Artist	Song
Dr John	Mama Roux
Redbone	Witch Queen Of New Orleans
Santana	Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
Merry Clayton	The Acid Queen
Jethro Tull	The Witch's Promise
Cream	Strange Brew
Open Mind	Magic Potion
Searchers	Magic Potion
Clovers	Love Potion #9
Birthday Party	Say A Spell
Open Mind	Cast A Spell
Nina Simone	I Put A Spell On You
LJ Johnson	Your Magic Put a Spell On Me
Bobby Darin	Under Your Spell Again
Benny Spellman	Fortune Teller
Buffalo Tom	Fortune Teller
Sugar	Fortune Teller
Family	Gypsy Woman
Traffic	Pearly Queen
Albion Band	Pain Or Paradise
Pete Atkin	Beware Of the Beautiful Stranger
Lou Christie	The Gypsy Cried
Family	The Weaver's Answer

Comment:

In general, pop isn't all that strong on science & certainty; it prefers to lurk in the shadowlands where logic, reason and the scientific method start to crumble and dissolve. That's why its cast of stock characters contains a preponderance of persons of mystery, mostly (but not exclusively) women well-versed in the dark arts. When not using their wiles to hold poor helpless men in thrall, they're gazing into their crystal balls and prophesising what the future holds in store. No respecters of genre, they appear in New Orleans funk, prog, beat-boom pop, northern soul, folk & grunge, usually as witches, gypsies and fortune-tellers. Exhibit A.

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