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Angel (Elvis Presley song)

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“Angel”
Song by Elvis Presley
from the EP Follow That Dream
ReleasedApril 1962
RecordedJuly 2, 1961
StudioRCA Studio B
Nashville,
Tennessee
GenrePop
Length2:39
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Sid Tepper
Roy C. Bennett
Producer(s)Hans Salter

Angel” is a song by Elvis Presley from the film Follow That Dream and was released on the soundtrack EP of the same name in April 1962.

Recording

“Angel” was recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville Tennessee and it took seven takes to recorded the final version. It was released as single; however, this was only in South Africa and Rhodesia in February 1965.

Cliff Richard version

“Angel”

Cliff Richard Angel NL.jpg
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Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Cliff Richard
B-side“Razzle Dazzle”
ReleasedMay 1965
Recorded24 August 1964
StudioColumbia Studios, 
Nashville, Tennessee
GenrePop
Length2:22
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Sid Tepper
Roy C. Bennett
Producer(s)Billy Sherrill
Bob Morgan
Cliff Richard singles chronology
The Minute You’re Gone
(1965)”Angel
(1965)”On My Word
(1965)

In 1965, Cliff Richard released a cover of the song on his eponymous seventh studio, which was also released as a single.

Cliff Richard Angel

Release

“Angel” was pressed in the UK, though was released as an export-only single. It was released in Australia and most of Europe with the B-side “Razzle Dazzle”, written by Charles Calhoun and first released by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1955.

BILL HALEY & THE COMETS – Razzle Dazzle

In Germany, “Angel” was released with the B-side “House Without Windows”, written by Fred Tobias and Lee Pockriss and first released by Steve Lawrence in 1962.

Steve Lawrence – House Without Windows(1962)

The song was officially released in the UK as the title track to an EP in September 1965.

Track listing

7″

  1. “Angel” – 2:22
  2. “Razzle Dazzle” – 2:04

7″ (Germany)

  1. “Angel” – 2:22
  2. “House Without Windows” – 2:29
House Without Windows (2002 Remaster)

7″ (Japan)

  1. “Angel” – 2:22
  2. Again” – 2:34
Again (2002 Remaster)

EP

  1. “Angel” – 2:22
  2. “I Only Came to Say Goodbye” – 2:26
I Only Came to Say Goodbye (2002 Remaster)

3. “On My Word” – 2:30

Cliff Richard – On My Word (1964)

4. “The Minute You’re Gone” – 2:43

CLIFF RICHARD The minute you're gone (live)

Charts

Chart (1965)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)16
Hong Kong7
Malaysia8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)40

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