see the Crew Cuts and I loved this song, Married the girl and were together for 52 years, lost her in 2008, God I miss her

@swallowingspiders1604

10y↑31

Thank you for your service.
R.I.P to your wife.

@mgn4085

10y↑30

Maybe she's your real angel now . God bless.

@cf1934

10y↑34

My wife and I were married in October of 1955. I lost her in September of 2011. I know how you must feel. I really miss my wife, too.

@L3O198

9y↑15

Thank you for your service in the Marine Corps.
R.I.P to your wife

@Andarilho-fo5st

8y↑9

Im just 16 and I love this songs...you can hope in humanity yet...R.I.P ur wifes

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@gaming__rando9664

3y↑9

Anyone still here in 2020 cuase I am 15 and I love the crewcuts.Keep the good music alive people

@adamwarlock8263

7y↑20

"im just a fool, a fool with an x-men style mutation that gives me huge ears".

@evildead2002

Fuckin hell that's funny 😄

@Azishome

4y↑8

I am and have always been a huge Penguins fan. This is my favorite version of Earth Angel among all of the cover versions.

@timevans9427

3y↑3

John, you guys are legends! Never forget how much we love you!

@mayawilliams743

4y↑6

i love these comments, the age range is so amazing. i'm 15 and some people here are over 80 wow

@archepalacio9180

3y↑1

Yeah. Imagine what brings their memories when they listens to this kind of music.

@mayawilliams743

3y↑1

@@archepalacio9180 I know, it’s honestly crazy to think about. Like, this’ll be us in lots of years looking back at songs from our generation..

@archepalacio9180

3y↑2

@@mayawilliams743 I know, that's why we need to enjoy ourselves before it's too late. When you're old you will say (I missed being in my younger years, I remember being like this and this and that). Every day and every breath and every experience and every memories that we experienced in this world. Only music and places that will make you remember those things 'good or bad', 'happy or sad'. 2021 now I'm 16 and you're 15. 2022 soon and I'm 17 only 4 years to go and I'll be in my 20s. So enjoy yourself MAYA and have a great day today and enjoy these music.

@bageled_meme2690

2y↑2

@@mayawilliams743

Personally I don’t consider today’s music as my own. I’m definitely an old soul when it comes to music.
(Old Rap, and Early 2000s Pop is as recent as I go)

@thecaretaker5963

8y↑39

Why can't people just like the song? Both versions of the songs were outstanding, and unique in their own ways. It is saddening even the thought of racism comes to music even if they are blind to know that artists often asked other artists to sing their songs, which is why you have many songs by different people but all are the same at the same time.

@joeyporto2461

Myosha Featherfall there is 3 actually, The penguins, the temptations, and the crew cuts, but very true

@stevenfeil7079

Why can't people be allowed to have their own opinion any longer.... Grow up.

@stephanfurman7949

Beach High was a great school.1956. 84 years old and still listening to this .

@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

2y↑2

Sounds like the crew cuts had one foot in the traditional jazz sound and one in the “modern” doo wop sound. The soft piano in the background calls back to the days of the smoky jazz club, while the tight harmonies are very 1950s. It’s always neat to see how musical acts bridged those divides when the direction of music was changing.

@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426

38w↑1

Elvis played this song (and the piano accompaniment on it) recorded when he was in the service.

@Duncan038

1y↑1

Growing up in the UK I only ever heard this version of Earth Angel , I didn’t even realise it was a cover! Listening to it now , this version has a real heavy Swing/Big Band influence , it sounds like it could be a much older song than it actually is.

@Roger.Coleman1949

2y↑1

Love this version of the song so much, an extremely early childhood memory.A friend had a copy of the Mercury 78 shellac disc with Ko Ko Mo on the 'B ' side .It was played often on their family Ferguson radigram much to my delight !

@slevisham

1y↑4

1955 version much better than any current song. And yes, 2023 here 😅

@MightyR.D.B

10w

And why

@sBoy-nl8lm

3y↑3

I really love 1950s songs

@ShaNaNa242

5y↑7

My favorite version of this

@erikpainterhandball

Nice music very good video Erik from handball.

@TheZeevik

6y↑5

beautiful version

@ralphralpherson9441

12w

Wow,... hearing this after the Penguins and Marvin Berry & the Starlighters versions, its just.... very different. The swing/shuffle component they added makes it feel completely different. I will forever be partial to the Penguins version myself, its the one I like to sing in the car... and the Marvin Berry one is immortal from it's Back To The Future fame... Frankly, until today I had never heard this cut... its a very different take on a black R&B song recorded by white kids for crossover radio play. Apparently, this was the most commercially successful version! (The Crew Cut's version)
Can you imagine a world where black and white artist's songs aren't played on the same station? Crazy that was just 65-70 years ago.

@joaotobias8281

5y↑3

Awesome music

@sawyerjoyer3318

6y↑16

i like this version better but both are good

@rondominick1012

6y↑65

17 yrs old here.. oh I love the old songs

@rellytoonanimations2292

5y↑5

I'm 13 lol

@joshosborne683

5y↑14

I wA s B oR n iN t He Wr o nG g En e Ra T ioN

@bailey9947

5y↑4

josh osborne lol way to kill the fun. Nobody even said that, we can like older music better than new music. That doesn’t mean we think we’re special. Buzz off

@joshosborne683

5y↑6

@@bailey9947 get out off my room mom I'm playing Minecraft

@rogerinhocudesapo1208

I'm 15 and yep, i love to

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@paulneal4277

They dont make songs this good any more i am 70 yrs old

@AthenaTheWolf

Check out the band The Frights - album is called the Frights.

@Doowopgrl

Back to the Future rendition of Earth Angel is much like the Crew Cuts.Love it!

@lalool

1y↑1

I think all 3 parts are from this band, and that movie I watch many times and it never gets old, every time I watch it, it feels like new.

@angerman777

37w

the original song is from the penguins

@BigBobber19

5y↑4

I have both versions because it's almost like two different songs and both are great.

@bobtheboneboy6531

The best cover for sure.

@stephenfurman1589

I was a Junior at MBHS when this song came out. Go Typhoons.

@MaksimLevinskyMusic

7y↑1

Very Pleasent :-)

@leedsman54

I love the doo wop sound.

@monicagomez2063

8y↑5

muy bonito

@sanker616hxx8

Si 👉👈😶

@dnssbh9k

11y

Heard it long ago... Now back again

@NovaScotiaNewfie

9y↑2

Shaena Houser As long as a song is used with permission or royalties are paid to the copyright holder it is 100% legal for one band to cover another bands song.

This song has was covered by many bands during this time period.

@ronaldherrera3479

11y↑1

Alfombra roja para esta preciosa melodía -

@serlistogiette4168

5y↑6

I personally like Crew Cuts version more than the Peguins although I do not dislike the Peguins version it is incredible as well each one has such a unique spin on it, it's like looking at two sides of a coin, they are the same thing but two unique and separate faces.

@ShaNaNa242

5y↑1

The Penguins did more of a '50s version. I picture a group of teens dancing with duck tail and crew cut haircuts. When I hear the Crew Cuts version I think of the 20s or 30s because it is a different style even though they both came out in the 1950s

@hellenicworld1431

5y↑1

Wish i was born in the oldest generations

@fabioamericomartani6588

Linda Musica

@richardrussette2635

10y

thank you spiders

@chevy266nova

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.

@sleepy_jean

8y↑39

Great song. Terrible that you have to take a side in the cover wars.

@snifferwoofers4879

5y↑2

Sleepy Jean compared to all these trashy sexual songs today.

@dude4054

4y↑8

Sniffer Woofers there were sexual songs back then quit being a boomer

@kum6865

@@dude4054 Go back to watching vines, jackass.

@supergenius6256

@@dude4054 well a lot of older music of this style makes references to it, not the entirety of the lyrics being the hard r or screaming about sex like most of the pop nowadays. I'm sure it'll devolve more to the days when our music now used to be "normal".

@tennisthelegend

@@dude4054 Songs in the 50s were about love, now they're about Lust

@homemadeteddy

Hey! Cut these Canadians some slack (it's hard enough for us to get ahead in "show business" LOL). My Dad had this version on his old 78s and I loved it. Sigh. I do think the "flip side" Sh-Boom was a better song for The Crew Cuts and showed their style and talent. The Penguins did Earth Angel with such beautiful agony in their voices that it is hard to compete.

@pantagruelcat

9y↑2

It's true what you say about covering Black artists work for White audiences in the States. However, it's also a fact that there were more locally recorded versions of songs and that local Canadian artists often covered songs that Americans had done, not just by black artists. For example, I still think of The End of the World as a Hazel McCurdy song, not a Skeeter Davis one.

@miqueasvalentinhernandez3998

5y↑1

I know the song cause of the BBC's Classic Animal Tracks.

