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| B-side = California
| B-side = California
| released = May 1978
| released = May 1978
| format = [[Single (music)|7" single]]
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| genre = Pop, Easy Listening
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* [[Soft rock]]<ref name= "Breihan 2020">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Robert John’s “Sad Eyes”|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= February 19, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2073765/the-number-ones-robert-johns-sad-eyes/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...Toby Beau’s “My Angel Baby,” a soft-rock/white-soul ballad that had peaked at #13 in 1978.|accessdate= July 12, 2023}}</ref>
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* [[Blue-eyed soul|white soul]]<ref name= "Breihan 2020">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Robert John’s “Sad Eyes”|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= February 19, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2073765/the-number-ones-robert-johns-sad-eyes/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...Toby Beau’s “My Angel Baby,” a soft-rock/white-soul ballad that had peaked at #13 in 1978.|accessdate= July 12, 2023}}</ref>
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| length = 3:31
| label = [[RCA Records]]
| label = [[RCA Records]]
| composer =
| composer = {{hlist|Danny McKenna|Balde Silva}}
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"'''My Angel Baby'''" is a 1978 song by [[Toby Beau]]. "My Angel Baby" was written by band members Danny McKenna and Balde Silva. The single, from the group's self-titled album, went to number one on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary|Easy Listening]] chart for one week, and peaked at number 13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=244}}</ref> "My Angel Baby" was the group's only [[Top 40]] single.
"'''My Angel Baby'''" is a 1978 song by [[Toby Beau]]. "My Angel Baby" was written by band members Danny McKenna and Balde Silva. The single, from the group's self-titled album, went to #1 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary|Easy Listening]] chart for one week, and peaked at #13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=244}}</ref> "My Angel Baby" was the group's only [[Top 40]] single. In Canada, the song reached #10 on the Top 100 chart.


In Canada, the song spent four weeks at number 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4636&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4636.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4636 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-08-26 |accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref>
"My Angel Baby" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching the Top 10 in both nations.
"My Angel Baby" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching the Top 10 in both nations.


==Chart history==
==Chart history==
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===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
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!Peak<br />position
!Peak<br />position
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|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4629a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4629a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4629a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-09-12 |accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref>
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4618a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4618a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4618a |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-09-09 |accessdate=2023-12-17}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| style="text-align:center;"|10
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|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4636&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4636.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4636 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-08-26 |accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref>
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4636&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4636.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4636 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-08-26 |accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|13
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|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=241}}</ref>
|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=241}}</ref>
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|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780826.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 26, 1978]</ref>
|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780826.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 26, 1978 |access-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517061528/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780826.html |archive-date=May 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|Canada <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a |title= Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978 |work= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |accessdate= January 7, 2018}}</ref>
|Canada <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a |title= Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978 |work= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |date= 17 July 2013 |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |accessdate= January 7, 2018}}</ref>
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|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978]</ref>
|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html |title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978 |access-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929211008/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1978 singles]]
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[[Category:RCA Records singles]]
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[[Category:Pop ballads]]
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Latest revision as of 08:41, 24 June 2024

"My Angel Baby"
Single by Toby Beau
B-side"California"
ReleasedMay 1978
Genre
Length3:31
LabelRCA Records
Composer(s)
  • Danny McKenna
  • Balde Silva
Toby Beau singles chronology
"My Angel Baby"
(1978) 		"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
(1979)

"My Angel Baby" is a 1978 song by Toby Beau. "My Angel Baby" was written by band members Danny McKenna and Balde Silva. The single, from the group's self-titled album, went to #1 on the Easy Listening chart for one week, and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] "My Angel Baby" was the group's only Top 40 single. In Canada, the song reached #10 on the Top 100 chart.

"My Angel Baby" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching the Top 10 in both nations.

Chart history

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References

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  1. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (February 19, 2020). "The Number Ones: Robert John's "Sad Eyes"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 12, 2023. ...Toby Beau's "My Angel Baby," a soft-rock/white-soul ballad that had peaked at #13 in 1978.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 244.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-09-09. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-08-26. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 241.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 26, 1978". Archived from the original on May 17, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  10. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978". Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
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