Angel (Angela Winbush song)
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"Angel" is the first single from Angela Winbush
's solo debut, Sharp.
As half of the duo of René & Angela
, Winbush had two number-one R&B hits with "Save Your Love (For#1)" and "Your Smile
." After a decade, René Moore
and Winbush went their separate ways. "Angel", her solo-debut, spent two weeks at the top of the US Billboard R&B chart. It was also named by Billboard the number nine most successful R&B single of 1987. []. Despite the success, "Angel" did not make the Hot 100..
The single was nominated for a 1988 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
. The song also helped Winbush get nominated for Female Album of the Year.
A video for "Angel" was released as a download on iTunes
in May 2007.
Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter who rose to fame first in the 1980s R&B duo René & Angela, also scoring hits as a solo artist.-Early life and career:...
's solo debut, Sharp.
As half of the duo of René & Angela
René & Angela
René & Angela were an 1980s R&B duo consisting of artist/producers René Moore and Angela Winbush. The group dissolved by the mid 1980s. Both went on to successful solo careers as performers, songwriters, and producers.-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:...
, Winbush had two number-one R&B hits with "Save Your Love (For#1)" and "Your Smile
Your Smile
"Your Smile" was the third single from René & Angela's album, Street Called Desire. "Your Smile" was the duo's second number-one single on Billboards R&B chart. It was also a minor hit on the Hot 100 peaking at number sixty-two. Along with the track, " Drive My Love", "Your Smile" was minor hit...
." After a decade, René Moore
Rene Moore
René Moore is an American singer-songwriter and producer, and is more memorable musically for hits he produced with his soul co-singer Angela Winbush as part of René & Angela, including "I'll Be Good," "Save Your Love ," "Your Smile," and "You Don't Have to Cry."-Biography:Moore and singer Angela...
and Winbush went their separate ways. "Angel", her solo-debut, spent two weeks at the top of the US Billboard R&B chart. It was also named by Billboard the number nine most successful R&B single of 1987. []. Despite the success, "Angel" did not make the Hot 100..
The single was nominated for a 1988 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female was given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987. From 1989-1992 the award was known as the R&B/Urban Contemporary Single - Female....
. The song also helped Winbush get nominated for Female Album of the Year.
A video for "Angel" was released as a download on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
in May 2007.
Compilations
- Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1987
- Soul Classics: Quiet Storm—The 80's
- Love Jones: Best of Funk Essentials, Vol. 2
- Blues & Soul, Vol. 10: 1986-1987
- 80's Urban Beats and Grooves