''My Boyfriend's Back'' is the second studio

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released by the American pop girl group the Angels. It was issued on the

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label in September 1963. The album was produced by Robert Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and

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. It features the Angels' biggest hit, " My Boyfriend's Back", which reached number one on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100. Composed by the team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and

, "My Boyfriend's Back" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a

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was by this time the lead singer of the Angels but included on the album is the group's first hit "

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" which was originally recorded in 1961 with the group's previous lead singer, Linda Jansen. It is unspecified if the track was re-recorded with Santiglia on lead or not. There is also a cover version of

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' " He's So Fine" as The Chiffons had covered "My Boyfriend's Back," and a reading of " Someday My Prince Will Come" from the 1937 film ''

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''. The album sold fairly well and charted at number 33 on the US

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Albums chart, the group's most successful effort.

Track listing

Side 1

#" My Boyfriend's Back" ( Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein,

) – 2:13 #" Someday My Prince Will Come" ( Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:23 #"Has Anybody Seen My Boyfriend" (Feldman, Goldstein, Marty Sanders, Gottehrer) – 2:00 #" 'Til" ( Carl Sigman,

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) – 2:30 #" The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" ( Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne, Marilyn Garrett) – 2:26 #"Why Don't the Boy Leave Me Alone" (Robert Spencer) – 2:08

Side 2

#" He's So Fine" (

Ronnie Mack Ronald Augustus Mack (July 11, 1940 – November 5, 1963)

) – 1:51 #"Thank You and Goodnight" (Feldman, Goldstein, Sanders, Gottehrer) – 2:30 #"The Hurdy-Gurdy Man" (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer) – 2:30 #"World Without Love" (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer) – 2:21 #"(Love Me) Now" (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer) – 1:53 #"The Guy with the Black Eye" (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer, Robert Kalina) – 2:23

Personnel

- lead vocals *Barbara Allbut - backing vocals *Phyllis Allbut - backing vocals *

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, and Sylvia Peterson - backing vocals on "He's So Fine"

Singles history

*" My Boyfriend's Back" b/w "(Love Me) Now" (U.S. #1) *"Thank You and Goodnight" (U.S. #84)Whitburn, Joel (2009).''Top Pop Singles 1955-2008'' (12th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.42

References

External links

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* The Angels Biography at Allmusic {{DEFAULTSORT:My Boyfriend's Back (Album) 1963 albums Smash Records albums The Angels (American group) albums