Evie Sands - Angel of the Morning

Evie Sands was the first to record this Chip Taylor song in 1967. Unfortunately for her, the company went bust a couple of weeks later, and the Merrilee Rush version was the one that got all the attention.

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• Angel
• of
• the
• morning
• evie
• sands
• original
• version
• cameo
• parkway
• chip
• taylor
• merrilee
• rush
• juice
• newton

[mrslimshadyish]

My Aunt recorded the original

[hughesjr]

Two of the background singers on this record was future songwriter hall-of-famers Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

[BaronEmpain]

Well, I finally got back to the "root" of this song with Evie....interesting to see how it travelled. I didn't know Chip Taylor wrote it, having enjoyed a 2-CD set of his recent work.

Thank you for the education moment of the day :-) And it is a dusky and different interpretation of the tune, interesting.

[dewittseattle]

in 1967 Merrilee Rush was on tour with Paul Revere and the Raiders in the deep south.The Raiders were cutting new material for Columbia Records in Memphis at an old firehouse that Chips Momen had talked the city of Memphis out of if he fixed it up and made some money for the city! just off of Beale st. Chips had some studio time on the clock after the raiders got done so they cut some songs with her.Chips production and Merrilee Rushs voice -timeless magic

[bradly2007]

Evie Sands vocal has quite sensuality & deeply soulful which is always at the core of her performances...should have been huge, now her recordings which I cherish every one, glad I obtained as they were released as all these classics are all going for big bucks! Bravo Evie, you rock!!!

[wildcman]

too bad thet Cameo/Parkway went bankrupt right after this was released far better then Merrille Rush version

[kinkybeatle]

Why comparing versions ? Both are great. Great tune.

[SirVyre]

It should be said though, that the Merrilee Rush version would not exist without this one.

[tolgreen]

...AN ANGEL...shares this breathtaken ...version...thanks for THE ORIGINAL...

...TOTAL BLOW ME AWAY...

[thekerneljames]

Wow holy cow.. i agree w/ all the compliments about the singing abilities of Evie & Billie, but i'm adding how beautiful they are, too. They're so hot, it's silly. If they were in each of my ears, whispering this song to me, i'd probably develop instant epilepsy.