Notes from a Faraway Place » Jimmy Angel http://erikwong.net Discoveries from the road, at home, in the media and around the web. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Jimmy Angel in Memphis http://erikwong.net/2009/08/16/jimmy-angel-in-memphis/ http://erikwong.net/2009/08/16/jimmy-angel-in-memphis/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:25:26 +0000 Erik http://erikwong.net/?p=88 Just got back home from a four-day shoot in Memphis, Tennessee, where we were continuing the documentary project on 60s singer Jimmy Angel.  Jimmy was born and raised in Memphis.  It was his first time back in his home town in over thirty years.  We toured the city with him as he visited old haunts, met up with old friends, and reminisced about growing up in the shadow of Elvis Presley.

]]> http://erikwong.net/2009/08/16/jimmy-angel-in-memphis/feed/ 0 Meet Jimmy Angel http://erikwong.net/2009/07/27/meet-jimmy-angel/ http://erikwong.net/2009/07/27/meet-jimmy-angel/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:05:47 +0000 Erik http://erikwong.net/?p=74 I was in Las Vegas for a couple of days last week to work on a documentary about Jimmy Angel, the 60s pop idol best known for the song “Teenagers in Love”.  Discovered and popularized with the help of the infamous Colombo crime family in New York, he later fled to Japan when the FBI wanted him for questioning.  There he resided for over two decades, singing and performing to packed houses of fans during his time there.  In 2008 Mr. Angel returned to the United States, and currently lives in Las Vegas where he performs once a week at the Thunderbird Lounge at the Aruba Hotel & Spa.

During breaks in our interview taping I managed to snap a few photos of Mr. Angel.  The other photos feature his manager Gloria, Gloria’s daughter Punky, and a bartender at the Thunderbird Lounge named Spooky.

More info on Jimmy Angel.

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