Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #601: ” Black Night” -Deep Purple. December 5, 1970.

• Single: ” Black Night”- Deep Purple
• Record Company- Warner Bros
• Genre: Rock
• Written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice
• Time: 2:58
• B-side:” Into The Fire”
• Grade: B
• Peaked at #66 6 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.

While it wasn’t a hit in the US- “Black Night” was the biggest hit Deep Purple had in the UK- peaking at #2. Deep Purple from 1968-85 had 8 Hot 100 singles with 3 making the Top 40. Their biggest hit in the US was “Smoke On The Water” #4 in 1973.