“Jean Dinning (1924-2011)…performed in a popular 1940s vocal trio with her sisters and achieved more enduring fame as the author of the definitive high school tragedy song, ‘Teen Angel’… Ms. Dinning said she was inspired to write the song after reading a newspaper article about juvenile delinquency. The story proposed that good teens needed a name and suggested calling them "teen angels." As recorded by Ms. Dinning’s younger brother Mark Dinning, ‘Teen Angel’ reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1960—despite the initial reluctance of many disc jockeys to play the morbid tune” (Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 3/11/2011).
Mark Dinning “Teen Angel”
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