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The Penguins were an American doo-wop group from Los Angeles, California, that were active during the 1950s and early 1960s. They are known for their 1954 hit song, "Earth Angel", which was one of the first rhythm and blues songs to cross over to the pop charts. The song would ultimately prove to be their only success.
"Earth Angel", occasionally referred to as "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)", is a song by American doo-wop group the Penguins. Produced by Dootsie Williams, it was released as their debut single in October 1954 on Dootone Records. The Penguins had formed the year prior and recorded the song as a demo in a garage in South Central Los Angeles.
Frank Zappa took the song to Art Laboe, who loved it. [3] Laboe came up with the idea of adding a section that named doo-wop groups and having the Penguins impersonate their songs. [3] "Memories of El Monte" was recorded at Paul Buff’s Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga, California in 1963. [5] The song was copyrighted on February 20, 1963. [6]
The Penguins: Doontone 5: 9: 5 "I've Got a Woman: Ray Charles: Atlantic 6: 3: 15 "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)" ... List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of ...
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
Gay Gentoo penguin Sphen has died, Sydney Sea Life Aquarium said Thursday, and partner Magic led the community in song.
Sidney Crosby had Mark Recchi as a mentor when he entered the NHL 18 years ago. On Wednesday night, Crosby matched his former teammate on the NHL career scoring list as the Pittsburgh Penguins ...
Samuel "Buck" Ram (November 21, 1907 – January 1, 1991) was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger. He was one of BMI's top five songwriters/air play in its first 50 years, alongside Paul Simon, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb, and Paul McCartney.