Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning

Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning (1968)

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Music

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• 1968
• country
• pop
• music
• Merrilee
• Rush
• and
• the
• Turnabouts
• Chip
• Taylor
• Chips
• Moman
• Angel
• of
• Morning

[mjpsails]

Thank you, again, for posting another most wonderful song!

[60otaku3]

You're very welcome, mjpsails-san!!

Otaku3 (*^o^)/

[littleSam4]

I love this song. I know this was not the original version, but it my opinion it is the best version. The sparse accompaniment and Merilee's unique voice make this voice a classic for me. It is hard to believe that Jon Voight's brother (a.k.a. Chip Taylor) wrote this song!  Does anyone know where this version was recorded?

[60otaku3]

This version was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in early 1968.

Otaku3 (^_^)b

[littleSam4]

@60otaku3

Thanks for clearing that up. I always thought that this version of Angel was recorded at Sam Phillip's legendary Sun Studio in Memphis. When I saw that the record was from the UK, I thought that this might not be correct. Thanks again for clearing that up.

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, littleSam4-san!!

Otaku3 (*^_^)/ 

[Chuckles123thefish]

This is my favorite version of this song. I love Juice Newtons version but I heard this one first and I love that better. So glad it is on here

[chach2000]

OMG. I am now 61. I still have the 45. This song is so reminiscent of my first love in high school. Along with "Evening in Paris" perfume. So beautifully innocent.

[grapewater123]

Beautiful lady beautiful song!

[bfscown55]

i saw Merilee perform this song live in the early 70's

[roadtripper10]

@73seabee

I first saw Merilee in about 1961 or 1962, when I was into the scene and drumming with a local rock band. Her group then was Merilee and Her Men. Still had her maiden name at the time, which I believe was Merilee Gunst. The Turnabouts came some time after that. Somewhere in between she was fronting for another Seattle group, the Statics. She had one or two local hit records with the Statics, if I remember correctly.

[emaclynch]

@littleSam4 in my pants

[nixjag1]

!968 had a spring and summer of good music, and this was one of those really good songs, along with "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Grazing In The Grass", "Classical Gas", an yes, even "MacArthur Park".

[computersshot]

I met her in Madison WI very nice person.

[bigbirdandsnuffyfan]

@TroyOi well said!!!

[HickysBoy]

I remember hearing this song on my transistor radio late one evening on my way home from work as a janitor in the Student Union building when I was in college. It was the night of the riots after Nixon mined Hiaphong Harbor. The incongruity of this lovely song with students and hippies rioting struck me then and is something that has stayed with me for a lifetime.