"Angel," Angela Winbush (1987)
A slow jam with a bananas vocal
Peak: #1 on the R&B chart
Streams: 3.2 million
Tie on your bib, because on “Angel,” Angela Winbush serves an entire meal.
Low notes? She’s got them. Check out the end of the song’s very first line, when she says she found paradise “with yooooouuuu.” It’s like the word “you” is wriggling up from the cellar, giving off steam.
But that’s just the beginning.
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