Crew Cuts - Earth Angel

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I love to read the comments. We recorded this record for Mercury Records in Chicago. I am now 88 years old and I'm still singing the song at public appearances I make. I am John Perkins founder and member of the original Crew-Cuts. My brother Ray, who sang bass in the group and myself are the only two remaining members of The Crew-Cuts.

johnperkins

just come out of the Marine Corps in February 1955, took a date to the Statler Hotel
to see the Crew Cuts and I loved this song, Married the girl and were together for 52 years, lost her in 2008, God I miss her

richardrussette

This song registered with me growing up as a kid in NFLD Canada during the fifties. Clearly it was well arranged and the voice blending was very touching. It was easy to feel the song. I love coming back to it every now and then. We always remember songs, events, etc. by the way they made us feel.Thanks guys.

ronjones

Anyone still here in 2020 cuase I am 15 and I love the crewcuts.Keep the good music alive people

gaming__rando

Wow, ... hearing this after the Penguins and Marvin Berry & the Starlighters versions, its just.... very different. The swing/shuffle component they added makes it feel completely different. I will forever be partial to the Penguins version myself, its the one I like to sing in the car... and the Marvin Berry one is immortal from it's Back To The Future fame... Frankly, until today I had never heard this cut... its a very different take on a black R&B song recorded by white kids for crossover radio play. Apparently, this was the most commercially successful version! (The Crew Cut's version)
Can you imagine a world where black and white artist's songs aren't played on the same station? Crazy that was just 65-70 years ago.

ralphralpherson

Sounds like the crew cuts had one foot in the traditional jazz sound and one in the “modern” doo wop sound. The soft piano in the background calls back to the days of the smoky jazz club, while the tight harmonies are very 1950s. It’s always neat to see how musical acts bridged those divides when the direction of music was changing.

tommyl.dayandtherunaways

I am and have always been a huge Penguins fan. This is my favorite version of Earth Angel among all of the cover versions.

Azishome

Why can't people just like the song? Both versions of the songs were outstanding, and unique in their own ways. It is saddening even the thought of racism comes to music even if they are blind to know that artists often asked other artists to sing their songs, which is why you have many songs by different people but all are the same at the same time.

thecaretaker

I love these. I was born in 1954 and my dad had a beautiful singing voice and he would sing these songs to me at bedtime or when we traveled anywhere in the car my sister is the only one in the family that got his beautiful voice like him, he was in Korea, so the music had totally changed when he came back so he would sing old songs before the war and then he would sing the modern music that he liked after he got back from Korea

omaeve

i love these comments, the age range is so amazing. i'm 15 and some people here are over 80 wow

mayawilliams

1955 version much better than any current song. And yes, 2023 here 😅

slevisham

John, you guys are legends! Never forget how much we love you!

timevans

Beach High was a great school.1956. 84 years old and still listening to this .

stephanfurman

Growing up in the UK I only ever heard this version of Earth Angel, I didn’t even realise it was a cover! Listening to it now, this version has a real heavy Swing/Big Band influence, it sounds like it could be a much older song than it actually is.

Duncan

Love this version of the song so much, an extremely early childhood memory.A friend had a copy of the Mercury 78 shellac disc with Ko Ko Mo on the 'B ' side .It was played often on their family Ferguson radigram much to my delight !

Roger.Coleman