"Pretty Little Angel Eyes" - Curtis Lee (1961)

"... What resulted was an infectious master take of a tune written by Lee and Boyce: ‘Pretty Little Angel Eyes,’ recorded at the moldy, rat-inhabited Mira Sound Studio (an optimal environment for acoustically dynamic record-making, as Spector discovered). The uncomplicated song came alive with an agile arrangement, heavy on the backbeat with precise and well-timed harmonies by the Halos (who weren't credited on the label). Lee's lead vocal was also nicely done, a step up from earlier efforts. It couldn't miss. Hitting the charts in July '61, it was top ten throughout most of August into early September. ...”

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