Editing Blue Angel (band)

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Blue Angel
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| alias            = Boppin' the Blues
| origin           = [[New York City]], U.S.
| genre            = {{Flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref name=AM>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30920|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of Blue Angel |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 5, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name=AM/>
* [[power pop]]<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|access-date=August 17, 2020|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
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| years_active     = 1979–1982, 1987
| label            = [[Polydor]]
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| current_members  = 
| past_members     = 
* [[Cyndi Lauper]] 
* John Turi
* Arthur "Rockin A" Neilson
* [[The Shadows of Knight|Lee Brovitz]] 
* [[Tuff Darts|Johnny Morelli]]
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'''Blue Angel''' was an American band, that featured [[Cyndi Lauper]] before her rise to fame as a solo singer.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carl R. Green, William R. Sanford|title=Cyndi Lauper|editor=Crestwood House|year=1986|publisher=Crestwood House |isbn=978-0-89686-300-2}}</ref> The lineup also included John Turi on [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] and [[saxophone]], Arthur "Rockin' A" Neilson ([[guitar]]), [[Shadows of Knight|Lee Brovitz]] ([[bass guitar]]) and Johnny Morelli ([[Drum kit|drums]]). Lauper and Turi wrote the bulk of their material, and the group also covered pop standards, such as [[Barry Mann]] and [[Cynthia Weil]]'s "[[I'm Gonna Be Strong]]" (which Lauper covered again on a 1994 album). Blue Angel were briefly popular on the New York club scene.

The band reformed without Lauper in 1987, under the name Boppin' the Blues. Lauper joined them on stage for a one-time performance at New York's [[Lone Star Cafe]], singing a [[Big Mama Thornton]] song and "[[That's All Right|That's Alright Mama]]". They have since disbanded.

==Discography==
Their only album, ''[[Blue Angel (Blue Angel album)|Blue Angel]]'', was released in 1980.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gimarc |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&dq=%22Blue+Angel%22+%22Cyndi+Lauper%22+Late+single&pg=PA421 |title=Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982 |date=2005 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-848-3 |pages=421 |language=en}}</ref> It featured a sparse [[punk rock]] and [[New wave music|new wave]]-styled cover in primary red, and floating band member photos. The album's sales were better overseas than in the United States. The only track to hit top 40 was "I'm Gonna Be Strong", which reached No.&nbsp;37 in the [[Netherlands]]. Another song from the album, "Maybe He'll Know", was re-recorded by Lauper on her second solo album, ''[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]]'', in 1986.

Blue Angel recorded a second album for Polydor in 1980; it was never released owing to a change in management at [[PolyGram]] Germany, and they, along with other artists, were dropped from the label. The band continued to gig around New York until 1982; their final concert took place that fall at [[Studio 54]].

===Albums===
*''[[Blue Angel (Blue Angel album)|Blue Angel]]'' (1980)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Song
!Album
|-
|align=center rowspan=4|1980
|"[[I'm Gonna Be Strong]]"
|rowspan=4|''Blue Angel''
|-
|"I Had a Love"
|-
|"Late"
|-
|"Fade"
|}

===Re-releases===
After Lauper's solo success, ''Blue Angel'' was re-released in LP and cassette formats in multiple countries. The yellow-covered Australian re-release uses a larger photo of Cyndi and includes "Blue Angel featuring" in small print above "Cyndi Lauper" in large print. The Japanese re-release also includes "featuring Cyndi Lauper", though the rest of the cover remains unchanged from the original release. In 2005, a 5000-copy [[compact disc]] pressing was released by [[Hip-O Select Records]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p15913|label=Blue Angel}}
* {{Discogs artist|Blue Angel (3)}}
* {{IMDb name|3520030}}

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