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Don Black OBE (born June 21, 1938) is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie themes and hit songs. He began his music business career as an office boy with a music publishing firm, and later worked as a song-plugger. He also had a brief spell as a stand-up comic. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...
is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Lyrics are the words in songs. ...
He was personal manager to singer, Matt Monro for many years and also provided songs for the singer (usually writing English lyrics to continental songs). These included Walk Away (music: Udo Jûrgens) and For Mamma (music: Charles Aznavour). Matt Monro (December 1, 1932- February 7, 1985) was a ballad singer of the 1960s and one of great international postwar entertainers. ...
Charles Aznavour (Armenian: ÕÕ¡Õ¼Õ¬ Ô±Õ¦Õ¶Õ¡Õ¾Õ¸ÖÖ; born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. ...
In collaboration with composer John Barry, he wrote the title song for the 1966 film Born Free, which won the Oscar for Best Song that year, as well as providing another hit for Matt Monro. Black's other movie song credits include the themes for many of the early James Bond films, Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, Surrender from Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. He later collaborated with Barry again on Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, and their ill-fated Broadway musical The Little Prince and the Aviator. A composer is a person who writes music. ...
John Barry. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Born Free is a book written by Joy Adamson in the 1960s about an orphaned Kenya. ...
The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ...
Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...
Thunderball is the fourth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, and also the fourth film to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond 007. ...
Diamonds Are Forever is the 7th film in the James Bond series and the sixth and final to star Sean Connery as MI6 agent after his absence from the previous Bond film On Her Majestys Secret Service starring George Lazenby in the lead role as secret agent James Bond. ...
The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ...
Tomorrow Never Dies is the 18th film in the James Bond series and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as MI6 agent James Bond. ...
The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth official James Bond film made by EON Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond. ...
Out of Africa is a memoir by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke), first published in 1937. ...
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic film which tells the story of a United States cavalry officer from the Civil War who travels into the Dakota Territory, near a Sioux tribe. ...
The Little Prince and the Aviator is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Don Black, and music by John Barry. ...
On Days Like These, the title song of the original version of the movie The Italian Job was written by Don Black, to music by Quincy Jones. The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. ...
He has also provided lyrics for Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand and Marvin Hamlisch, and has had two US number one hits, Michael Jackson's Ben (music: Walter Sharp) and Lulu's To Sir, with Love (music: Mark London). Jule Styne (December 31, 1905 â September 20, 1994) was a British born American songwriter. ...
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 â June 14, 1994), was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. ...
Elmer Bernstein (pronounced Bern-steen[1]) (April 4, 1922 â August 18, 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning film score composer. ...
Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor and pianist. ...
Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American composer. ...
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ...
Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ...
To Sir, with Love is the theme from the 1967 film To Sir, with Love. ...
Black's stage musical credits include Billy (music: John Barry), Bar Mitzvah Boy (music: Jule Styne), Dear Anyone (music: Geoff Stephens), Budgie (music: Mort Shuman) and several Andrew Lloyd Webber shows - the 1980 song-cycle, Tell Me on a Sunday, which was performed by Marti Webb (whom he also managed for a time); Aspects of Love, which propelled Michael Ball to stardom; and, together with Christopher Hampton, the musical adaptation of the classic Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard. In 2002 he worked with Indian composer A. R. Rahman on the musical Bombay Dreams. Billy is a West End musical based on the novel and play Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. ...
Original cast recording Bar Mitzvah Boy is a musical, originally written for the London stage, with a book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics by Don Black, and music by Jule Styne. ...
Mort Shuman (November 12, 1936 _ November 2, 1991) was an American singer and songwriter. ...
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ...
Originally produced in 1978 as a concert for theatre, Tell Me On A Sunday was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starred Marti Webb. ...
Marti Webb in Andrew Lloyd Webbers Song and Dance (1982) Marti Webb (born 13 December 1944, in London) is a musical actress from England, who appeared on stage in Evita, before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webbers one woman show Tell Me On A Sunday in the mid 1980s. ...
Aspects of Love is a chamber opera with a book and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. ...
There are several people named Michael Ball: Michael Ball (singer), a singer and actor Michael Ball (footballer), an English football (soccer) player Category: ...
Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 â March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ...
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ...
Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: à®.à®à®°à¯.ரஹà¯à®®à®¾à®©à¯) (born on January 6, 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an internationally renowned musician, best known for composing film scores and soundtracks. ...
Bombay Dreams on Broadway, New York City Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical. ...
He also co-wrote with Jim Steinman the single "Is Nothing Sacred," which was sung by Meat Loaf. Jim Steinman (born November 1, 1947 in New York, New York) is an American rock and musical theater composer. ...
Meat Loaf is the stage name of Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947)). He is an American rock singer and actor of stage and screen. ...
