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class="mw-body-content"><script>function mfTempOpenSection(id){var block=document.getElementById("mf-section-"+id);block.className+=" open-block";block.previousSibling.className+=" open-block";}</script><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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June 1938), known professionally as Don Black, is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie, television <a href="/wiki/Theme_music" title="Theme music">themes</a> and hit <a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">songs</a>. He has provided lyrics for <a href="/wiki/John_Barry_(composer)" title="John Barry (composer)">John Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Strouse" title="Charles Strouse">Charles Strouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Monro" title="Matt Monro">Matt Monro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Curtin" title="Hoyt Curtin">Hoyt Curtin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf">Meat Loaf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein" title="Elmer Bernstein">Elmer Bernstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Legrand" title="Michel Legrand">Michel Legrand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayley_Westenra" title="Hayley Westenra">Hayley Westenra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. R. Rahman">A. R. Rahman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wiseman" title="Debbie Wiseman">Debbie Wiseman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Don Black</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 78%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Donblacknightingale.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title='Don Black shows his Oscar for "Born Free" at Nightingale House in February 2010'><img alt='Don Black shows his Oscar for "Born Free" at Nightingale House in February 2010' src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Donblacknightingale.JPG/220px-Donblacknightingale.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Donblacknightingale.JPG/330px-Donblacknightingale.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Donblacknightingale.JPG/440px-Donblacknightingale.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1362" data-file-height="1668"></a><div class="infobox-caption">Don Black shows his Oscar for "<a href="/wiki/Born_Free_(Matt_Monro_song)" title="Born Free (Matt Monro song)">Born Free</a>" at <a href="/wiki/Nightingale_House" title="Nightingale House">Nightingale House</a> in February 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Donald Blackstone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1938-06-21) 21 June 1938 (age 86) <a href="/wiki/South_Hackney" title="South Hackney">South Hackney</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">Popular music</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" 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href="/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">lyricist</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1960s–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://donblack.co.uk">donblack.co.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> stated that "Black is perhaps best-known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and for the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> theme songs he co-wrote with composer John Barry: <a href="/wiki/Thunderball_(soundtrack)" title="Thunderball (soundtrack)">Thunderball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Forever_(soundtrack)" title="Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)">Diamonds Are Forever</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_(soundtrack)" title="The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack)">The Man with the Golden Gun</a>."<a href="#cite_note-AMG-2">[2]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life">1 Early life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career">2 Career</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Early_career">2.1 Early career</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Film_work">2.2 Film work</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Musical_theatre">2.3 Musical theatre</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Radio_broadcasting">2.4 Radio broadcasting</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Honours_and_recognition">3 Honours and recognition</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Personal_life">4 Personal life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also">5 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Musical_theatre_credits">6 Musical theatre credits</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Bibliography">7 Bibliography</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References">8 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links">9 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button 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to the <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Empire" title="Hackney Empire">Hackney Empire</a>, which was then a <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a> and to the cinema to watch <a href="/wiki/James_Cagney" title="James Cagney">James Cagney</a> films.<a href="#cite_note-london-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-jc-9">[9]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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He also had a brief spell as a <a href="/wiki/Comedian" title="Comedian">comic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AMG-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He was personal manager to the singer Matt Monro for many years and also provided songs for him (usually writing English language <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrics</a> to continental songs).<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> These included "Walk Away" and "If I Never Sing Another Song" (music: <a href="/wiki/Udo_J%C3%BCrgens" title="Udo Jürgens">Udo Jürgens</a>) and "For Mamma" (music: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Aznavour" title="Charles Aznavour">Charles Aznavour</a>).