NEW * Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. {Stereo} 1969

1969.....#13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #10 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #8 Canada, #5 Australia
New Stereo Remix by MixerRog / Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.
"Black Pearl" is a song written by Phil Spector, Toni Wine, and Irwin Levine, inspired by the 1968 Sidney Poitier movie For Love of Ivy about Ivy Moore, a maid who after nine years of service leaves to go to secretarial school, performed by Sonny Charles and the 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.