It was the night a pair of mob gunmen stuck a shotgun to his neck that rock ‘n’ roll singer Jimmy Angel says he truly earned his name. “I’m singing at the Peppermint Lounge on 45th Street [in New York City],” the 85-year-old Angel says via Zoom from a recording studio in Reseda. “I just…
WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to rock & roll legend Jimmy Angel, who had 38 singles on top U.S. labels under his belt before being whisked off to Japan over 30 years ago, thanks to the goodwill and open check books of several major players in the Nashville music trade (including show biz icon Pat Boone…
At his memory-filled corporate headquarters near Hollywood, music icon Pat Boone, a teen idol alongside Elvis Presley in the 1950s, welcomes a fellow teen idol and longtime friend, Jimmy Angel. Boone’s 20 year-old record company for legacy artists, The Gold Label, officially signed Angel and The Jason Gutierrez 3 to the label yesterday for their…