''Devil Woman'' is a song written and recorded by American
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artist
Marty Robbins
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. 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. "Devil Woman" also crossed over onto the pop chart, peaking at number sixteen. Overseas, "Devil Woman" was Robbins' most successful single on the UK charts.
Other versions by notable artists
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Trini Lopez
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recorded the song for his 1968 album ''
Welcome to Trini Country''.
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Grady Martin
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A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' " El Paso", Loretta Lynn's " Co ...
released an instrumental version in 1965 on his album ''
Instrumentally Yours''.
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Spanish language
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version of the song, named "Magia Blanca" (translated by then-television host
Alfred D. Herger), was
Chucho Avellanet
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's first career hit in 1963.
*Other versions in Spanish of this song was released also by Hermanos Carrión (in Mexico),
*Gustavo Hit Moreno (in Peru,1963)
*Trio Venezuela
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Chucho Sanoja and his orchestra
''Magia Blanca'' by Chucho Sanoja at Discogs
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version of the song, named "Čudna devojka", was released in 1966 by Yugoslav beat
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band Zlatni Dečaci
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an female artist 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
References
1962 songs
Marty Robbins songs
Songs written by Marty Robbins
Columbia Records singles
Song recordings produced by Don Law
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