<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_work">Film work</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film work" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Black's first film work was the lyrics for the theme of the James Bond feature <a href="/wiki/Thunderball_(film)" title="Thunderball (film)">Thunderball</a> (1965).<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> His association with the Bond series continued over several decades, with <a href="/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Forever_(film)" title="Diamonds Are Forever (film)">Diamonds Are Forever</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_(film)" title="The Man with the Golden Gun (film)">The Man with the Golden Gun</a>, in collaboration with John Barry, and Surrender for <a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Dies" title="Tomorrow Never Dies">Tomorrow Never Dies</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_World_Is_Not_Enough" title="The World Is Not Enough">The World Is Not Enough</a>, in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/David_Arnold" title="David Arnold">David Arnold</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> Black's film work culminated when he collaborated with Barry on the <a href="/wiki/Born_Free_(Matt_Monro_song)" title="Born Free (Matt Monro song)">title song</a> of 1966's <a href="/wiki/Born_Free" title="Born Free">Born Free</a>, which won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Song">Oscar</a> for Best Song and provided a hit for Matt Monro.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> Pianist Roger Williams made the US Top 40 with an instrumental version. The song was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year at the 1967 Grammy Awards</a>. The movie's producer, Sam Jaffe, was not impressed with the song, fearing that Black had made too much of a political comment in the lyric, and initially had the film printed without it on the soundtrack. When it became a US hit, he relented and had the film reprinted, commenting to Black, "It grows on you," after the song won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Oscar</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Black later collaborated with Barry on <a href="/wiki/The_Tamarind_Seed" title="The Tamarind Seed">The Tamarind Seed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Out_of_Africa_(film)" title="Out of Africa (film)">Out of Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dances_with_Wolves" class="mw-redirect" title="Dances with Wolves">Dances with Wolves</a>, and an ill-fated Broadway musical, <a href="/wiki/The_Little_Prince_and_the_Aviator" title="The Little Prince and the Aviator">The Little Prince and the Aviator</a>. In 1967, Lulu took the Black-<a href="/wiki/Mark_London" title="Mark London">Mark London</a> <a href="/wiki/To_Sir_with_Love_(song)" title="To Sir with Love (song)">title song</a> of the film <a href="/wiki/To_Sir,_with_Love" title="To Sir, with Love">To Sir, with Love</a> to No. 1 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AMG-2">[2]</a> Black received his second Oscar nomination for Best Song with the title theme, written with Elmer Bernstein, of the 1969 John Wayne <a href="/wiki/Western_film" title="Western film">western</a>, <a href="/wiki/True_Grit_(1969_film)" title="True Grit (1969 film)">True Grit</a>. That same year, he partnered with Quincy Jones for the theme song of the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a> film, <a href="/wiki/The_Italian_Job" title="The Italian Job">The Italian Job</a>, "On Days Like These". He received a third Oscar nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Ben_(song)" title="Ben (song)">title song</a> of the 1972 film <a href="/wiki/Ben_(film)" title="Ben (film)">Ben</a>, a US No. 1 hit for Michael Jackson, which Black had written with <a href="/wiki/Walter_Scharf" title="Walter Scharf">Walter Scharf</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> Further Oscar nominations came for "Wherever Love Takes Me" (music: Elmer Bernstein), from 1974 film <a href="/wiki/Gold_(1974_film)" title="Gold (1974 film)">Gold</a>, and "Come to Me" (music: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a>) from 1976's <a href="/wiki/The_Pink_Panther_Strikes_Again" title="The Pink Panther Strikes Again">The Pink Panther Strikes Again</a>. In addition, Black teamed with Charles Strouse on the songs "Growing Up Isn't Easy" and "Anything Can Happen on Halloween" for the 1986 <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> film <a href="/wiki/The_Worst_Witch_(TV_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Worst Witch (TV movie)">The Worst Witch</a>, based on the children's book by <a href="/wiki/Jill_Murphy" title="Jill Murphy">Jill Murphy</a>. Walt Disney commissioned him to write songs for the direct-to-video film <a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast:_The_Enchanted_Christmas" title="Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas">Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas</a>. In July 2023, it was announced that Black would collaborate with film composer <a href="/wiki/David_Arnold" title="David Arnold">David Arnold</a> and singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Ellis-Bextor" title="Sophie Ellis-Bextor">Sophie Ellis-Bextor</a> for the track to <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> film, Mog's Christmas, based upon <a href="/wiki/Mog_(Judith_Kerr)" title="Mog (Judith Kerr)">the children's book series</a> by <a href="/wiki/Judith_Kerr" title="Judith Kerr">Judith Kerr</a>. The track, titled "As Long As I Belong", is about "the importance of belonging".