Biography:
Jimmy Clanton was born 2 September 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and formed his first band in 1956 while in high school.
One of the few white singers to come out of the New Orleans R&B/rock & roll sound (he was known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol"), he rode the crest of the popular teen music wave in the 1950s and '60s with such songs as 'Just a Dream' and 'Venus in Blue Jeans'. He even continued to release hits after he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1961 and served for two years.
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A Letter To An Angel:Jimmy Clanton.
#25 on BB Hot 100 on ACE Records in
1958.
INTRO: Bb Eb Fm Bb Eb
#1.
Bb Eb Fm Bb
Dearest darling, I'm writing to say..
Fm Bb
that I still love you and will, come
Eb
what may.
#2.
Eb
They say I won't find you, that you're in a
Fm Bb Fm Bb
dream....but dearest darling, you're an angel
Eb
to me.
CHORUS:
Ab B Eb
I see you in the moonlight..I see you in the
Ab Abm
trees.
Eb Cm Fm Bb
Oh, how is it possible, to love just a dream?
#2.
Eb Ab Fm
So, angel, my angel..I'll close for today.
Bb Fm Bb
And write you to..morrow..please hear what I
Eb
say.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Fm Bb Eb
CHORUS:
Ab B Eb
I see you in the moonlight..I see you in the
Ab Abm
trees.
Eb Cm Fm Bb
Oh, how is it possible, to love just a dream?
#3.
Eb Ab Fm
So, angel, my angel..I'll close for today.
Bb Fm Bb
And write you to..morrow..so, hear what I
Eb
say.
OUTRO: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Fm Bb Eb (Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#25 on BB Hot 100 on ACE Records in
1958.
INTRO: Bb Eb Fm Bb Eb
#1.
Bb Eb Fm Bb
Dearest darling, I'm writing to say..
Fm Bb
that I still love you and will, come
Eb
what may.
#2.
Eb
They say I won't find you, that you're in a
Fm Bb Fm Bb
dream....but dearest darling, you're an angel
Eb
to me.
CHORUS:
Ab B Eb
I see you in the moonlight..I see you in the
Ab Abm
trees.
Eb Cm Fm Bb
Oh, how is it possible, to love just a dream?
#2.
Eb Ab Fm
So, angel, my angel..I'll close for today.
Bb Fm Bb
And write you to..morrow..please hear what I
Eb
say.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Fm Bb Eb
CHORUS:
Ab B Eb
I see you in the moonlight..I see you in the
Ab Abm
trees.
Eb Cm Fm Bb
Oh, how is it possible, to love just a dream?
#3.
Eb Ab Fm
So, angel, my angel..I'll close for today.
Bb Fm Bb
And write you to..morrow..so, hear what I
Eb
say.
OUTRO: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Fm Bb Eb (Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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