Devil Woman (Marty Robbins song)

Devil Woman is a song written and performed by American country music artist Marty Robbins. It was released in June 1962 as the first single and title track from the album Devil Woman. It was also Robbins' seventh single to reach number one on the country chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot.[1] "Devil Woman" also crossed over onto the pop chart, peaking at number sixteen.[2] This same version of the song was also recorded by Trini Lopez for his 1968 album Welcome to Trini Country.

"Devil Woman"
Single by Marty Robbins
from the album Devil Woman
B-side"April Fool's Day"
ReleasedJune 22, 1962
GenreCountry
Length2:51
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Marty Robbins
Producer(s)Don Law
Frank Jones
Marty Robbins singles chronology
"Love Can't Wait"
(1962)		 "Devil Woman"
(1962)		 "Ruby Ann"
(1962)

Other versions by notable artists

A Spanish language version of the song, named "Magia Blanca" (translated by then-television host Alfred D. Herger), was Chucho Avellanet's first career hit.[3] Other versions in Spanish of this song was released also by Hermanos Carrión (in Mexico),[4] Gustavo Hit Moreno (in Peru)[5] , Trio Venezuela[6] , and Chucho Sanoja and his orchestra[7] (both in Venezuela).

A Serbian language version of the song, named "Čudna devojka", was released in 1966 by former Yugoslav beat band Zlatni Dečaci.[8]

Grady Martin released an instrumental version in 1965 on his album Instrumentally Yours.[9]

This song was recorded by Singaporean female artist Zhuang Xue Fang (莊雪芳) in edited Standard Chinese lyrics written by Suyin (舒雲/雨牛) under title name of 小小寃家, with Ruby Records in 1967.

Chart performance
Chart (1962) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 16

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 293.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 533.
  3. Magia Blanca by Chucho Avellanet at Discogs
  4. Magia Blanca by Hermanos Carrion at Discogs
  5. Magia Blanca by Gustavo Hit Moreno at Discogs
  6. Magia Blanca by Trio Venezuela at Discogs
  7. Magia Blanca by Chucho Sanoja at Discogs
  8. Čudna devojka at Discogs
  9. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001443273
  10. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  11. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


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