From what we DJs call "That golden year of 1956..." - John Peel 17/1/93
The Solitaires in that curiously American fashion, were able to release a surprisingly large number of records from 1954 up to 1963, due to local popularity in their native New York, despite never having a national hit. When listening to a tune as glorious as The Angels Sang, one can only rage against the colour bar that operated in the U.S. at the time and which would have ensured that in certain parts of the country, people would have really had to go out of their way to hear this record. Bad timing and luck played a part too, not least in that the Solitaires were signed to play a group of shows on a bill with Buddy Holly, which could have led to greater exposure, only for Holly's premature death in a plane crash to nix their prospects.
Video courtesy of Manny Mora
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