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Devil or Angel

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"Devil or Angel"
Single by The Clovers
B-side"Hey, Doll Baby"
ReleasedJanuary 1956
Recorded1955
GenreR&B
Length2:22
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Blanche Carter[1]
The Clovers singles chronology
"Nip Sip"
(1955)
"Devil or Angel"
(1956)
"Love, Love, Love"
(1956)
"Devil or Angel"
Single by Bobby Vee
from the album Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
B-side"Since I Met You Baby"
ReleasedJune 21, 1960
Recorded1960
GenrePop
Length2:15
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Blanche Carter
Bobby Vee singles chronology
"One Last Kiss"
(1960)
"Devil or Angel"
(1960)
"Since I Met You Baby"
(1960)

"Devil or Angel" is a song written by Blanche Carter and originally recorded by the Clovers in 1955, where it went to number four on the US R&B Best Sellers chart.[2] It was re-recorded by John Bailey after he left the Clovers and formed another Clovers group for Lana Records in 1965.

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References

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  1. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 124.
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - October 10, 1960".
  4. ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 175
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
  6. ^ "BMI Repertoire Search". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  7. ^ The Hollywood Flames, "Devil or Angel" single release Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 12th Edition, Record Research Inc, Menomonee Falls WI, 2009
  9. ^ Spencer, Samuel (2020-01-17). "All the songs from the new season of "Sex Education"". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-01-17.