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Nov 14, 1970: Santana Issues ‘Black Magic Woman’
They’d wowed America in the Woodstock movie and had slid into the Top 10 in 1969 with the single, “Evil Ways,” from the self-titled first album by the group led by the guitarist Carlos Santana . They needed another popular song to break the group through to sustained success.
“Black Magic Woman” was the tune that did that from Abraxas, the second album from Santana, released later that year. [The song is generally considered to have been released on this day, though November 14, 1970 is actually the publication date for the various industry trade magazines when the song debuted on the U.S. singles charts.]
The song debuted on the singles chart on Nov. 14, 1970
It ultimately went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, helping to power the LP to #1 and eventual sales of five million copies in the U.S. alone. Sung, as with “Evil Ways,” by keyboard player Gregg Rolie – who went on to found Journey and be its original lead singer – it became one of Santana’s signature songs and remained their highest-charting U.S. single until 1999’s “Smooth.”
It had already been a minor U.K. hit for a band who, not too many years later, would become an almost unstoppable hit machine. Written by Fleetwood Mac’s founding member, guitarist Peter Green, “Black Magic Woman” was first released as a single in 1968 and reached #37 on the U.K. charts, and was included the following year on the band’s English Rose album. It was a favorite among Fleetwood Mac fans that the group continued to play after Green left the band.
The two versions have their strong similarities. Obviously the Latin percussion and lilt on the Santana version plus Gabor Szabo’s “Gypsy Queen” as the coda was the secret sauce that made the song really hit.
Listen to the original Fleetwood Mac version
And now the Santana version of “Black Magic Woman.”
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Borrowed notes: The complicated, cross-Atlantic evolution of Black Magic Woman
When Santana had a Top 5 single with Black Magic Woman in 1971, it was a great example of how music can often be the result of – to borrow a phrase from Sir Isaac Newton - “standing on the shoulders of giants.” In this case, guitar-wielding giants.
The evolution of Black Magic Woman stretches back to 1957, with an obscure record by Chicago guitarist Jody Williams. Williams had cut his teeth in the early '50s, playing on the street with his mentor Bo Diddley, then gigging with such blues artists as Memphis Minnie and Elmore James. That's him playing the incendiary solo on Diddley's classic Who Do You Love?
In his extended break, you can hear several licks that would inform the styles of both Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Williams made his own records too, and the B-side to his 1957 single You May was an instrumental called Lucky Lou. From the phrasing of the opening guitar riff to the slinky Afro-Cuban groove, it's obviously the blueprint for Black Magic Woman.
A year later, fellow Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush “borrowed” that riff and feel for his record All Your Love (I Miss Your Loving), adding a vocal melody. Produced by Willie Dixon and featuring Ike Turner on rhythm guitar, it became one of Rush's signature hits.
Eight years later, in 1966, it was covered by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, on the landmark “Beano” LP featuring Eric Clapton. The bass player on that record was John McVie. And a year later, after Clapton left to form Cream, there was a brief three-month window when the Bluesbreakers line-up included McVie, drummer Mick Fleetwood and lead guitarist Peter Green, the nucleus of the soon-to-be-formed Fleetwood Mac.
From there, we cut to Green writing a song for his svelte fashion model girlfriend, Sandra Elsdon, who he'd nicknamed “Magic Mama.” Green said in Peter Green: The Biography: “One of the things John Mayall said was that if you really like something, you should take the first lines, and make up another song from them. So that's what I did with Black Magic Woman.”
The song, nodding to All Your Love and Lucky Lou, was released as a single by Fleetwood Mac in 1968 and hit #37 on the UK charts.
And that's where Carlos Santana enters the picture. In the book Guitar Greats, he said, “I used to go see the original Fleetwood Mac, and they used to kill me, just knock me out. To me they were the best blues band.”
So in 1970, when Santana keyboardist Gregg Rolie started to play Black Magic Woman during a soundcheck, it was a memorable moment. Santana told Rolling Stone, “I swear to you, and this is for real, whenever we play the song, I remember the first time we played it in a soundcheck in Fresno in a parking lot. Gregg brought the song from Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green. And I remember saying, 'Hmm, I can bring a little bit of Otis Rush here and a little bit of Wes Montgomery here.'”
Santana's recorded version, featuring Rolie on lead vocals, was on the their best-selling second album, Abraxas. Adding yet another shoulder and another giant, the single switched gears into a double-time outro jam, based on Gypsy Queen, by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. Discussing the song's long journey, Santana told Raised On Radio in 2016: “We all listened to everything, and we sculpture our own beauty and expression from the things that we love.”
In 1998, when Santana was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the band was joined by Peter Green for a seven-minute version of Black Magic Woman.
Black Magic Woman by Fleetwood Mac
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One of the standout features of the Mightnith Magic Tarot is its unique interpretation of the traditional tarot suits. Instead of the traditional suits of Cups, Pentacles, Swords, and Wands, this deck features the suits of Mermaids, Goblins, Fairies, and Dragons. Each suit has its own unique symbolism and represents different aspects of human experiences and emotions.