<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_theatre">Musical theatre</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Musical theatre" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Black's stage credits include the musicals <a href="/wiki/Billy_(musical)" title="Billy (musical)">Billy</a> (music: John Barry), <a href="/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah_Boy_(musical)" title="Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical)">Bar Mitzvah Boy</a> (music: <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a>), <a href="/wiki/Dear_Anyone" title="Dear Anyone">Dear Anyone</a> (music: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Stephens" title="Geoff Stephens">Geoff Stephens</a>), Budgie (music: <a href="/wiki/Mort_Shuman" title="Mort Shuman">Mort Shuman</a>) and several Andrew Lloyd Webber shows: the 1979 song-cycle, <a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_on_a_Sunday" title="Tell Me on a Sunday">Tell Me on a Sunday</a>, which was performed by <a href="/wiki/Marti_Webb" title="Marti Webb">Marti Webb</a> (whom Black also managed for a time); <a href="/wiki/Aspects_of_Love" title="Aspects of Love">Aspects of Love</a>, which propelled <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ball_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Ball (singer)">Michael Ball</a> to stardom; and, together with <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hampton" title="Christopher Hampton">Christopher Hampton</a>, the musical adaptation of the <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> film <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)" title="Sunset Boulevard (musical)">Sunset Boulevard</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> The latter brought Black and Hampton a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award for Best Book">Tony Award for Best Book</a>. Tell Me on a Sunday was incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Song_and_Dance" title="Song and Dance">Song and Dance</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> This was later adapted for a Broadway production starring <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a>, for which she won a Tony award as <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Musical#1980s" title="Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical">Best Actress in a Musical</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Brightman" title="Sarah Brightman">Sarah Brightman</a> performed for a video recording of the show at the end of its West End run and also released "<a href="/wiki/Unexpected_Song" title="Unexpected Song">Unexpected Song</a>", from that musical, as a single. With Geoff Stephens he produced a concept album of a "revuesical" entitled Off The Wall.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> In 2002, he worked with the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> composer <a href="/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. R. Rahman">A. R. Rahman</a> on the musical <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Dreams" title="Bombay Dreams">Bombay Dreams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> In 2004, Black's second musical collaboration with Hampton, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wildhorn" title="Frank Wildhorn">Frank Wildhorn</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dracula,_the_Musical_(Wildhorn)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dracula, the Musical (Wildhorn)">Dracula, the Musical</a>, debuted on Broadway. He also collaborated with John Barry once more, on the musical Brighton Rock. Based on the <a href="/wiki/Brighton_Rock_(novel)" title="Brighton Rock (novel)">Graham Greene novel</a>, it debuted at the <a href="/wiki/Almeida_Theatre" title="Almeida Theatre">Almeida Theatre</a>, London, in 2004. In 2006, Black created the lyrics for the musical adaptation of the book <a href="/wiki/Feather_Boy" title="Feather Boy">Feather Boy</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. In 2011, Black wrote the lyrics alongside composer Frank Wildhorn for the 2011 Broadway production of <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_%26_Clyde_(musical)" title="Bonnie & Clyde (musical)">Bonnie & Clyde</a>, which premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Schoenfeld_Theatre" title="Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre">Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre</a> on 22 November 2011 and closed four weeks later due to poor ticket sales, despite the general public giving the show high praise for its score and the lead actors <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Jordan_(actor,_born_1984)" title="Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984)">Jeremy Jordan</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Barrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Clyde Barrow">Clyde Barrow</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Laura_Osnes" title="Laura Osnes">Laura Osnes</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Parker" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonnie Parker">Bonnie Parker</a>). The cast recording, however, became one of Wildhorn and Black's most successful musical scores. In 2013, he again worked with <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hampton" title="Christopher Hampton">Christopher Hampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> on <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ward_the_Musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Ward the Musical">Stephen Ward the Musical</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> In 2015, he wrote the lyrics for <a href="/wiki/Mrs_Henderson_Presents_(musical)" title="Mrs Henderson Presents (musical)">Mrs Henderson Presents</a>,<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> with <a href="/wiki/George_Fenton" title="George Fenton">George Fenton</a> and Simon Chamberlin composing the music.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> In 2019, he collaborated with David Arnold on the music for a television version of <a href="/wiki/The_Tiger_Who_Came_to_Tea" title="The Tiger Who Came to Tea">The Tiger Who Came to Tea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> In 2020, he was reported to be working on a musical version of <a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a>, and reworking the show Feather Boy.