@PigglePigSwillbucket

Well done. The song of the Barn Owl. I recently digitized it - you can watch here: https://archive.org/details/ClassicAnimalTracks

@kasper2783

More where that came from mod ?

@musik102

33w↑2

It's good...but The Penguins had some extra magic.

@S.O.G1988

L.N.D 1934-2016 RG

@karenmcintosh5664

7y↑6

best version of this song by a country mile

@BigBobber19

8y↑4

NO CONTEST WHEN IT COMES TO BLENDED VOICES, THE CREW CUTS WERE THE BEST!

@Greg29

I agree, that's what hooked me.

@JerryJimmson

7y↑3

Dear folks, this song is based on chord changes, as can be heard in the Richard Rodgers & Lorenzhart composition "Blue Moon". Both were whites, not blacks. I say this only because I hear again and again that whites stole the blacks of their music. That's nonsense! Leiber and Stoller were two white Jews who wrote songs for Amos Milburn, Little Esther Phillips, Bullmoose Jackson, Little Willie Littlefield, and Big Mama Thornton. Hound Dog is from Leiber and Stoller. Nobody has stolen from the blacks.

@berry7320

Top left looks like the only normal guy there.

@arfansthename

57 people didn't watch BTTF.

@williamragle5196

They didn't put that song. Out .Notting Beats the Original..

@VirreFriberg

8y↑2

Back To The Future Prom scene

@PsychorGames

6y↑2

Check out that URL

@leonardolarosa7430

lol

@arfansthename

KKK.

@philipnorris6542

3y↑3

A good version though the Penguins did the definitive one, meaning no disrespect to these guys.

@BoognishDisciple

7y↑13

Penguins version is way more soulful, but this version isn't bad.

@cf1934

5y↑2

I didn't care for the Penguinsversion. I guess it's all a matter of taste.

@MightyR.D.B

10w

@@cf1934yeah stop stealing music

@TigerUpperCut22

achieves neither the quality of the original nor marvin berry's version

@brennancry4218

I know ray and john Perkins. Theyre my neighbors

@babsllamas3579

Stopppp no way

@brennancry4218

@@babsllamas3579 im dead serious

@tjvortex6143

Bryan and vinny show

@slurpbang193

5y↑1

In the crew cuts who was the vocal in this

@ShaNaNa242

No one will ever know, we don't even know which is which.

@ddaarriiaa5280

4y↑1

@@ShaNaNa242 actually, the man in the upper right is John Perkins. The one on the lower left is Ray. :)

@user-dq3jk9py4q

2y↑1

This version is good but the penguins is best imo

@kuriouslee

9y↑7

If you want to hear this song Listen to the Penguins version

@Percguy03

9y↑10

Both versions are great,let's leave it at that

@sleepy_jean

8y↑1

I find this version better but I will say the other is good as well and you can't listen to this one alone.

@val13c59

5y↑7

Omg, the white version of this is so lollipop and strip of its soul. The penguins version is still the best.

@kashxlukky7

48w

Always trynna steal our shittttr GERRRR🤬🤬🤬🤬

@gecko36a

NICE VERSION, MY FAVORITE VERSION IS AARON NEVILLES

@Leandro-bq9mv

Fallout new vegas

@shawnmeckes6039

@mrob75

4y↑1

cover records: keep in mind that this is the world of 1955...Unfair Jim Crow laws were in full force....But that's the way it was. Many good rock and roll songs were cut by R & B artists and were sold specifically to black audiences. R & B records were kept under the counter at record stores and had to be specifically asked for. Or, in bigger cities, R & B records were sectioned off in areas knows as "Race Music". Again, fair or unfair, that's the way it was in 1955. Savvy record producers who had an ear for great R & B music ran with cover versions for white performers specifically for white audiences. Many today blame the actual artists themselves for the covers, when in fact the artists were totally powerless as to what they were told to record by the record producers / companies. At this time, because of racial tension, R & B had to be introduced slowly to white listening audiences and cover versions like this one were the venue for that endeavor. To be quite honest, if these covers had not been made, we would have never later discovered the original authentic R & B versions. (Just saying.)

@tomtaylor7125

Very well stated. I am old enough (and white) and remember when my sister could bring home a Pat Boone record, but not Little Richard. In time that changed. Folks want to crap on Pat Boone, but he was actually a bridge. Oddly, a decade later the Beatles/British invation covered many old r&b songs and were given credit of "saving the careers" of a number of old blues musicians.