Versions
Title | Performer | Release date | Info |
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Black Magic Woman | Fleetwood Mac | March 1968 | First release |
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen | Santana | September 1970 | Hit song More famous than the original Medley |
Black Magic Woman | Tirso Cruz III | 1970 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Terry Baxter / His Orchestra & Chorus | 1971 | |
Black Magic Woman | ABC Company | 1971 | |
Black Magic Woman | Dennis Brown | 1972 | |
Black Magic Woman | Amazonas [GB] | 1973 | |
Black Magic Woman | The Button-Down Brass featuring Ray Davies | 1976 | |
Black Magic Woman | Earth and Stone | 1980 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Omen [GB] | 1981 | |
Black Magic Woman | The World of Pooh | 1985 | |
Black Magic Woman | Brad Is Sex | 1987 | |
Black Magic Woman | Uno | 1988 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Samurai & Hardbartle | 1990 | |
Black Magic Woman | Hellmenn | 1990 | |
I'll Fly for You/Oye como va/Black Magic Woman (Medley) | Mina [IT] | 1992 | Medley |
Black Magic Woman | El Vez | 1992 | |
Black Magic Woman | J. & B. Orchestra | 1992 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Larry McCray | August 22, 1995 | |
Black Magic Woman | Kungens Män | 1995 | |
Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen | Tyburn Tall | 1997 | Live Medley |
Black Magic Woman | Notis | 1997 | |
Black Magic Woman | Peter Green Splinter Group | March 1999 | |
Black Magic Woman | Ty Garner | 1999 | |
Black Magic Woman | Patricia Barber | 1999 | |
Black Magic Woman | Sonny Moorman | 1999 | |
Black Magic Woman | Richie Arndt & The Bluenatics | 1999 | |
Black Magic Woman | Michael Coleman [US] | November 28, 2000 | |
Black Magic Woman | Charlie Musselwhite | 2000 | |
Black Magic Woman | Alejandro | March 25, 2002 | Version from TV talent show |
Black Magic Woman | Out of Phase | July 2002 | |
Black Magic Woman | The Go Getters | 2003 | |
Black Magic Woman | Project: Pimento | 2003 | |
Black Magic Woman | World Classic Rockers | 2003 | |
Black Magic Woman | Keith G Gatsby | 2003 | |
Black Magic Woman | Snowy White & The White Flames | 2004 | |
Black Magic Woman | Andy Timmons - Pawn Kings | 2004 | Live |
Black Magic Woman | Siggi Schwarz & The Rock Legends | June 17, 2005 | |
Black Magic Woman | Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha | August 30, 2005 | |
Black Magic Woman | Janice Hagan | 2005 | |
Black Magic Woman | Pierre Sibille | 2005 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Daddy Mack Blues Band | February 10, 2006 | |
Santana Medley - Evil Ways / Oye Como Va / Black Magic Woman | Type O Negative | March 14, 2006 | Medley |
Black Magic Woman | Rudy Rotta & Friends | April 25, 2006 | |
Black Magic Woman | Mannheim Steamroller | September 12, 2006 | |
Black Magic Woman | John Verity Band | 2006 | Live |
Black Magic Woman | Beverley Skeete | 2007 | |
Black Magic Woman | The Ghost Doctors | 2007 | |
Black Magic Woman | Lila Downs Featuring Raul Midón | 2008 | |
Black Magic Woman | Billy Holiday [US2] | January 2009 | |
Black Magic Woman | Jerry Cortez | March 3, 2009 | |
Black Magic Woman | Steve Flack's Guitar Heroes | April 17, 2009 | |
Black Magic Woman | The Hit Co. (Planet Music Studio Artists) | 2009 | |
Black Magic Woman | Gregg Rolie Band (Gregg Rolie) | 2009 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Pink Turtle | August 16, 2010 | |
Black Magic Woman | Goad | 2010 | |
Black Magic Woman | Santana with Peter Green | November 15, 2011 | |
Black Magic Woman | Mark Bodino | July 4, 2012 | |
Black Magic Woman | Egon Eichener | 2012 | Live |
Black Magic Woman | Peter Volland | 2013 | |
Black Magic Woman | Rick Devin feat. Chet McCracken | 2013 | |
Black Magic Woman | Sweet Baby J'ai | September 21, 2015 | |
Black Magic Woman | The Sunshowers | 2015 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Cuarenta Y Cinco | 2016 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | The Majorleans | October 28, 2017 | |
Black Magic Woman | The Magic of Santana featuring Alex Ligertwood & Tony Lindsay | 2017 | |
Black Magic Woman | Hector Anchondo Band | 2017 | |
Black Magic Woman | Gregor Hilden & Richie Arndt | 2018 | |
Black Magic Woman | Madeaux | 2019 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Haze Acoustic Trio | June 16, 2020 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Eric Clapton | November 12, 2021 | Live |
Black Magic Woman | Barry Leef Band [AU] | March 2022 | Unverified |
Black Magic Woman | Tierra Whack | July 1, 2022 |
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | |
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i | Black Magic Woman | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | 1971 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Hugo Strasser und sein Tanzorchester | 1971 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys | 1971 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Kiyoshi Sugimoto Sextet | 1971 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited | 1971 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Roberto Delgado | 1971 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Harald Winkler - The Norman Candler Orchestra | 1972 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Takeshi Terauchi & His Blue Jeans | 1974 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Mjölby stadsmusikkår och storband | 1978 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Skalär musiken | 1980 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | The Gino Marinello Orchestra | 1988 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Samantha Blue with The London Starlight Orchestra | 1992 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Lex Vandyke | 1993 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | The London Rock Orchestra | 1994 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Manhattan Jazz Orchestra | 1997 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | [CMH Studio Artists] | March 28, 2000 | |
i | Black Magic Woman - Gipsy Queen | The Guitar Vagabonds | 2000 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | The Latin Sound of Guitars (Cleopatra Studio Artists) | 2001 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Hot Strings | 2002 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Walter Chancellor Jr. | June 22, 2004 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Ed Calle | August 17, 2004 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Vitamin String Quartet | August 24, 2004 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | The Sunset Lounge Orchestra | 2007 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Mike Sedmak | 2008 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | John Goldie | 2010 | Unverified |
i | Black Magic Woman | Robin Morris | 2012 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | Arcade Player | December 27, 2018 | |
i | Black Magic Woman | 8 Bit Arcade | January 2019 |
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