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She had written the lyrics for "Angel Baby" as a poem for "[her] very first boyfriend" when she was a 14-year-old student at Mission Bay High School in San Diego, California. [ 2 ] Initially unable to find a label willing to distribute the song because of its unpolished sound, the group convinced a San Diego department store to pipe their ...
Hamlin's track "Angel Baby" was cited by John Lennon as one of his favorite songs, and he covered the track in 1975. [22] She was the first Latina to be honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, on their Wall of One-Hit Wonders. [4] [17] In July 2007, a concert honoring Hamlin was held at the Pearson Park Amphitheater in Anaheim, California. [23]
Rosie and the Originals were an American 1960s musical group best known for their single "Angel Baby." [1] Fronted by lead singer Rosie Hamlin, the group produced two singles (including "Angel Baby") for Highland Records and, like many other musicians of the era, ended up in protracted legal battles with their record label over royalties and credits.
Contrary to popular belief, the poem is not about the death of Field's son, who died several years after its publication. Field once admitted that the words "Little Boy Blue" occurred to him when he needed a rhyme for the seventh line in the first stanza. The poem first appeared in 1888 in the Chicago weekly literary journal America. Its editor ...
Linda Pastan (May 27, 1932 – January 30, 2023) was an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991 to 1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. [1] She was known for writing short poems that address topics like family life, domesticity, motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, loss and the fear of loss, as well as the fragility of life and relationships.
"Angel Baby" (Dean Martin song), a 1958 single by Dean Martin "Angel Baby" (Rosie and the Originals song), a 1960 single by Rosie and the Originals "Angel Baby" (Troye Sivan song), a 2021 single by Troye Sivan; Angel Baby, 1961 film by Paul Wendkos; Angel Baby, 1995 Australian film "Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me)", a song by Darrell Banks
The Littlest Angel is an American children's book by Charles Tazewell. It was first published in 1946, illustrated by Katherine Evans. It was reissued with different illustrators in 1962 and 1991. All the versions were published by Children's Press Inc. As of 2001 it was the fifteenth best-selling children's book of all time. [1]
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).