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The Penguins is tagged as: doo wop, 50s, oldies, soul, rnb

The Penguins were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s and early ’60s, best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)”, which was one of the first rhythm and blues hits to cross over to the pop charts. The song peaked at #8 on the national charts, but had a three-week run at #1 on the R&B “race” chart.
Singers Cleveland Duncan, Curtis Williams, Dexter Tisby, and Bruce Tate, all students at Fremont High in Los Angeles, CA, formed the quartet in 1954. They broke up in 1959. Cleve Duncan sang lead on “Earth Angel.”
The Penguins were one of a number of doo-wop groups of the period named after birds (such as The Orioles, The Flamingos, and The Crows).
The Penguins’ single “Hey Senorita” was released on Doo-Tone Records in 1955 as the intended A-side, but a radio DJ flipped the record over to the B-side, “Earth Angel”, which became far more popular. Their midtempo performance was a cross between rhythm and blues and the new rock and roll played by white performers and enjoyed by teenagers.
Coming off the success of “Earth Angel,” The Penguins approached Buck Ram to manage them. Ram’s primary interest was managing The Platters, who at that point had no ...
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Earth Angel
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?)
Hey Senorita
Ookey Ook
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (Version #1)
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (version #2)
Memories Of El Monte
Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild
Jingle Jangle
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Top 10 The Penguins Albums
Earth Angel
The Best of the Penguins: The Mercury Years
The Best Of The Penguins
Earth Angel The Best of The Penguins
Spotlight On
Earth Angel - Best Of The Penguins
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