My Angel Baby Explained

My Angel Baby
Cover:	My_Angel_Baby_-_Toby_Beau.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Toby Beau
B-Side:	California
Released:	May 1978
Genre:	Soft rock^[1] white soul^[2]
Length:	3:31
Label:	RCA Records
Next Title:	Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
Next Year:	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.^[3] "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

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	10
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	13
US Billboard Easy Listening^[7]	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada ^[9]	69
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	53
US Cash Box ^[11]	80

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Robert John’s “Sad Eyes”. . February 19, 2020 . ...Toby Beau’s “My Angel Baby,” a soft-rock/white-soul ballad that had peaked at #13 in 1978.. July 12, 2023.
2. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Robert John’s “Sad Eyes”. . February 19, 2020 . ...Toby Beau’s “My Angel Baby,” a soft-rock/white-soul ballad that had peaked at #13 in 1978.. July 12, 2023.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 244.
4. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-09-09 . 2023-12-17.
5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-08-26 . 2018-01-04.
6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
7. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 241.
8. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 26, 1978 . January 7, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150517061528/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780826.html . May 17, 2015 . dead .
9. Web site: Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978 . . 17 July 2013 . . January 7, 2018.
10. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm Musicoutfitters.com
11. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978 . January 7, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929211008/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html . September 29, 2018 . dead .