Shelby Flint sings her 1961 hit 'Angel On My Shoulder' from her 1966 Valiant album 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind'. The lyrics are in the video and listed below with some notes on the song.
This is a redo of the earlier video for this song with mostly new images and the lyrics displayed differently than before. A viewer, Polly Burroughs, pointed out a mistake I made in the lyrics so this version corrects that mistake.
[Vinyl/Lyrics/19-Images/WAV]
Angel On My Shoulder (Singer: Shelby Flint)
Got an angel on my shoulder
Got a penny in my pocket
And I found a four-leaf clover
And I put it in my locket
Wished on all the stars above me
And I caught the nearest rainbow
Gonna find someone to love me
Gonna find someone to love
Well I tossed a lot of nickels in a wishing well
And saved the fortunes that the fortune cookies tell
I got a lucky penny and a mustard seed
But a warm and tender love is all I need
And I want a love that lingers
And is stronger through and through
So I'm gonna cross my fingers
That I find a boy to love me true
Well I tossed a lot of nickels in a wishing well
And saved the fortunes that the fortune cookies tell
I got a lucky penny and a mustard seed
But a warm and tender love is all I need
And I want a love that lingers
And is stronger through and through
So I'm gonna cross my fingers
That I find a boy to love me true
And I'm gonna love him too
Songwriter: Shelby Flint
© Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
[Lyrics from LyricFind]
Wikipedia states:
"Angel on My Shoulder" is a song written by Shelby Flint in 1960 and later recorded by the composer. The single reached No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1961.
Other versions were recorded by: Jerry Wallace (1960), Kathy Young (1961), Jimmy Young (1961), Pat Boone (1963), Gary Martin with The Blockbusters (1964),and Maureen McGovern (1992). The Cascades released a version of the song on their 1963 album, Rhythm of the Rain. Also, Merrilee Rush charted with her rendition in 1970, reaching #122 (US), and Joni Lee, daughter of Conway Twitty, hit #42 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, 1976.
Shelby Flint (born September 17, 1939 in North Hollywood, California) is a singer-songwriter who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966. Her single "I Will Love You" appeared in the Variety T.I.P.S. (Tune Index of Performance and Sales) Top 100 in 1961. She has been a singer in several movies including Breezy, Snoopy, Come Home ("Do You Remember Me?" (Lila's Theme)) and Disney's The Rescuers. Among the songs she performed for The Rescuers, "Someone's Waiting for You" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977. In an April 1995 interview Joni Mitchell recalled that when she began making the rounds of the folk open mic circuit she wanted to sound just like Shelby Flint.
