My Special Angel - Wikipedia My Special Angel `` My Special Angel '' is a popular song by Jimmy Duncan, published in 1957. The song became a crossover hit in 1957 for Bobby Helms. `` My Special Angel, '' which Bobby Helms recorded in July 1957, peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent four weeks at number one on the US Country music chart. The single made the R&B chart as well peaking at number eight. It became a gold record. Backing vocals were sung by the Anita Kerr Singers. Bill Haley and His Comets covered it on their 1960 covers album Bill Haley and His Comets. Bobby Vinton and Frankie Avalon both released covers of this song in 1963. The Crests recorded a cover version for their 1960 album : The Crests Sing All Biggies. It was revived in 1968 by The Vogues, a vocal group founded in Pennsylvania who had already scored top ten hits in the US with the songs `` You 're The One '', `` Five O'Clock World '', and `` Turn Around, Look at Me ''. The group 's cover of `` My Special Angel '' reached number seven on the Hot 100 chart and fared even better on the Easy Listening chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in October 1968. In the United Kingdom, a version recorded by Malcolm Vaughan spent 14 weeks on the charts, peaking at number three in 1957. Contents 1 Charts 1.1 Bobby Helms version 1.2 The Vogues version 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Charts Bobby Helms version Chart ( 1957 ) Peak position Billboard Hot 100 7 Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores Billboard R&B singles 8 The Vogues version Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Billboard Hot 100 7 Billboard Easy Listening See also List of CHUM number - one singles of 1957 List of number - one country singles of 1957 ( U.S. ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1968 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 282. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 156. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 252. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 663. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics This 1950s pop song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Special_Angel&oldid=782621156 '' Categories : 1957 singles 1968 singles Bobby Helms songs The Vogues songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Songs written by Jimmy Duncan ( songwriter ) 1957 songs 1950s pop song stubs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk Edit links This page was last edited on 28 May 2017, at 03 : 04. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the song you are my special angel
Answer: Jimmy Duncan