The Dark End of the Street

"Dark End of the Street" redirects here. For other uses, see The Dark End of the Street (disambiguation).
"The Dark End of the Street"
Single by James Carr
from the album You Got My Mind Messed Up[1]
B-side"Lovable Girl"
Released1967 (1967)
Genre
Length2:20
LabelGoldwax
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
James Carr singles chronology
"Pouring Water on a Drowning Man"
(1966) 		"The Dark End of the Street"
(1967) 		"Let It Happen"
(1967)

"The Dark End of the Street" is a 1967 soul song, written by songwriters Dan Penn and Chips Moman and first recorded by James Carr. It became his trademark song, reaching number 10 on Billboard Magazine's R&B Chart, and crossing over to number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.

  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2024. ...'60s soul classics like Aretha Franklin's "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and James Carr's "The Dark End of the Street
  3. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Crying in the Streets: Deep Soul". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.