Black Coffee (1948 song)

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"Black Coffee" is a song. The music was written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was published in 1948. Sarah Vaughan charted with this song in 1949 on Columbia. Peggy Lee first released her version in 1953.

[edit] Cover versions

Other versions of "Black Coffee" were performed by:

• Earl Grant on his album, Midnight Sun (1962) and In Motion (1968)
• Rosemary Clooney on her album, Love (1963)
• Petula Clark on her album, The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (1968)
• Martina Topley-Bird and Tricky on the album, Nearly God (1996)
• Steve Marriott with Humble Pie on the B-side of their single "Shut Up and Don't Interrupt Me" / "Black Coffee" (1973)
• kd lang on the album, Shadowland (1988)
• Sinéad O'Connor on the album, Am I Not Your Girl? (1992)
• Marianne Faithfull for her album, Easy Come, Easy Go (2008)

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