The song was originally recorded as a demo at Ted Brinson's garage studio in South Los Angeles in October 1954, with producer Dootsie Williams[1]. "Earth Angel" quickly outstripped its A-side in popularity, and reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart for three weeks in early 1955, and number eight on the pop chart[2]. Covered many times since, the love song would prove to be the only Top 40 hit from the group.
The version of "Earth Angel" recorded by The Penguins ranked #151 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. The Penguins' rendition is considered by many to be "the granddaddy of rock n' roll"[citation needed] since it was one of the first records which could be described as rock and roll to hit the national pop charts.
Authorship
The song was originally credited to The Penguins' baritone singer Curtis Williams, but, after a legal dispute in 1956, both Jesse Belvin and Gaynel Hodge, at the time a member of another Los Angeles vocal group, The Turks, were added as co-writers.[citation needed]
One source[citation needed] states that ""Earth Angel" was a pastiche of everything that was floating around Los Angeles". According to one of the most reputable sources[1], it was started by Belvin, and then evolved through various differently titled songs recorded by Hodge and Williams. In turn they were influenced by "Dream Girl", Belvin's #2 R&B hit as one half of Jesse and Marvin, which contained many of the same vocal inflections used in "Earth Angel". The "Will you be mine?" hook was borrowed from the #9 R&B hit of the same name by the Swallows[1]. A very similar song, in terms of its piano introduction and chord progression, is "I Know" recorded in 1953 by The Hollywood Flames, a group in which Hodge and Williams were both members for a time. The chord changes, known as the 50s progression, are also similar to the Rodgers and Hart song, "Blue Moon", which was popular with many doo-wop groups. The coda of Earth Angel, with the repeatedly harmonized word "You-oo... you-oo... you-oo... you-oo," had previously been heard in The Dominoes' #5 R&B cover of "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)"
Earth Angel
The Penguins Lyrics
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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 angelThe 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 hope and I pray that someday
I'll be the vision of your hap-happiness, 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
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
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 (you, you, you)
The song "Earth Angel" by The Penguins is a classic doo-wop love song that describes a man's devotion to the woman he loves and his hope for a reciprocated love. The opening lines of "Oh, oh, oh, oh, wah-ah-ah, oh, oh, oh, oh" serve as an introduction to the melodic doo-wop harmonies that are prominent in the song. The singer asks the woman, who he calls his Earth Angel, to be his and promises to love her always. He acknowledges that his actions may seem foolish, but he cannot help but be in love with her.
The second verse speaks to the depth of the singer's love as he describes the woman as the one he adores and will love forever. He acknowledges that he is a fool in love with her, but that feeling is not going away. The third verse speaks to the moment he first fell in love with her, the vision of her loveliness that captured his heart. The singer then expresses his hope and prayers that someday he will bring her happiness and be the "vision of her happiness."
Overall, "Earth Angel" is a timeless ballad that captures the essence of young love and the desire to be with someone forever. Through its doo-wop harmonies and sweet lyrics, it has become a classic love song that continues to resonate with listeners to this day.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, oh, oh, oh, wah-ah-ah, oh, oh, oh, oh
The singer is expressing his emotions with sounds instead of words.
Earth angel, earth angel
The singer is addressing someone he is in love with and considering an angel.
Will you be mine?
The singer is asking if the person he is in love with will be his partner.
My darling dear
The singer is expressing endearment towards the person he is in love with.
Love you all the time
The singer promises to love the person he is in love with all the time.
I'm just a fool
The singer admits to being foolish for being in love.
A fool in love with you
The singer is specifying that he is a fool for being in love with the person he is addressing.
The one I adore
The singer is expressing deep admiration towards the person he is in love with.
Love you forever and ever more
The singer promises to love the person he is in love with forever.
I fell for you and I knew
The singer fell in love with the person he is addressing and knew it immediately.
The vision of your love-loveliness
The singer is referring to the attractive qualities of the person he is in love with.
I hoped and I pray that someday
The singer is expressing his hopes and wishes of having a future with the person he is in love with.
I'll be the vision of your hap-happiness oh, oh, oh, oh!
The singer wishes to make the person he is in love with happy so much that they see him as the source of their happiness.
Please be mine
The singer is making a plea for the person he is in love with to be his partner.
Love you all the time
The singer promises to love the person he is in love with all the time.
I'm just a fool
The singer admits to being foolish for being in love.
A fool in love with you-ou-ou
The singer is specifying that he is a fool for being in love with the person he is addressing.
Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Jesse Lorenzo Belvin, Gaynel Hodge, Curtis Williams
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@SlikLizrd
It's not just you. There is no feeling like you get from the old classic R & B tunes.
You had:
The Clovers.
The Drifters.
The Moonglows.
The Midnighters.
The 5 Satins.
The Penguins.
Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers.
Chuck Berry.
The list goes on and on.
I'm so glad to have been a teen at that time -- and the magic of R & B Tunes is still with me at 83 years of age.
@Serafim_Machado
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, loveliness
I hoped and I prayed that someday
I'll be the vision of your hap-happiness
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
I fell for you and I knew the vision of your loveliness
I hoped and prayed that someday
That 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
@Milo31
Lyrics:
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 for ever, 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's loveliness.
I hope and I pray, that some day
I'll be the vision of your hap, 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 some day
I'll be the vision, the vision of your happiness.
Oh, oh, oh, Earth angel, Earth angel, please be mine.
My darling dear, love you for all time.
I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you
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@juliereminiec4937
Can a guy also be a Earth Angel
@mariarivera3356
Yes.
@gregoryboston9548
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@ANISTAZImetal-po4rz
So beautiful ❤
@NJ-fq6nu
My girlfriend and I danced to this song in 1955 she was 15 and I was 16. True love for the song and each other. We are married over 60 years.
@zenoluz775
Que linda cena embalada por uma primorosa canção.
@1511-b7x
are you now 82 yrs old?
@robertsnith2932
❤️