Angel
1964



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1965 Walt Disney Productions film Those Calloways, directed by Norman Tokar, starring Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon DeWilde, Walter Brennan and Linda Evans.
  • Those Calloways follows the trials and tribulations of a Vermont family in the 1930s, while they attempt to establish a sanctuary for the Canada geese that stopover in their rural community during their annual migrations.
  • Based on Swiftwater, a book by Paul Annixter.
  • Originally trade-previewed as Those Crazy Calloways.
  • Theatrically released on June 28, 1965. Four years later it aired in three parts on television on Wonderful World of Disney. It was released on video in 1985.
  • Tagline: “They dared to dream the impossible!”



Recording History
Jay Livingston, demo
Johnny Tillotson, single, MGM Records, K-13316, 1965
Lyrics
Angel,
Gentle as a flow’r is
Ev’ry waking hour is
Warmed by your embrace.
 
Angel
When my days were gloomy
Heaven sent you to me
With your gentle grace.
 
I heard the night wind calling
And like the wild bird
I go my way.
 
One day as rain was falling
A smile as bright as the sun
Replaced that blue day
With a new day!
 
Angel
If I hadn’t found you
Put my arms around you,
I would have no place.
 
Angel
I will never stary from
Stay a kiss away from
Your angelic face! 
ANGEL theme from Those Calloways Walt Disney Music Co., 1964. Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, music by Max Steiner. (Vocal Score)