The Penguins

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Years Active
1954 – 1959 (5 years)
Founded In
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
The Penguins was 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… read more
The Penguins was 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, b… read more
The Penguins was 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. Sin… read more

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1 Play track Earth Angel Earth Angel
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2 Play track Earth Angel Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
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3 Earth Angel - Digitally Remastered Earth Angel - Digitally Remastered
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4 Play track Earth Angel Memories of El Monte
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5 Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - Rerecorded Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - Rerecorded
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6 Memories of El Monte - Digitally Remastered Memories of El Monte - Digitally Remastered
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7 Play track Earth Angel Your Tender Lips
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8 Best of the Penguins: The Mercury Years Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) [No. 1]
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9 Play track Earth Angel Lover Or Fool
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10 Play track Earth Angel - 1954-1960 You're An Angel
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Albums

  1. 78,550 listeners

    26 May 1954 · 26 tracks

    Earth Angel
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  2. 72,016 listeners

    1 Jan 1996 · 21 tracks

    The Best Of The Penguins
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  3. 29,939 listeners

    1 Jan 1990 · 40 tracks

    Earth Angel - 1954-1960
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  4. 26,203 listeners

    13 Aug 2012 · 1 track

    The Original Hit Recording - Earth Angel
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