"Angel"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the EP Follow That Dream
ReleasedApril 1962 (1962-04)
RecordedJuly 2, 1961[1]
StudioRCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
GenrePop
Length2:39
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
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.[1] It was released as single; however, this was only in South Africa and Rhodesia in February 1965.[2]

Cliff Richard version

"Angel"
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[3]
StudioColumbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenrePop
Length2:22
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
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.

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.[4] 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.[5] The song was officially released in the UK as the title track to an EP in September 1965.[6]

Track listing

7"

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "Razzle Dazzle" – 2:04

7" (Germany)

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "House Without Windows" – 2:29

7" (Japan)

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "Again" – 2:34

EP

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "I Only Came to Say Goodbye" – 2:26
  3. "On My Word" – 2:30
  4. "The Minute You're Gone" – 2:43

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 16
Hong Kong[10] 7
Malaysia[11] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 40

References

  1. ^ a b "Elvis Presley Recording Sessions". www.keithflynn.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  2. ^ "Elvis Presley - Angel". Discogs. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (Angel)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ Cliff Richard – Angel / Razzle Dazzle (1965, Vinyl), 1965, retrieved 2021-10-02
  5. ^ Cliff Richard – Angel (1965, Vinyl), 1965, retrieved 2021-10-02
  6. ^ Cliff Richard - Angel, retrieved 2021-10-02
  7. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  8. ^ "Cliff Richard – Angel" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "Cliff Richard – Angel" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 4 September 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 9 October 1965. p. 36. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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