Pretty Little Angel Eyes

Album: Pretty Little Angel Eyes (1961)
Charted: 47 7
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Curtis Lee, Tommy Boyce
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 5

  • John Laughter from Macon, GaDoes anyone know the name of the saxophone player on this hit?
  • Rebecca from Orange, CaliforniaMy 6th grade teacher in 1961 in Orange California was soon to be married on August 20. Miss Stone told our class the guy who sings Angel Eyes was going to be in her wedding. She was from Arizona, at the time teaching in California.
  • John L from Macon, GaDoes anyone know who played the tenor sax solo?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPer: http://www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm
    Curtis Lee, best remembered for his early Phil Spector production of "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" (#7) in 1961, died Thursday (January 8th, 2015) of cancer while visiting doctors in San Diego...
    The Yuma, Arizona native was 75. Groomed to be a teen idol after Elvis went into the Army (he had previously recorded three singles while still in his teens in Arizona as well as two more in Hollywood), Curtis was signed by Ray Peterson's Dunes Records in New York in 1960...
    However, his early recordings-- including the bubbling-under "Pledge Of Love" (#110-1961)-- made no one forget the King. Dunes pulled out all the stops for Curtis on "Angel Eyes" though, getting Tommy Boyce to write it (based on a title suggestion by Curtis), Phil to produce it (Spector had also produced Ray's version of "Corrina Corrina") and pairing him with the Halos ("Nag") for the catchy background...
    Phil also produced the follow-up, "Under The Moon Of Love" (#46-1961) but without him, Curtis was back to bubbling-under on "Just Another Fool" (#110-1962) and soon he and Dunes parted company, leaving him as just another one-hit wonder. In later years, he became a home builder in Yuma...
    May he R.I.P.
  • Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumI like this song very much, I have it on the cd-box of Phil Spector called "Back to Mono". Phil Spector, you are so TOP, you are and you will stay my number one 4 ever and ever. Love your songs, love you!
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