Porter & Dolly - The Dark End Of The Street

My favourite song from "Just The Two Of Us", 1968.

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Music

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• Porter
• Wagoner
• Dolly
• Parton
• Country
• Oldies
• Just
• The
• Two
• Of
• Us
• backwoods
• barbie

[Jaybird1103]

Archie Campbell (who was also a good singer/songwriter/musician as well as a comedian) and Lorene Mann had a hit with this in 1967. Whether it's a country version by Porter and Dolly, Archie and Lorene or a R&B song by James Carr, Eva Cassidy, or Aretha Franklin, this is an awesome song.

[toprookie]

this version isn't too bad. their voice contrasts really make the song

[MrSmokehouse6]

Wonderful version of this tune. Thanks.

[d2pwow]

Wow! I had no idea this version existed. Love it.

[ronaldt491]

Thanks. I learn something every day. Didn't know that

[BobSeger1981]

@ronaldt491

Actually this is a Dann Penn song, originally performed by James Carr - which is also on Youtube.

[ronaldt491]

Remake of an old Percy Sledge single. It's on YT if anyone wants to check it out.

[Huntinbear]

she is an amazing lady

[dollyaddict]

Love this - This is 1 song that showcases the gentle and pure side of Dolly's fabulous and unique voice

[LizzyDouglas]

@Kilu71: Not only Dolly's voice makes her so damned unique, I'm sure she can sing like hell because that unique voice of hers and the emotionality she puts in it. I'm a huge fan of Dolly's. But also her compositions are of an unparallelled beauty and rise extremely high above the mediocrity of amost every other C & W song. And that, said by an alltime bluesfan, in general I've nothig with C & W, but Dolly & Patsy Cline are for me the excemptions.

[BlackAngusYoung]

I don't know that original song but I do know Kitty's follow-up. All this was way before my time (unfortunately, since country in my time is rather horrific)so this is not the first time I've been able to say "Oh... The Kitty Wells songs is actually a follow-up to some guy's song!" LOL-I'm sure you know the one I mean. I was very lucky--and surprised--to be able to meet her at an Eastern Ontario fair show about ten years ago.