I also found a video of the group that originally recorded the song - The Penquins. Originally released in 1954 as the B side of the single Hey Senorita, Earth Angel was the song that made it all the way to #1 on the Billboard charts.
During the fifties many radio stations commonly had segregated play lists - this particularly insidious form of discrimination actually ended up creating two simultaneous releases of Earth Angel during this time - the "white" version was done by the Crew Cuts. There is even a rare version of Elvis singing Earth Angel.
Who wrote the song? Penguins baritone Curtis Williams along with Gaynel Hodge, and Jesse Belvin.
New Edition's Version of Earth Angel for Karate Kid II:
The Original Version of Earth Angel by the Penguins:
The Crew Cuts Version for segregated playlists. BTW, for those of you too young to recognize it - that record playing on this video is a 78!:
Rare Recording of Elvis singing Earth Angel at YouTube
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