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• John LaughterDoes anyone know if Tony Gomez is still alive and playing music?
• Alan Bell from ThailandSong is heard several times in Lynne Ramsay's 2017 movie You Were Never Really Here - I can't figure out why but it's the sort of arty movie where you don't expect to understand everything. Well worth seeing though if you like that sort of thing.
• John Patino from Somewhere On EarthI will record this song and put it on my channel, great song
• Ricky from FloridaOne of the best love songs ever
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyPer: http://www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm
  Rosalie 'Rosie' Hamlin, lead singer of Rosie & the Originals, passed away Thursday (March 30th, 2017) at the age of 71...
  
  She had suffered from fibromyalgia for many years. She was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska before moving near San Diego, where she formed the Originals while still in high school. "Angel Baby" started out as a poem she wrote to her first boyfriend when she was 14. Adding a melody, the group traveled to San Marcos, California and recorded a demo. The haunting saxophone part was actually by bassist Tony Gomez because the real sax player couldn't make the trip-- having to mow his parents' lawn! The song was picked up by Highland records and reached #5 in 1961. Convinced that she could make it a a solo singer, Rosie (listed as "formerly with The Originals") recorded "Lonely Blue Nights", which made it to #66 that year on Brunswick Records...
  
  Rosie grew weary of the recording business (having seen little, if any, money for her efforts) and settled down with her guitar player, Noah Tafolla to start a family in 1963. She went on to become an art teacher...
  May she R.I.P.
• Cris from Altamont, MoAccording to Rosie's official website (http://www.rosieandtheoriginals.com/wordpress/biographies/autobiography-of-rosalie-hamlin), she wrote "Angel Baby" when she was 14. An interesting bit from her brief autobiography there is as follows: "The equipment [i.e. at the old hangar] was an old two-track machine. We had to record it over and over. Probably thirty times or more. Each time someone made a mistake, we'd have to stop and start all over again. When we finally had the take that everyone liked, we thought we were done. Then the guy says, "What do you want on the other side?" We had completely forgotten about the flip side of the 45. Lucky for us, we had our old friend Blueford Wade along. He was a vocalist who sat in on gigs with us when he wasn't fronting his own band. Noah said, "Hey Blueford, why don't you just ad-lib something." That's how Give Me Love made it on the B side." And that is why the "B" side sounds so much different from the "A" side.
• Bill from Las Vegas, NvSaw Rosie at a post-911 concert in L. A. either late 01 or early 02. She had some of the "Originals" still with her. Talked at length with her sister, who said that life had not been too kind to her - marriage/health etc.
  Rosie didn't seem to be too happy and was a no-show for the finale with the other performing legends like the drifters/coasters, etc. However, she sounded great and was just as entertaining as when I saw her as
  a teenager while at Eagle Rock High School in the early 60s. At the time of induction, she was the only female Hispanic to be inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame. BTW, her sis gave me a record of her singing
  "Angel Baby" completely in Spanish. Just as good as the english version. Worth getting if available for sale. Also, her greatest hits album is awesome. Almost all the songs are as good as Angel Baby. She is one of
  the best pop music artists of all-time!
• Bubblesk from Memphis, TnBack in 1960, I was 13 and bought the single "Angel Baby." It was a huge hit with simple lyrics & catchy melody. I really loved humming it and singing it in the halls at high school, until some of my friends told me to quit---or they'd beat me to a pulp! Some kids used to think I was retarded because I went around singing this song in school. But really, I aint retarded. Really. Wow--the background on this hit is interesting. I didn't know that Rosie had loads of trouble with her record company. What scabs!! I never remembered their name (Highland??), but my 45 rpm single had a red label. In 1960, it was the first year I was allowed to buy records by my parents. They kept telling me they didn't want to learn that I'd been buying those smutty rock & roll sex songs. So right away I went downtown and started searching for those "smutty rock & roll sex songs!!" Well, I didn't find any. My first record to buy in 1960 was "The Twist" by Chubby Checker. Then I bought some sappy sounding record by Ricky Nelson that I can't remember. Never did like most of his songs, but I took a chance on buying that one. And it was a bad decision! Then I got this one-----Angel Baby. I still love it when it's played on the oldies radio. Don't hear it too often even on those stations. Does anyone know what Rosie is up to these days? Or if she's even alive? I guess the old girls would be close to her 70s by now?
• Sd from Ll, Nmthese facts are inacurate angel baby was sang by a little girl younger than 14 and the song was written for her by her uncle and the family was the band who played for her they were native to new mexico (whitch is in the united states for those who didn't know)
• Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesKeep looking in thrift shop bins for "Angel Baby/ Give Me Love". It still turns up. I've got at least two copies somewhere. Meanwhile, I'll create an entry for "Give Me Love" and post the lyrics.
• Bluforte Wade from Milwaukee, WiBluford Wade is my Dad. And other things that eople may not know about him is that he also co wrote several songs with james Brown The Godfather of Soul
• Georgia from Barcelona, SpainIs it possible to get the B-side "Give me love" lyrics? I can't find it. Bluford Wade... amazing! What else about him?
• Francis from Long Island, NyAll these facts about a song derided and disrespected by many DJ's even. I first became aware of this song when an old girlfriend sang it in my ear in my '65 Chevelle (Thanks Gina-Wherever you are...), and I thought it was tacky.
  Coincidentally-a NY City DJ named Bob Shannon was playing it (1985 I should have mentioned), and mentioned how unliked it was by many.
  
  I fell in love with it and still love it today.
  
  As I was going to say; all these facts; to me-"It's just like heaven..."

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