Black lives with his wife Shirley in London, England. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
References
- Wrestling With Elephants (The Authorized Biography of Don Black) by James Inverne (Sanctuary Publishing, 2003)
External links "Official" (EON Productions) films John Barry & Orchestra "James Bond Theme" • Matt Monro "From Russia with Love" • Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger" • Tom Jones "Thunderball" • Nancy Sinatra "You Only Live Twice" • John Barry "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" • Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forever" • Paul McCartney & Wings "Live and Let Die" • Lulu "The Man with the Golden Gun" • Carly Simon "Nobody Does It Better" • Shirley Bassey "Moonraker" • Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only" • Rita Coolidge "All Time High" • Duran Duran "A View to a Kill" • a-ha "The Living Daylights" • Gladys Knight "Licence To Kill" • Tina Turner "GoldenEye" • Sheryl Crow "Tomorrow Never Dies" • Garbage "The World Is Not Enough" • Madonna "Die Another Day" • Chris Cornell "You Know My Name" "Unofficial" (licensed, non-EON) films Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass "Casino Royale" • Lani Hall "Never Say Never Again" The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...
Internet Broadway Database The Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. ...
Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...
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EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ...
John Barry. ...
The James Bond Theme is one of the signature themes for the James Bond films. ...
Matt Monro (December 1, 1932- February 7, 1985) was a ballad singer of the 1960s and one of great international postwar entertainers. ...
From Russia with Love is the second James Bond film in the official EON Productions series, and the second to star Sean Connery as the suave and sophisticated British Secret Service agent James Bond. ...
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937 ) (age 70) in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ...
The song was sung by the Tiger Bay sultry artist Shirley Bassey. ...
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, KBE (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name as Tom Jones, is a Grammy Award winning Welsh popular music singer particularly noted for his powerful voice. ...
The soundtrack to Thunderball was released by Capitol Records in 1965. ...
Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American singer and actress. ...
You Only Live Twice was the soundtrack to the Bond film of the same name and was composed by Bond veteran, John Barry. ...
John Barry. ...
On Her Majestys Secret Service is the sixth film in the EON Productions James Bond series and the only one to star George Lazenby as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond, and the first and only film in which Bond settles on a single woman and marries her. ...
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937 ) (age 70) in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ...
Diamonds Are Forever is the 7th film in the James Bond series and the sixth and final to star Sean Connery as MI6 agent after his absence from the previous Bond film On Her Majestys Secret Service starring George Lazenby in the lead role as secret agent James Bond. ...
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Awardâ and Grammy Awardâwinning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...
Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney and formed in August 1971, shortly after the breakup of The Beatles. ...
link title Live and Let Die, from the James Bond film and soundtrack Live and Let Die, is one of Sir Paul McCartneys most successful singles. ...
Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ...
The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ...
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. ...
Original The Spy Who Loved Me soundtrack cover, featuring Nobody Does It Better Nobody Does It Better is a James Bond theme used for the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me and released Single EP, Soundtrack Album. ...
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937 ) (age 70) in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ...
Moonraker is a 1979 spy film. ...
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr on April 27, 1959, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish-American Grammy Award-winning pop singer and theatre & television actress. ...
For Your Eyes Only was the theme tune to the 12th James Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only and performed by Scottish singer Sheena Easton. ...
Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945, in Lafayette, Tennessee) is an American singer. ...
All Time High was a song sung by American singer Rita Coolidge. ...
Duran Duran is an English Synth pop/pop band notable for a long series of popular singles and vivid music videos. ...
A View to a Kill is the 13th single recorded by Duran Duran, released in May 1985. ...
The correct title of this article is . ...
The Living Daylights was the song written by a-ha for the James Bond film of the same name. ...
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B/soul singer and actress. ...
Licence to Kill (released in the United States as License to Kill, but sold in the U.S. home video market with the British spelling) is the sixteenth film in the James Bond film series made by EON Productions. ...
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is an 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasionally Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. ...
GoldenEye is a hit James Bond theme performed by Tina Turner used for the 1995 film, GoldenEye. ...
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is a nine-time Grammy winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. ...
Tomorrow Never Dies was the theme tune to the 18th James Bond film of the the same name. ...
Garbage is a Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ...
The World Is Not Enough was the theme tune to the 19th James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough and performed by rock group Garbage. ...
Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ...
James Bond theme chronology The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002) You Know My Name (2006) American Life track listing Mother and Father (9) Die Another Day (10) Easy Ride (11) Die Another Day was the theme to the James Bond film of the same name recorded...
Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden (1984-1997) and later Audioslave (2001-2007). ...
James Bond theme chronology Die Another Day (2002) You Know My Name (2006) You Know My Name, performed by Chris Cornell, is the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale. ...
The official film logo of James Bond (007) The adventures of Ian Flemings fictional secret agent, James Bond, have become a successful film series, with twenty-one titles made by EON Productions as of 2007. ...
Herbert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the Tijuana Brass, a now-defunct brass band of which he was the leader. ...
This article contains a trivia section. ...
Lani Hall (born Nov 6, 1948 in Chicago) is an American singer) Lani Hall first came to be known to the public at large when she joined the second Brasil project of Bossa Nova master Sergio Mendes, Brasil 66. ...
Never Say Never Again is a James Bond film, itself a remake of the 1965 film Thunderball. ...
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