Devil or Angel

{{Short description|1956 song performed by The Clovers}} {{Infobox song | name = Devil or Angel | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Clovers | album = | B-side = Hey, Doll Baby | released = January 1956 | format = | recorded = 1955 | studio = | venue = | genre = R&B | length = {{Duration|m=02|s=22}} | label = Atlantic | writer = Blanche Carter<ref>{{cite web|title=secondhandsongs.com|url=https://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/123028|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=December 9, 2020}}</ref> | producer = | prev_title = Nip Sip | prev_year = 1955 | next_title = Love, Love, Love | next_year = 1956 }}

{{Infobox song | name = Devil or Angel | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Bobby Vee | album = Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites | B-side = Since I Met You Baby | released = June 21, 1960 | format = | recorded = 1960 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = 2:15 | label = Liberty | writer = Blanche Carter | producer = | prev_title = One Last Kiss | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Since I Met You Baby | next_year = 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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=124}}</ref> It was re-recorded by John Bailey after he left the Clovers and formed another Clovers group for Lana Records in 1965.

==Later versions== *The song was recorded by Bobby Vee, with veteran session drummer Earl Palmer among the studio musicians, and reached number 6 in the US charts in 1960, and number 2 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/60-10-10-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - October 10, 1960}}</ref> It was Vee's first Top 10 hit.<ref>Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 175</ref><ref>Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992</ref> This version was also a crossover hit on the R&B chart. *It was later recorded by both Johnny Crawford and Jesse Winchester. Neither of those versions charted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.<ref name="BMI.com">{{Cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=298366&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118171830/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=298366&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-18|title=BMI Repertoire Search|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref> *The Hollywood Flames released a version of the song as a single in 1960.<ref>[http://www.45cat.com/record/456171 The Hollywood Flames, "Devil or Angel" single release] Retrieved February 4, 2016.</ref> *Tony Scotti recorded the song in 1969. The single peaked at #117 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" chart.<ref>Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 12th Edition, Record Research Inc, Menomonee Falls WI, 2009</ref> *Ezra Furman recorded a cover of the song featured in Netflix's ''Sex Education''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/sex-education-season-2-soundtrack-songs-ezra-furman-sound-track-playlist-netflix-1482728|title=All the songs from the new season of "Sex Education"|last=Spencer|first=Samuel|date=2020-01-17|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> *Billy Fury recorded a version of the song, produced by Stuart Coleman which reached number 58 in the UK charts in 1982.

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Category:1955 songs Category:1960 singles Category:The Clovers songs Category:Bobby Vee songs Category:The Hollywood Flames songs Category:Atco Records singles