Black Pearl
Written by Phil Spector, Toni Wine, and Irwin Levine, this 1969 single was inspired by the Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy. Produced by Spector and arranged by Perry Botkin Jr., the song reached number 13 on the Billboard pop chart and number 8 on the R&B chart, ranking number 66 on Billboard's year-end chart for 1969.