"Angel Eyes" is a song written by John Hiatt and
Fred Koller, produced by Greg Ladanyi for The Jeff Healey Band's
first album See the Light (1988). It was first released as the
album's second single in June 1989 and peaked at number five on the
Billboard Hot 100 and twenty-four on the Billboard 's Mainstream
Rock Tracks. It was later covered by Australian Idol series one
contestant Paulini and became her first number-one single in
Australia.
The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on June 17, 1989 at
number eighty-five. It took a few weeks to rise but it eventually
peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 spending twenty-two
weeks in it. It was also the seventieth highest selling single in
the U.S. for 1989. The song was also used in the 1989 film Road
House. John Hiatt's own version of the song finally appeared on his
1994 live album "Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan". A studio version of
the song was included on the 1998 "The Best of John Hiatt".
Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey (March 25, 1966
– March 2, 2008) was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock
vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal
popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.
Note: This cache was placed in
Jonathan Dickinson State Park as part of Cacheapalooza 6, with the
permission of Martin Morse, Park Service Specialist. If you park anywhere in JDSP, make sure all your tires are
off the road and you are not blocking any
gates.