Cover Versions
| "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?)" | ||||
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| Single by The Crew-Cuts | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | 1955 | |||
| Genre | Doo-wop, rhythm and blues, soul | |||
| Length | 2:52 | |||
| Label | Mercury records | |||
| Writer(s) | Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin, Gaynel Hodge | |||
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- Gloria Mann's version reached #18 in 1955
- Barry Frank and the Four Bells in 1955
- Johnny Tillotson's 1960 version reached #57
- The Crests recorded a version for their 1960 album The Crests Sing All Biggies
- Bobby Vinton covered a version in 1963
- The Vogues recorded a version that reached #42 in 1969
- Elvis Presley covered this song in Germany and it was released on the 1984 album A Golden Celebration
- New Edition reached #21 with a 1986 version
- Slapstick covered this song on their 1997 self titled album
- Aaron Neville covered this song on his 2003 album, Orchid in the Storm
- Death Cab for Cutie recorded a version for the 2005 album, Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack
- Bella Morte released a cover of Earth Angel on their 2006 album, Bleed the Grey Sky Black
- Blink-182
- The Fleetwoods
- Tiny Tim
- Green Day often includes the song in a live medley which begins with their original song "King for a Day", morphing into The Isley Brothers' "Shout", and breaks into a smaller medley including, but not limited to, "Earth Angel", The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There", and Ben E. King's "Stand by Me", and then back into "Shout"
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