Jeannie Troxel performing - Angel of the Morning

Jeannie Troxel performing "Angel of the Morning" at the Centennial Rodeo Opry in OKC's Historic Stockyards City on the June 7th, 2008

Written and composed by New York-born songwriter Chip Taylor, it was originally recorded by Evie Sands for Cameo-Parkway Records in 1967, but the record label went bankrupt, stranding the song in limbo. A representative from publishing company April-Blackwood then pitched the song to Memphis producer Chips Moman and Merrilee Rush. The song was susequently recorded by Merrilee Rush and The Turnabouts, who had a top 10 North American hit with the song in 1968.
In the UK, also in 1968, P.P. Arnold recorded "Angel of The Morning" and had the hit with it in that country. Mary Mason also had a UK Top 30 hit with her version ("Angel of the Morning - Any Way That You Want Me") in 1977.
The following year, Melba Montgomery recorded the song, and took it to #22 on the U.S. country charts in 1978. It was the last top 40 hit of Montgomery's career.
The highest-charting (and largest-selling) version in the United States was recorded and released in 1981 by country-rock chanteuse Juice Newton, hitting #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart (for four weeks) and #4 on the Hot 100, as well as #22 on the Country chart. The recording also earned Newton a Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist - Pop. More than 1 million copies of Newton's single of the song were sold in the United States, and the single reached the Top Ten in a number of other countries, including Canada and Australia. Newton recorded the song again in 1998 on her "The Trouble with Angels" album.
More recently, Swedish singer Jill Johnson released "Angel of the Morning", with lyrics in English, in 2007 from her cover album Music Row. This version peaked at #30 at the Swedish singles chart.

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[Tolya1979]

Brava!

[takerdust]

I think I was

[OklahomaMetal]

I hope like hell you were joking!

[OklahomaMetal]

Hey Jeannie this is your brother I am sure you know which one by my name LOL, as usual your voice is absolutely beautiful, great job!

[whistleblower27]

Good job and I like the unique touches you added to the live performance.

[takerdust]

sounds like karoke

[dixie5662]

Yeah. Awesome job Jeannie. I sure miss you girl. I hope you can come to Nashville soon. I personally think you should have never left!!! Thanks for telling me about this link.

[asullivan00]

The original song brings back numerous memories from a great time in my life. Thanks