My Top Ten Different Songs With the Same Title: Devil Woman (#2)

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There are so many songs out there with the same title. Did you know there are two "Stairway to Heaven" songs? The Neil Sedaka song "Stairway to Heaven" predates the one you're probably thinking about by eleven years. It's not included in this countdown because the one rule I laid down for myself is that I have to like all the songs, and I'm not particularly fond of the Led Zeppelin song. But here, with the number two title, I'm fond of all three. #2: Devil Woman That's right, all three. I have three songs on the iPod with the name "Devil Woman." Chronologically, the first "Devil Woman" was Eve...no, wait. The first song named "Devil Woman" comes from early rockabilly singer Buddy Knox. He was best-known for his hit "Party Doll," but he did have other hits. (My parents had 45s of "Hula Love" and "Somebody Touched Me" from his hit list.) Although "Devil Woman" didn't chart, per the Whitburn, it was released as a single in 1957. Here Knox is "married to a devil woman, married to a devil gal, she make me blue-ooh-ooh." It's definitely not a "deep" song, but remember, this was 1957, and the songs were supposed to be fun and innocent. This fit the bill quite nicely. The other two did chart. In 1962 Marty Robbins, the country singer who had the distinction of having both the first #1 pop single of 1960 and the first #1 pop single to clock in at over four minutes in length ("El Paso" is the answer to both trivia questions), hit the pop charts yet again (Robbins had a total of twenty four charted songs on the pop chart, half of which made the top 40) with this song about finding forgiveness after an affair. In this case, the "devil woman" is the temptress that lured him into the "great sin." Finally, in 1976, Sir Cliff Richard returned to the US top 40 for the first time since 1963 with his song "Devil Woman." This one is more of a "supernatural" woman because of the "crystal ball on the table....same cat with them evil eyes, and I knew it was a spell she cast." This great tuned became Richard's biggest US hit and an international smash. Lots of devil women out there! Devil Woman Buddy Knox song: Written by Buddy Knox Released as a single, 1957 Marty Robbins song: Written by Marty Robbins From Devil Woman, 1962 Cliff Richard song: Written by Terry Britten and Christine Holmes From I'm Nearly Famous, 1976 Winner: Marty Robbins. I never could resist his voice. Here's Marty: