The Bitch Is Black is a 1975 album by American disco and soul singer Yvonne Fair, released on Motown.

After being signed to Motown eight years earlier and singing backing vocals for several acts as well as releasing a few singles of her own, Fair was given her first opportunity for a full-length, which also compiled several hit singles that she had recorded.

[1][2] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 4.5 out of five stars, with critic Joe Viglione considering it "a thing of beauty deserving a wider audience" and opining that "It Should Have Been Me" "should have been a monster in the U.S."[3] Additional musicians Technical personnel The Bitch Is Black reached 57 on Billboard's R&B chart.

[4] The same publication conducted a survey of FM radio stations and found that this was one of the most-played LPs for the week of June 14, 1975.

[5] The album did not sell well in the United States, but was successful in Australia and the United Kingdom.