Hard Luck Angel: Part 2 of My Salute to Underrated Blue-Eyed Soul Diva Evie Sands!

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 "Take Me For A Little While" - Evie Sands 

 (Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #114 Bubbling Under,  

 perf. on Oct. 9, 1965, ep. of Shivaree) 

 "I Can't Let Go" - Evie Sands 

 (Dec. 1965, uncharted, perf. on 
 Dec. 18, 1965 ep. of Shivaree) 

Welcome to Pt. 2 of my salute to Evie Sands!

Last time, in part one, you watched the New York based white soul

singer, songwriter and guitarist in appearances on the teen-oriented

music TV shows Hollywood A Go-Go and Shivaree. At the top of

this post you saw two more (and different) Evie Sands perfor-

mances on Shivaree. Now here's a fifth rare clip of Evie on

 Hollywood A Go-Go. This song is the fab flip side of

"Take Me For A Little While." The excitement meter

is pegged as Evie Sands belts out--

"Run Home To Your Mama!"

 "Run Home To Your Mama" - Evie Sands 

 (B side of "Take Me For A Little While," perf. 

 on Oct. 9, 1965 ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go) 

Stateside Evie's career was stymied by a series of bad breaks,
but across the pond in Northern Soul dance clubs, her records
were played heavily. One of the most requested Evie slabs
is the Northern stormer "Picture Me Gone," a June 1966

single that failed to make the U.S. chart.

 "Picture Me Gone" - Evie Sands 
 (June 1966, uncharted) 

Evie Sands was the first
to record "Angel Of The
Morning," a song written

by Chip Taylor, younger
brother of Jon Voight,
star of the 1969 film

Midnight Cowboy.

Evie's "Angel Of

The Morning" 45

hit the street in

June of 1967.

Evie's original version of

"Angel Of The Morning"

deserved to be a hit, but

at the time of the single's

release, her record label,

 Cameo-Parkway, was

in the midst of a steady

decline and nearing bank-

ruptcy. Lacking adequate

promotion and distribution,

another great Evie Sands

record flopped and failed

to reach any of the charts.

 "Angel of the Morning" 
 - Evie Sands (June 1967, 

 uncharted) 

It didn't take long for another artist to release a version of the dramatic
ballad and eclipse Evie Sands' recording. It happened the following
summer when Merrilee Rush And The Turnabouts hit the top 10
on Billboard and the top 3 on Cash Box with their single.

 "Angel of the Morning" - Merrilee Rush And The Turnabouts 

 (June 1968, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100) 

The most successful version of "Angel" was recorded more than
a decade later by pop/country singer and songwriter Juice Newton.
In the spring of 1981 Juice's single reached the top 5 on the
Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

 "Angel of the Morning" Juice Newton 

 (April/May 1981, highest chart pos. #2 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100, 
 Mar. 6, 1981, perf. on The Midnight Special) 

To conclude my tribute
to the music of Evie Sands,
I present two songs from
her 1970 album Any Way

That You Want Me. First
here is Evie's glorious
remake of one of her
signature songs "Take
Me For A Little While."

 "Take Me For A Little 
 While" - Evie Sands 
 (May 1970, from 
 album Any Way 
 That You Want Me) 

"But You Know I Love You" was a top 20 hit for Kenny Rogers and his group

The First Edition in 1969. Listen to the superb vocal and arrangement on Evie's

version. Released as a single in 1970, Evie's version merely Bubbled Under.

Shady sez a platter this pleasing should have peaked high in the Hot 100!

 "But You Know I Love You" - Evie Sands 

 (Mar./Apr. 1970, highest chart pos. #110 Bubbling Under, 

 from 1970 album Any Way That You Want Me) 

Evie Sands has more soul and more talent

than any hundred of today's dance-poppers.

The proof is in the wax.

Have a Shady day!