Angels in the Sky (Dick Glasser song)

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"Angels in the Sky"
Song by Dick Glasser
Published1954
Songwriter Dick Glasser

"Angels in the Sky" is a popular song by Dick Glasser. It was published in 1954 [1] [2] and has been recorded by a number of artists. The first recording was by Glasser himself and was issued on Jack Gale's label, Triple A (#2522), flipped with "Is It Too Late?", another Glasser composition. In 1954, Gale would strike a deal with RCA Victor for the song and it was then recorded and released by Tony Martin on RCA Victor #5757 about August 1954, flipped with "Boulevard Of Nightingales". A part of the deal was that Glasser's recording would be withdrawn from the market.

The biggest hit for the song would happen later in the following year with a version by The Crew-Cuts on Mercury Records #70741. [3] [4] It first reached the Billboard charts on December 17, 1955. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #16; on the Best Seller chart, at #11; on the Juke Box chart, at #13; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #13. The flip side was "Mostly Martha". [5]

Dick Glasser re-recorded the song after having signed with Columbia Records by Autumn 1958. It was released as his third single for the label (#41357) about March 1959, this time flipped with "Get Thee Behind Me".

References

  1. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1959-03-23. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  2. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1953-12-12. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Nat; Pollock, Bruce (1950). Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs. Adrian Press. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  4. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank; Cooper, B. Lee; Haney, Wayne S. (2014-02-04). Rock Music in American Popular Culture III: More Rock 'n' Roll Resources. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-95759-1 . Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  5. ↑ Warner, Jay (2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   978-0-634-09978-6 . Retrieved 2025-11-14.
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