# Devil or Angel

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{{Short description|1956 song performed by The Clovers}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Devil or Angel
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [The Clovers](/source/The_Clovers)
| album      =
| B-side     = Hey, Doll Baby
| released   = January 1956
| format     =
| recorded   = 1955
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [R&B](/source/R%26B)
| length     = {{Duration|m=02|s=22}}
| label      = [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records)
| 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](/source/Bobby_Vee)
| album      = Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
| B-side     = [Since I Met You Baby](/source/Since_I_Met_You_Baby_(song))
| released   = June 21, 1960
| format     =
| recorded   = 1960
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length     = 2:15
| label      = [Liberty](/source/Liberty_Records)
| writer     = Blanche Carter
| producer   =
| prev_title = One Last Kiss
| prev_year  = 1960
| next_title = [Since I Met You Baby](/source/Since_I_Met_You_Baby_(song))
| next_year  = 1960
}}

"'''Devil or Angel'''" is a song written by Blanche Carter and originally recorded by [the Clovers](/source/the_Clovers) in 1955, where it went to number four on the US [R&B Best Sellers](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip_Hop_Songs) 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](/source/Bobby_Vee), with veteran session drummer [Earl Palmer](/source/Earl_Palmer) among the studio musicians, and reached number 6 in the US charts in 1960, and number 2 in [Canada](/source/CHUM_Chart).<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](/source/Johnny_Crawford) and [Jesse Winchester](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ezra_Furman) recorded a cover of the song featured in Netflix's ''[Sex Education](/source/Sex_Education_(TV_series))''.<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](/source/Billy_Fury) recorded a version of the song, produced by [Stuart Coleman](/source/Stuart_Coleman) which reached number 58 in the UK charts in 1982.

== References ==
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{{The Clovers}}
{{Bobby Vee}}
{{Billy Fury}}
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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

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