Devil or Angel

"Devil or Angel"

Single by The Clovers

B-side

"Hey, Doll Baby"

Released

January 1956

Recorded

1955

Genre

R&B

Length

02:22

Writer(s)

Blanche Carter

The Clovers singles chronology

"Nip Sip"
(1955)

"Devil or Angel"
(1956)

"Love, Love, Love"
(1956)

"Devil or Angel" is a song written by Blanche Carter and originally recorded by The Clovers in 1955. It was re-recorded by John Bailey after he left The Clovers and formed another Clovers group for Lana Records in 1965.

Cover versions

The song was covered by Bobby Vee, featuring veteran session drummer Earl Palmer, and reached #6 in the US charts in 1960.^[1]^[2] It was later covered by Johnny Crawford and Jesse Winchester.^[3]

The Hollywood Flames released a version of the song as a single in 1960.^[4]

References

↑ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, forward by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 175
↑ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
↑ "BMI Repertoire Search". Retrieved 2012-07-25.
↑ The Hollywood Flames, "Devil or Angel" single release Retrieved February 4, 2016.

The Clovers

Harold Winley King Raymond Green Franklen Poole Carlos Wilson Edward "Ike" Bowers

Singles	"Don't You Know I Love You" "Fool, Fool, Fool" "One Mint Julep" "Ting-A-Ling" "Lovey Dovey" "Blue Velvet" "Devil or Angel" "Love Potion No. 9"

Bobby Vee

Singles	"Devil or Angel" "Rubber Ball" "More Than I Can Say" "How Many Tears" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Run to Him" "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" "Sharing You" "Punish Her" "A Forever Kind of Love" "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" "Charms" "Come Back When You Grow Up" "Medley:My Girl/Hey Girl"

B-Sides	"Everyday"

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