''Devil Woman'' is a song written and recorded by American

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artist

Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular and successful singers of his genre for most o ...

. 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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recorded the song for his 1968 album '' Welcome to Trini Country''. *

Grady Martin Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' "El Paso", Loretta Lynn's " Coal M ...

released an instrumental version in 1965 on his album '' Instrumentally Yours''. *A

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version of the song, named "Magia Blanca" (translated by then-television host

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), was

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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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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

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band Zlatni Dečaci. *The song was recorded by

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an female artist in edited

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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 {{1960s-country-song-stub