Devil Woman is a song written and recorded 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. "Devil Woman" also crossed over onto the pop chart, peaking at number 16. Overseas, "Devil Woman" was Robbins' most successful single on the UK charts.
Other versions by notable artists Trini Lopez recorded the song for his 1968 album Welcome to Trini Country. Grady Martin released an instrumental version in 1965 on his album Instrumentally Yours. 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 in 1963.Magia Blanca by Chucho Avellanet at Discogs Other versions in Spanish of this song was released also by Hermanos Carrión (in Mexico),Magia Blanca by Hermanos Carrion at Discogs Gustavo Hit Moreno (in Peru, 1963)Magia Blanca by Gustavo Hit Moreno at Discogs Trio VenezuelaMagia Blanca by Trio Venezuela at Discogs Chucho Sanoja and his orchestraMagia Blanca by Chucho Sanoja at Discogs (both in Venezuela). A Serbo-Croatian version of the song, named "Čudna devojka", was released in 1966 by Yugoslav beat band Zlatni Dečaci. The song was recorded by Singaporean 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.
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