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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]
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The music video was directed and animated by Plates Animation Inc. It starts with a 'prehistoric' penguin extracting a tooth from a walrus (the tooth is symbolic throughout the video, as a metaphor to materialism). The penguins are divided into Communist and capitalist roles as the video progresses. The 'Red' penguins are in upheaval (similar ...
They were the penguin power couple, a world-famous same-sex pairing whose love was taught about in schools and inspired a pride parade float.Now Magic, mourning Sphen's death, has led their ...
During the recording of the song, Jason got emotional singing some of the heartfelt lyrics. His gravelly voice belts out, "Happy Christmas, I love ya brother, I can see a better time when all our ...
3-2-1 Penguins! is an American science fiction computer-animated Christian children's television series, initially launched on November 14, 2000 as a direct-to-video episode [2] by Big Idea Entertainment with videos released between 2000 and 2003.