<a href="#cite_note-:1-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_broadcasting">Radio broadcasting</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Radio broadcasting" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Black presented a Sunday night show on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> from 2013 to 2020, which featured classic songs and songwriters of the 20th century, paid a weekly tribute to Matt Monro, whom he managed, and included many of his showbiz encounter stories. He took over this slot from <a href="/wiki/David_Jacobs_(broadcaster)" title="David Jacobs (broadcaster)">David Jacobs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:3-19">[19]</a> In November 2020 BBC Sounds published a podcast titled "The Sanest Guy in the Room: A Life in Lyrics". Don Black writes about his life, his songs and working with some of the biggest names in showbiz. (See External links.) </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Honours_and_recognition">Honours and recognition</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours and recognition" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> In 1993, <a href="/wiki/Play_It_Again_(record_label)" title="Play It Again (record label)">Play It Again</a> released Born Free – The Don Black Songbook, which remains the only album to date which consists solely of songs co-written by the lyricist.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In 2007, Black was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> That same year, Black was credited on "<a href="/wiki/Sexy_Lady_(Yung_Berg_song)" title="Sexy Lady (Yung Berg song)">Sexy Lady</a>", the 2007 debut single and hit for rapper <a href="/wiki/Yung_Berg" class="mw-redirect" title="Yung Berg">Yung Berg</a>, which sampled the Black-Barry theme for Diamonds Are Forever. On 17 August 2008, the tribute concert Lyrics by Don Black was held at the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a>, featuring performances of Black's songs by a selection of guest artists.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5">[5]</a> The evening, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Parkinson" title="Michael Parkinson">Michael Parkinson</a> and recorded for broadcast by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, included an exclusive performance of two songs from Black's new musical, The Count of Monte Cristo. The concert included contributions from <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mead" title="Lee Mead">Lee Mead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elkie_Brooks" title="Elkie Brooks">Elkie Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_David" title="Craig David">Craig David</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Friedman" title="Maria Friedman">Maria Friedman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Longthorne" title="Joe Longthorne">Joe Longthorne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Grant_(singer)" title="Peter Grant (singer)">Peter Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raza_Jaffrey" title="Raza Jaffrey">Raza Jaffrey</a>, Matt Rawle, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Molloy" title="Ryan Molloy">Ryan Molloy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marti_Webb" title="Marti Webb">Marti Webb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ansell" title="Jonathan Ansell">Jonathan Ansell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hayley_Westenra" title="Hayley Westenra">Hayley Westenra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Campbell_(musician)" title="Phil Campbell (musician)">Phil Campbell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mica_Paris" title="Mica Paris">Mica Paris</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> The singers were accompanied by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Royal Philharmonic Orchestra">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dixon_(conductor)" title="Mike Dixon (conductor)">Mike Dixon</a> and with guest conductors <a href="/wiki/Michel_Legrand" title="Michel Legrand">Michel Legrand</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Arnold" title="David Arnold">David Arnold</a>. In October 2013, a special concert to celebrate Black's work was held at London's <a href="/wiki/Royal_Festival_Hall" title="Royal Festival Hall">Royal Festival Hall</a>, featuring a lengthy interview with the composer by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Grade" title="Michael Grade">Michael Grade</a>, interspersed by performances of his songs by artists such as <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ball_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Ball (singer)">Michael Ball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Friedman" title="Maria Friedman">Maria Friedman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katie_Melua" title="Katie Melua">Katie Melua</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marti_Webb" title="Marti Webb">Marti Webb</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The concert was recorded for television and first shown on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> in early January 2014.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Black was appointed <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Birthday_Honours" title="1999 Birthday Honours">1999 Birthday Honours</a>, and promoted to <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2024_New_Year_Honours" title="2024 New Year Honours">2024 New Year Honours</a>, for services to music.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> Black lives in London, England.<a href="#cite_note-:3-19">[19]</a> His wife of nearly 60 years, Shirley, died in March 2018.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In May 2020, he was treated in hospital for <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-18">[18]</a> Black's elder brother, Michael Black, a showbusiness booking agent, was married to singer <a href="/wiki/Julie_Rogers" title="Julie Rogers">Julie Rogers</a> until his death in November 2018.