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"Angel"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the EP Follow That Dream
ReleasedApril 1962 (1962-04)
RecordedJuly 2, 1961[1]
StudioRCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
GenrePop
Length2:39
LabelRCA 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.

Recording

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"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]

Cliff Richard version

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"Angel"
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Cliff Richard
B-side"Razzle Dazzle"
ReleasedMay 1965
Recorded24 August 1964[3]
StudioColumbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenrePop
Length2:22
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"The Minute You're Gone"
(1965) 		"Angel"
(1965) 		"On My Word"
(1965)

In 1965, Cliff Richard released a cover of the song on his eponymous seventh studio, which was also released as a single.

Release

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"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]

Track listing

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7"

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "Razzle Dazzle" – 2:04

7" (Germany)

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "House Without Windows" – 2:29

7" (Japan)

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "Again" – 2:34

EP

  1. "Angel" – 2:22
  2. "I Only Came to Say Goodbye" – 2:26
  3. "On My Word" – 2:30
  4. "The Minute You're Gone" – 2:43

Charts

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Chart (1965) Peak
position
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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Elvis Presley Recording Sessions". www.keithflynn.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  2. ^ "Elvis Presley - Angel". Discogs. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (Angel)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ Cliff Richard – Angel / Razzle Dazzle (1965, Vinyl), 1965, retrieved 2021-10-02
  5. ^ Cliff Richard – Angel (1965, Vinyl), 1965, retrieved 2021-10-02
  6. ^ Cliff Richard - Angel, retrieved 2021-10-02
  7. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  8. ^ "Cliff Richard – Angel" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "Cliff Richard – Angel" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 4 September 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 9 October 1965. p. 36. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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