| "Teen Angel" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Teen_angel_by_mark_dinning_US_Polydor_reissue_single_gold_series.png) US single re-release (Polydor) | ||||
| Single by Mark Dinning | ||||
| from the album Teen Angel | ||||
| B-side | "Bye Now Baby" | |||
| Released | October 1959 | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jean Surrey, Red Surrey | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Vienneau | |||
| Mark Dinning singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Teen Angel" is a teenage tragedy song written by Jean Dinning and her husband, Red Surrey. Recorded at Bradley Studios in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] the song was performed by Jean's brother, Mark Dinning, and released in October 1959.
The record was not an instant success, with some radio stations in the U.S. banning the song, considering it too sad.[2] Nevertheless, despite the reluctance of radio stations, the song continued to climb the charts. In the last week of 1959, the single jumped from #100 to #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] It went on to reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (February 1960) and #37 in the UK Singles Chart (even though it was banned from being played by the BBC).[4] Billboard ranked it as the #5 song of 1960.[5]
- ^ a b "Owen Bradley". Country Music Hall of Fame. 1974. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "New Accessions Page - New Bloomfield Area Historical Society". Newbloomfieldhistorical.org. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (28 December 1959). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 26 April 2021 – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Leigh, Spencer (28 January 2005). "Obituary: Ray Peterson; Singer of 'Tell Laura I Love Her'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1960