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"Black Pearl" is a song written by Phil Spector, Toni Wine and Irwin Levine, and performed by Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd. It was inspired by the 1968 Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy about Ivy Moore, a maid who after nine years of service leaves to go to secretarial school. [1]
The Checkmates, Ltd. were an American R&B group from Fort Wayne, Indiana. [1] The group, discovered by Nancy Wilson, was named such because the group included both black and white members, and their various skin tones evoked a chessboard; [1] their one major hit was 1969's "Black Pearl", produced by Phil Spector. [1]
He was the lead singer of the Checkmates, Ltd. in the 1960s and 1970s, and it is his vocals that are heard out front on their 1969 Phil Spector-produced hit, "Black Pearl". Charles launched a solo career in the early 1970s, and had a brief reunion with the Checkmates during the 1980s. Thereafter, from the mid- to late 1990s, he toured with ...
The album featured four singles: "Black Pearl", which reached No. 8 on the R&B chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, [5] "Proud Mary", which reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] "Love Is All I Have to Give" which reached No. 65 on the Hot 100, and "I Keep Forgettin'" which did not chart on the pop chart.
A Ronettes single, "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" flopped, but Spector returned to the Hot 100 with "Black Pearl", by Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd., which reached number 13. [ 38 ] 1970–1973: Comeback and Beatles collaborations
"Black Pearl" Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd. 3:19: Wine, Levine, Spector ... A&M 1053 18. "Love Is All I Have to Give" The Checkmates, Ltd. 4:09: Bobby ...
When Tamia came across a video on YouTube of people line dancing to her 2006 song “Can’t Get Enough of You,” she and her husband, NBA legend Grant Hill, decided to join in the fun and learn ...
Horace Faith (born Horace Smith) was a Jamaican reggae singer. He is best known for his cover of the Checkmates, Ltd. song, "Black Pearl", which reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1970.