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_with_lyrics_by_Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Category:Songs with lyrics by Don Black (lyricist)">Songs with lyrics by Don Black</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Musical_theatre_credits">Musical theatre credits</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Musical theatre credits" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Composer </th> <th>Book </th> <th>Co-lyricist </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maybe_That%27s_Your_Problem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maybe That's Your Problem (page does not exist)">Maybe That's Your Problem</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-30">[30]</a> </td> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Scharf" title="Walter Scharf">Walter Scharf</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Chetwynd" title="Lionel Chetwynd">Lionel Chetwynd</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_(musical)" title="Billy (musical)">Billy</a> </td> <td>1974 </td> <td>John Barry </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Clement" title="Dick Clement">Dick Clement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ian_La_Frenais" title="Ian La Frenais">Ian La Frenais</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah_Boy_(musical)" title="Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical)">Bar Mitzvah Boy</a> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Rosenthal" title="Jack Rosenthal">Jack Rosenthal</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_on_a_Sunday" title="Tell Me on a Sunday">Tell Me on a Sunday</a> </td> <td>1979 (Revised 1985 and 2003) </td> <td>Andrew Lloyd Webber </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Maltby_Jr." title="Richard Maltby Jr.">Richard Maltby Jr.</a> (1985 version) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abbacadabra" title="Abbacadabra">Abbacadabra</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>Benny Andersson and <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus" title="Björn Ulvaeus">Björn Ulvaeus</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dear_Anyone" title="Dear Anyone">Dear Anyone</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>Geoff Stephens </td> <td>Jack Rosenthal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Merlin_(musical)" title="Merlin (musical)">Merlin</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>Elmer Bernstein </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Prince_and_the_Aviator" title="The Little Prince and the Aviator">The Little Prince and the Aviator</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>John Barry </td> <td>Hugh Wheeler </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Budgie_(TV_series)" title="Budgie (TV series)">Budgie</a> </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>Mort Shuman </td> <td>Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aspects_of_Love" title="Aspects of Love">Aspects of Love</a> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>Andrew Lloyd Webber </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hart_(lyricist)" title="Charles Hart (lyricist)">Charles Hart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Starlight_Express" title="Starlight Express">Starlight Express</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Andrew Lloyd Webber </td> <td> </td> <td>Richard Stilgoe (principal lyricist; Black wrote one song) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Radio Times </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>Noel Gay and Abi Grant </td> <td> </td> <td>Chris Walker </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)" title="Sunset Boulevard (musical)">Sunset Boulevard</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Andrew Lloyd Webber </td> <td> </td> <td>Christopher Hampton; with contributions by Amy Powers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Goodbye_Girl_(musical)" title="The Goodbye Girl (musical)">The Goodbye Girl</a> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Marvin Hamlisch </td> <td>Neil Simon </td> <td>David Zippel (Black added lyrics for the original British production) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dracula,_the_Musical" title="Dracula, the Musical">Dracula, the Musical</a> </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Frank Wildhorn </td> <td> </td> <td>Christopher Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Dreams" title="Bombay Dreams">Bombay Dreams</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>AR Rahman </td> <td>Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dance_of_the_Vampires_(musical)" title="Dance of the Vampires (musical)">Dance of the Vampires</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Jim Steinman </td> <td>Jim Steinman, Michael Kunze and David Ives </td> <td>Jim Steinman and Michael Kunze (Black contributed additional lyrics) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Whistle_Down_the_Wind_(1996_musical)" title="Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)">Whistle Down the Wind</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Andrew Lloyd Webber </td> <td>Patricia Knop </td> <td>Jim Steinman (Black contributed additional lyrics) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Romeo and Juliet - The Musical </td> <td>2002 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Feather_Boy" title="Feather Boy">Feather Boy</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>Debbie Wiseman </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_%26_Clyde_(musical)" title="Bonnie & Clyde (musical)">Bonnie & Clyde</a> </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>Frank Wildhorn </td> <td>Ivan Menchell </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ward_(musical)" title="Stephen Ward (musical)">Stephen Ward</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Andrew Lloyd Webber </td> <td>Don Black and Christopher Hampton </td> <td>Christopher Hampton </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mrs_Henderson_Presents_(musical)" title="Mrs Henderson Presents (musical)">Mrs Henderson Presents</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>George Fenton and Simon Chamberlin </td> <td>Terry Johnson </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Black_(lyricist)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <ul><li>Wrestling with Elephants (The Authorized <a href="/wiki/Biography" title="Biography">Biography</a> of Don Black) by <a href="/wiki/James_Inverne" title="James Inverne">James Inverne</a>, Sanctuary Publishing, 2003 <style 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