@user-vr9ql7xb6z

5y↑3

Lol im 13

@user-vr9ql7xb6z

Lol now im 14 and in love with my girlfriend

@ddaarriiaa5280

@@user-vr9ql7xb6z congrats! I hope 14 treats you great! :)

@user-vr9ql7xb6z

@@ddaarriiaa5280 im 15 now

@user-vr9ql7xb6z

@@ddaarriiaa5280 also my girl cheated on me XoX

@Price70

4y↑3

The Penguins version is much better IMO

@capitolia

3y↑1

This one sounds like older than The Penguins.

@BillGraper

5y↑10

Wow, I can't listen to this version. The Penguins did a far superior version. Theirs also came first. There were 3 versions in 1955.

@YukikoUmami

Bill Graper I agree, The Penguins far exceed this version.

@Willyt123

My order go's from worst to best crew cuts the tembelens the penguins

@tjtomlyanovich6382

8y↑18

Crew cuts sing it best

@bryanfrancis3033

10y↑35

The black folks do this song way better

@RaananVolesPianist

9y↑7

Yes, but not because they were black. The Penguins just had more feeling and more talent.

@cf1934

9y↑1

bryan FRANCIS I disagree!

@cf1934

9y↑3

RaananVolesPianist Crew Cuts had a lot of hits! Penguins didn't! I like the Crew Cuts a lot better!

@meredithskinner9387

9y↑4

RaananVolesPianist I don't like The Penguins rendition. I'm a big fan of the Marvin Berry and the Starlighters version. It just sounds more appealing to my ear. However, there's something to be said about the way that Crew Cuts took this song and adapted the song to fit their style.

@cf1934

I disagree!

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@jaelie8398

2y↑2

The Penguins version is so much better

@baebiejean

8y↑6

the hell is this flavorless chicken

@ivanrod777

38w

mil veces es mejor la versión de los penguins, y la de marvin berry, primo de chuck berry

@YukikoUmami

4y↑4

Wow growing up I only ever heard The Penguins version of this song. This is terrible. Nothing against their vocals or musical style, they perform just fine. This version just does not have the mmph of The Penguins. It sounds very blah.

@FreeMindsThinkAlike

7y↑1

Ok, speaking for my taste. This one is just not as good as the original. I need more soul and emotion put into the vocals.This is why Selena was one of the greatest of all time, If the song was sad you'd want to cry with her. If it was a happy song you'd be smiling along with her.

Speaking for why so many people have an issue with this cover and not so many other covers I think is because this version, as were many other covers from the 50's race fueled cover era, was made specifically to sell to white racist that were too put off by colored people to want to buy their "race records" or to teenagers who's parents were racist and would not allow their teens to listen to "colored people" music.

I wonder if the crew cuts or any other really successful cover band from the 50s ever issued some sort of apology or statement for taking part in these race fueled cover versions of African-American originated songs? Even if it was their record labels pushing this and they had some degree or ignorance to the process I feel the should have at some point came out and apologized for taking part in that kind of organized race fueled scam.

I suppose it's not all bad tho because in the end the Originals were all eventually discovered. It's just disgusting that so many record labels screwed artist out of royalties for these covers.

@shaenahouser6222

10y↑10

rip off artists

@bearzrecords

10y↑5

It was a standard problem in the US in the early fifties. The record industry did not feel the (white) record buying public would accept a black band so they created white groups to ensure more commercial success. It was the public and the record industry that created this problem, not the artists themselves. But, yes, the original by the Penguins had more to it

@shaenahouser6222

10y

yeah i know. but it doesnt make it any less wrong. i just dont think they should credit for ruining a perfectly wonderful song.

@bearzrecords

10y↑1

Of course the "other" version was by a group called The Penguins which really does have dark overtones. But I will attempt to post that version as well.

@donnieork

10y

bearzrecords What do you mean by "dark overtones" I'm wondering!

@bearzrecords

10y

donnieork
I think its a bit "strange" that the black group were given the name The Penguins

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@emanuelpugh275

8y↑14

their version sucks and is bland.

@cf1934

8y↑13

Bullshit!

@comedychris1655

Sorry but this group Cannot cut this song. This was farce. It shouldnot have happened

@gregorycastro1835

6y↑1

Negative, the peguins do it best!!! The fact that folks during that time had to have white folks cover the song to make it acceptable, is disgusting.

@manuelvasquez9009

6y↑2

Absolutely awful version. These guys blow.

@franktracy6423

4y↑1

I prefer the Crewwcuts version because they were from Toronto, my hometown, just like the four lads, the Diamonds and so on.

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