The Dark End of the Street - wikipedia 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 Released 1967 ( 1967 ) Recorded Royal Studios Genre Soul Label Goldwax Songwriter ( s ) Dan Penn Chips Moman Producer ( s ) Quinton Claunch Rudolph Russell `` 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. Contents 1 History and original recording 2 Influences 3 Cover Versions 4 References 5 Bibliography History and original recording The song was co-written by Penn, a professional songwriter and producer, and Moman, a former session guitarist at Phil Spector 's Gold Star Studio, and also the owner of American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The song itself was ultimately recorded across town at Royal Studios, home of HI Records. In the summer of 1966, while a DJ convention was being held in Memphis, Penn and Moman were cheating while playing cards with Florida DJ Don Schroeder, and decided to write the song while on a break. Penn said of the song `` We were always wanting to come up with the best cheatin ' song. Ever. '' The duo went to the hotel room of Quinton Claunch, another Muscle Shoals alumnus, and founder of Hi Records, to write. Claunch told them, `` Boys, you can use my room on one condition, which is that you give me that song for James Carr. They said I had a deal, and they kept their word. '' The song, lyrics and all, was written in about thirty minutes. Soul artist James Carr, as promised, first recorded the song in late 1966, and it became his trademark song, reaching number 10 on Billboard Magazine 's Black Singles Chart, and crossing over to number 77 on the Pop chart. Six months later fellow soul singer Percy Sledge included his version of the song on his 1967 album The Percy Sledge Way, but it did not chart as high, as it had a similar sound to Carr 's unmistakable vocals. Influences Van Morrison 's song `` Bright Side of the Road '' includes the lyrics `` From the dark end of the street, to the bright side of the road, '' which many believe was influenced by Penn 's song. Cover Versions In the years since Carr 's original version many artists have recorded versions of the song. The following is a partial list : Year released Artist Album / EP / Single Notes 1967 Percy Sledge The Percy Sledge Way 1967 Prince Buster `` Dark End Of The Street / Love Oh Love '' single 1968 Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton Just the Two of Us 1968 Archie Campbell / Lorene Mann Tell It Like It Is 1969 Lee Hazlewood / Ann - Margret The Cowboy & The Lady 1969 The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin 1969 Pat Kelly Pat Kelly Sings 1970 Aretha Franklin This Girl 's in Love with You 1972 Ry Cooder Boomer 's Story 1972 Lee Moses `` Dark End of the Street '' single Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel Richard and Linda Thompson Pour Down Like Silver 1976 Dorothy Moore Misty Blue 1977 Ry Cooder Show Time 1982 Moving Hearts Dark End of the Street 1989 Deacon Blue `` Love and Regret '' single 1989 Don Dixon EEE 1991 The cast of The Commitments Original soundtrack Chuck Brown and Eva Cassidy The Other Side Gary Stewart I 'm a Texan 1994 Afghan Whigs The B - Sides / The Conversation EP 1994 Diamanda Galás and John Paul Jones The Sporting Life 1997 Gregg Allman Searching for Simplicity 1997 Peter Green Splinter Group Peter Green Splinter Group Elvis Costello and The Imposters The Delivery Man 2005 Frank Black Honeycomb 2008 Cat Power Dark End of the Street EP Black Friday Hard Times 2011 June Tabor and Oysterband Ragged Kingdom 2015 Marching Church This World Is Not Enough 2016 The Hidden Cameras Home on Native Land References Jump up ^ Guralnick, Peter ( 2002 ). Jump up ^ Gordon, Robert ( 2001 ). Jump up ^ Hoskyns, Barney ( 1998 ). Jump up ^ Bailie, Stuart ( July 6, 2008 ). `` Playlist ''. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved July 29, 2008. Jump up ^ Deming, Mark. `` Percy Sledge - The Percy Sledge Way ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Prince Buster - `` Dark End Of The Street '' ``. discogs.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Archie Campbell / Lorene Mann - Tell It Like It Is ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. `` Lee Hazlewood / Ann - Margret - The Cowboy & The Lady ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Pat Kelly - Pat Kelly Sings ''. discogs.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Lee Moses - `` Dark End of Street '' ``. rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved July 6, 2017. Jump up ^ Carpenter, Bill. `` Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ry Cooder - Show Time ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved April 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Don Dixon - EEE ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ McCall, Michael. `` Gary Stewart - I 'm a Texan ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Ruhlmann, William. `` Gregg Allman - Searching for Simplicity ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Black Friday - Hard Times ''. discogs.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. `` Marching Church - This World Is Not Enough ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017. Bibliography Gordon, Robert ( 2001 ). It Came from Memphis. Atria. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7434 - 1045 - 8 Guralnick, Peter ( 2002 ). Sweet Soul Music. MOJO Books. ISBN 978 - 1 - 84195 - 240 - 6 Hoskyns, Barney ( 1998 ). Say it One Time for the Broken Hearted. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7475 - 4137 - 0 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Dark_End_of_the_Street&oldid=789334418 '' Categories : Rhythm and blues songs 1967 singles Eels ( band ) songs Songs written by Chips Moman Songs written by Dan Penn Eva Cassidy songs 1967 songs Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 6 July 2017, at 19 : 31. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the dark end of the street
Answer: Dan Penn