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Although credited to "Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts", both the single and subsequent album (also called Angel of the Morning) were recorded using the same musicians who played on Elvis Presley's Memphis recordings. "Angel of the Morning" garnered Rush a Grammy Award nomination for best Contemporary Pop Female Vocalist of the year.
The song became a hit in 1968 through a recording by Merrilee Rush, made that January at the American Sound Studio in Memphis, with Chips Moman and Tommy Cogbill producing. Rush had come to Memphis through the group she fronted, the Turnabouts, being the opening act for a Paul Revere and the Raiders tour.
Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts 7 June 29 4 "Reach out of the Darkness" Friend & Lover: 10 June 22 3 June 29 "The Horse" Cliff Nobles & Co. 2 June 29 6 "Here Comes the Judge" Shorty Long: 8 July 6 3 July 6 "Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela: 1 July 20 7 "Lady Willpower" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap: 2 July 20 6 "Jumpin' Jack Flash" The Rolling ...
Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children's record label Golden Records, [1] and initially a unit of Pocket Books, [2] after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records. [3]
Among the dozens of Northwest bands she photographed were Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Galaxies, Don and the Goodtimes, Mr. Lucky and the Gamblers, the Bootmen, the Bards, the Daily Flash, Emergency Exit, Bodine, and City Zu. Her images of the Sonics and the Wailers, in particular, have become garage-rock icons.
Vern Kjellberg, August 29, 1947, Seattle, Washington) had previously worked with Don & The Good Times, The Liberty Party and Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts. After a tour of the North West (billed as New Buffalo Springfield) in July 1969, the musicians sacked Dewey Martin and returned to Los Angeles where they added Don Poncher from the earlier ...
A recording of the song by Merrilee Rush debuted on the magazine's Hot 100 in the issue dated June 11, 1977, and reached number 54 during its seven weeks there. [2] Her version also had a two-week run to number 49 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart that began the following month, in the issue dated July 2. [3]
The Wailers, Little Bill and the Bluenotes, the Frantics, Tiny Tony and the Statics, Merrilee and the Turnabouts, and other local groups soon added the song to their set lists. [ 69 ] 1960s