The English rock band Humble Pie released a cover of the Ike & Tina Turner song “Black Coffee” in 1973. In it, the Blackberries provide the backing vocals while Steve Marriott sings the lyrics. The album that the song was on, Eat It, peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Although the song didn’t end up hitting the charts in the United States, it is considered one of the band’s most well-known songs. Many consider it Marriott’s best performance. As one fan on YouTube said, “Steve Marriott might be one of the most underrated frontmen ever. Great voice and no slouch with the axe.” Another said, “One of my favorite performances. True sound, no AI pitch devices faking tonal quality. This is music.”
Marriott was named as one of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” by Mojo and received an Ivor Novello Award for “Outstanding Contribution to British Music.” Unfortunately, he died in a fire at his home in Essex in 1991 at the age of 44.
In an interview with Defenders of the Faith, band member Jerry Shirley spoke about how Humble Pie would come up with their original songs. “As we developed, we got more into the start a jam and turn it into a song mode, but at the very beginning, Steve had a bunch of songs,” he explained. “Peter [Frampton] was still developing as a songwriter, but had a few ready to go. Even I had a couple of songs. We were all encouraged to write. Greg [Ridley] could write. I couldn’t sing for toffee, but I could write a decent tune. They could interpret it, or I could add to the writing. Those were the two ways we did it, and the ones that were the most fun, I’ve gotta say, were the ones that happened on the spot.”
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Humble Pie released a few more popular songs throughout the years, including “30 Days in the Hole,” “Natural Born Bugie,” and a cover of “I Don’t Need No Doctor.” Although the original lineup is no longer together, Shirley handpicked the members of Humble Pie Legacy to celebrate their music.
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