Clarke from Pittsburgh, PaThis was considered a bit risque' at the time it was released.Kika from Nyc, Nydidn't olivia newton john do a cover of this too?.Rick from Columbus, GaAn angel in the morning is British slang for a rim job.Lester from New York City, NyI owned this as a single when it was released, and I could swear it was credited to Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts. The former echoes a young woman challenging a young man to see her as a human being and not merely as an object the latter sounds like the whining of a victim to me. And I much prefer the MRT version to Juice Newton's. I have always loved this song, both for its lyrics and instrumentation. Musicmama from New York, NyTo Lester of NYC: I also owned the single, as well as the album, and both were indeed credited to Merillee Rush and the Turnabouts.Lester from New York City, NyThanks for the confirmation, MusicMama.Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesUh-huh Rick - riiight - but was that the term at the time the song was written? Or is it recursive? How do you know that they don't call it that because of the song, eh?.They are still freinds but no longer married. he said he should have not changed the idea. Neil went with Merillee as he at the time had health issues that were life threatening. Mark from Seattle, WaMerilee and The Turnabouts.original plan was for Neil Rush and The Turnabouts.He does this song as a duet with a female singer and it takes on a completely different vibe. Dave from North Bay, CaGarrett - It was Chip Douglas (former member of The Turtles) that was associated with The Monkees as a producer and studio bass playwr.Ĭhip Taylor's real name is James Wesley Voight.Steve from Whittier, CaMerrilee Rush was born in Seattle, Wahsington, which puts her WAY head over heeels over a later generation's rockers from Seattle, Washington IMO.And Evie has sung it at my request at a Borders Bookstore (remember them?) live-music presentation. Bob from San Gabriel, CaThe original Evie Sands version was nearly impossible to find for many years-it's now available on the Cameo Parkway boxed set.Interestingly, this song was part of the soundtrack for one of AJ's first feature films, Girl Interrupted. Bookbabe from New York, NyDave-Chip Taylor is Jon Voight's brother, which makes him Angelina Jolie's uncle.She was born in Lakehurst, New Jersey (Oh! the humanity). Newton, born Judy Kay Newton, will celebrate her 62nd birthday in three days on February 18th (2014). It would be her first of four straight Top 10 records starting with this one, then "Queen of Hearts" (#2 for 2 weeks), "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" (#7), and finally "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" (#7). Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 15, 1981, "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #70 and on April 26th it peaked at #4 (for 4 weeks) and spent 22 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 6 of those 22 weeks it was on the Top 10).Īnd on April 5th it reached #1 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.Was track one of side one from her third solo album, 'Juice', the album reached #4 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, and #22 on the Top 200 Pop Albums chart. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1968. In this song, the emotion just totally took over and carried me. So I don't think about what I want to say. 'I write melody and words at the same time and I hum nonsense things until something comes out. the way the lyrics flowed out, meshing perfectly with the series of chords he had been strumming - there just had to be some kind of divine intervention. He says that during the entire process, he never once thought, 'I'm gonna say this' or 'I'm gonna say that.' In fact, most of the time he was thinking 'I don't even know what this means!' In his own mind, he feels that he didn't so much as WRITE this song as that he DREAMED it. His first thought was 'What is that? That's beautiful!' He then thought, 'Nobody actually TALKS like that!!! Where did those words come from?' Incredibly, in one sitting, spread out over no more than twenty minutes, he completed the entire song. Writes Kent: "After strumming any variety of chords for close to two hours and coming up with nothing, he says the complete lyrics 'There'll be no strings to bind your hands, not if my love can't bind your heart' flowed out of his mouth. According to Kent Kotal at Forgotten Hits, Chip Taylor came up with this song in about 20 minutes.
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