The Penguins, of "Earth Angel" fame, 1954, all attended Fremont high School together in Los Angeles...Cleve Duncan was lead singer and still has the group called "The Penguins" today although with completely new members...Two of the original members have since passed away, Bruce Tate, shown in the photo on the far right and not shown, the singer who replaced Tate after Tate got involved with a hit and run auto accident in 1954 where a woman was killed...Later on, Tate wound up in Camarillo State Hospital and he died in 1973 in Los Angeles...Earth Angel remains as one of the most important of all the rythmn and blues records and it was recorded in a garage, originally, in South Los Angeles, and became number one on the charts of 1954...The original Penguins, in the photo, appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1954....

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