B-side "Lazy Susan" Length 3:25 | Genre Soul | |
Released April 1969 (U.S.)
July 1969 (AUS) Label A&M 1053 (U.S.)
A&M 2985 (AUS) Writer(s) Phil Spector, Toni Wine, Irwin Levine | ||
"Black Pearl" is a song written by Phil Spector, Toni Wine, and Irwin Levine and performed by Checkmates, Ltd. It reached #8 on the R&B chart, #13 on the Billboard pop chart, and #31 in Australia in 1969. The song was featured on their 1969 album, Love Is All We Have to Give.
The song was produced by Phil Spector and arranged by Perry Botkin, Jr. AllMusic described it as "one of the great Phil Spector productions, a phenomenal song with his extraordinary sound."
The single ranked #66 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1969.
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