Jul052025

The Penguins

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." Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Earth Angel
583972
2Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
367492
3Memories of El Monte
26587
4Hey Senorita
21940
5Earth Angel - Digitally Remastered
16788
6Jingle Jangle
11802
7Devil That I See
11687
8Earth Angel - From "Back to the Future Part Ii" Soundtrack
11488
9Ookey Ook
7136
10Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?)
5059

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