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Evie Sands (born July 18, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Sands' music career spans more than 50 years. In the mid-1960s, while still a teenager, she began her career and eventually found chart success in 1969.
"I Can't Let Go" is a song co-written by Al Gorgoni and Chip Taylor, who also wrote "Wild Thing". "I Can't Let Go" was originally recorded by the blue-eyed soul singer Evie Sands on George Goldner's Blue Cat label, which was popular in New York City in 1965. [2]
In July 1969, American singer Evie Sands released a cover of the song as a single from her album Any Way That You Want Me. It peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 40 on the RPM chart and number 85 on the retrospective Australian Kent Music Report chart. [23] [27] [28]
"Angel of the Morning" is a popular song written by Chip Taylor, originally recorded by Evie Sands but which first charted with a version by Merrilee Rush. The song has been covered by many artists including Chrissie Hynde , Dusty Springfield , P. P. Arnold , Connie Eaton , Mary Mason , Guys 'n' Dolls , Melba Montgomery , Olivia Newton-John and ...
Evie was officially inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame on February 22, 2005, [4] and was one of the inaugural inductees to the Christian Music Hall of Fame. [10] Three of her albums were nominated for Grammy Award for best Contemporary Gospel performance: Mirror (1978), Come On, Ring Those Bells (1979), Never the Same (1980).
With his old friend Evie Sands, Billy recorded "Queen of Diamonds/Jack of Hearts", a CD featuring songs by their early mentor Chip Taylor. [citation needed] In 2015, Vera released Billy Vera: Big Band Jazz with arrangements by Chris Walden, a tribute to the black songwriters of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. It was issued on Varese-Sarabande Records ...
Among the types of music released were doo-wop, dance hits, popular/rock, rockabilly, big band, garage rock, soul and novelty records. Until 1962, Cameo was also the parent company name for both labels, and Parkway was a subsidiary. In 1962, the parent company was renamed from Cameo to Cameo-Parkway, to give both labels equal status.
The single's success briefly boosted its parent album Hot on to the charts with a #125 peak, and two other tracks released as singles appeared in the lower half of the Hot 100: "Right Feeling at the Wrong Time" and "You Brought the Woman Out of Me" (the latter a minor hit for Evie Sands in 1975).