Shelby Flint

Pop vocalist Shelby Flint earned a big hit in 1961 with "Angel on My Shoulder." In the late '50s she was signed as a songwriter by West Coast publisher/writer Barry De Vorzon, who took her to Cadence, where "I Will Love You" (1958) flopped. Flint then followed the folk boom, forming an acoustic trio before recording the Top 30 hit "Angel on My Shoulder" for De Vorzon's Valiant label in 1961. The song also appeared on the first album by labelmates the Cascades. She continued to record for Valiant during the mid-'60s, when her most successful single was one of several vocal vers...