Black Coffee (1948)

A Popular Song from 1948.
Words by Paul Francis Webster.
Music by Sonny Burke.

First sung by Sarah Vaughn in 1949. Later became a huge hit sung by Peggy Lee in 1953. I first heard k.d. lang’s recording, SHADOWLAND in 1988.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: