"Angel" | |
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Song by Elvis Presley | |
from the EP Follow That Dream | |
Released | April 1962 |
Recorded | July 2, 1961 [1] |
Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 2:39 |
Label | RCA 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.
"Angel" was recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, and it took seven takes to record the final version. [1] It was released as a single; however, this was only in South Africa and Rhodesia in February 1965. [2]
"Angel" | ||||
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Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
from the album Cliff Richard | ||||
B-side | "Razzle Dazzle" | |||
Released | May 1965 | |||
Recorded | 24 August 1964 [3] | |||
Studio | Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:22 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Cliff Richard singles chronology | ||||
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In 1965, Cliff Richard released a cover of the song on his eponymous seventh studio, which was also released as a single.
"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]
7"
7" (Germany)
7" (Japan)
EP
Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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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 |
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