Stanley Black (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, … Read Full Bio ↴Stanley Black (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores and recorded prolifically for the Decca label (including London and Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting.

Black was born as Solomon Schwartz on 14 June 1913 in Whitechapel, England. His parents were Polish and Romanian Jews. He began piano lessons at the age of seven. He was aged only 12 when his first composition was broadcast on BBC Radio and continued his early success by winning a Melody Maker arranging competition aged 15.

In the early 1930s he was employed as a jazz player and composer and had worked with Howard Jacobs, Joe Orlando, Lew Stone, Maurice Winnick and Teddy Joyce by the time he joined Harry Roy in 1936. He had also broadcast and recorded with several American musicians, including jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, who had first heard Black on late night radio shows with Lew Stone's band. When the two eventually met in London, the reviewer Edgar Jackson suggested they record together, and a notable collaboration is a duet version of Honeysuckle Rose.

During World War II, Black joined the Royal Air Force, and became involved in managing the entertainment of servicemen based at Wolverhampton. In 1944 he was appointed conductor of the BBC Dance Orchestra, and remained in the job for almost nine years, broadcasting as many as six nights a week.

By this time he had also begun recording under his own name for Decca. Now well involved with the film industry, he went on to compose, arrange and direct music for about 200 more films, notably after being appointed music director at Elstree Studios in 1958. He was also principal conductor of the Associated British Picture Corporation Orchestra and musical director composer of that organisation from 1958-1963.

Stanley Black's radio work kept him in contact with a large listening audience through his incidental music for shows such as Much Binding in the Marsh and the first two series of The Goon Show. He later presented his own programmes on radio and television, including Black Magic and The Marvellous World of Stanley Black.

In the early 1950s he regularly topped the Melody Maker lists of the most-heard musicians on radio. He was chosen to be included on Decca's first release of long-playing records in the UK in June 1950. This enabled him to continue his conducting, arranging and performing and resulted in a large number of albums. He was particularly popular in United States, as evidenced by his inclusion in the Billboard best-sellers lists.

During his life, he conducted many of Britain's major orchestras, and until the 1990s he was still directing regular broadcast sessions at the BBC studios, despite the onset of deafness in later life.

Stanley Black is remembered for writing numerous scores for radio, television and cinema, including the theme-tune for The Goon Show.

Other films he composed scores for include Laughter in Paradise (1951), The Naked Truth (1957), Blood of the Vampire (1958), Too Many Crooks (1958), The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961), West 11 (1963), The System (1964), Crossplot (1969), and the Cliff Richard musicals The Young Ones (1961) and his orchestral backing for Richard's follow up, Summer Holiday (1962), which won him an Ivor Novello Award. His work also became familiar to millions of cinema audiences as a consequence of his theme tune and music library for Pathé News, written in 1960.

He also recorded many classical works, including collections of Tchaikovsky and George Gershwin. In 1965 he won a Gramophone Award for his version of Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol. In addition, he arranged and conducted many commercially successful albums on LP and later CD like Tropical Moonlight, Cuban Moonlight, Black Magic, and series of Film Spectacular and Broadway Spectacular for Decca Records.

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'S Wonderful Don't mind telling you, in my humble fash That you thrill…
A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
A Woman In Love Love walked right in and drove the shadows away Love walked…
Again This couldn't happen again This is that once in a lifetime T…

April In Portugal I found my April dream in Portugal with you When we…
Be My Love Be my love, for no one else can end this…
Bidin' My Time But I'm bidin' my time, Cause that's the kinda guy I'm Whi…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Blue Tango Here am I with you in a world of blue And…
But Not for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true J…
Canadian Sunset Once I was alone So lonely and then You came, out of…
Caravan Night and stars above that shine so bright The myst'ry…
Come Back to Sorrento You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Don't Ever Leave Me Don't ever leave me Now that you're here Here is where you…
Easy to Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Ebb Tide First the tide rushes in, plants a kiss on the…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrep…
Everything's Coming Up Roses You don't believe me I can tell it by your eyes There's…
Falling in Love With Love Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Fools Rush In "Romance is a game for fools" I used to say A game…
Honeysuckle Rose Every honey bee fills with jealousy, When they see you out…
How Deep Is The Ocean How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How…
How High the Moon Somewhere there's music How faint the tune Somewhere there's…
I Baby's good to me, you know, She's happy as can be,…
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I Love Paris I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Never thought I'd fall, But now I hear love call, I'm gettin…
I've Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
If I Love Again I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
Indian Love Call Oo-oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo When I'm calling you Oo-oo-oo-oo, o…
It's Magic You sigh and the song begins You speak and I hear…
Lawrence Of Arabia: Theme Thank you God For this great opportunity To Share with you e…
Lost in a Fog Don't ask me just how it happened I wish I knew I…
Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose that…
Love Is a Many-Splendoured Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose that…
Love Is Here to Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Love Is In The Air I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
Love Walked In Love walked right in and drove the shadows away Love walked…
Lover Come Back To Me You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Lullaby Lullaby of Birdland, that's what I Always hear when you…
Melodie D'Amour Melodie d'amour, take this song to my lover Shoo shoo little…
Memories Are Made Of This The sweet sweet memories you gave-a me You can't beat the…
Misirlou Desert shadows creep across purple sands. Natives kneel in …
Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You're so like…
Moonglow It must have been moonglow, way up in the blue It…
Moonlight Becomes You Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair You certainly …
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart Ho…
My Yiddishe Momme Of things I should be thankful for I've had a…
Nice Work If You Can Get It The man who only lives for making money Lives a life…
Oh Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Oh Lady Be Good! Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Old Devil Moon I look at you and suddenly Something in your eyes I…
Paradise And then she holds my hand, mm And then I understand.…
RoseMarie La da da da da, da da da da da…
S'wonderful Don't mind telling you, in my humble fash That you thrill…
Secret Love Once I had a secret love, That lived within the heart…
Should I Should I reveal exactly how I feel? Should I confess I…
So in Love Love walked right in and drove the shadows away Love walked…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Somebody Loves Me Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways Just because you…
Temptation You came, I was alone I should have known you were…
The Big Country (Midnight cowboy, midnight cowboy See the lonesome midnigh…
The Man I Love I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
The Say It's Wonderful They say that falling love is wonderful It's wonderful, so t…
The Song Is Ended My thoughts go back to a heavenly dance A moment of…
The Song Is You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
They Say It's Wonderful They say that falling love is wonderful It's wonderful, so …
Time On My Hands When the day fades away into twilight The moon is my…
Too Marvelous For Words You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words Like glor…
True Love I give to you and you give to me True love…
Tzena Tzena Tzena Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Can't you hear the music playing …
Victory Roll Rag nahimo kang kabos aron kmi madato.giantos mo ang tanang pagt…

You're The Top At words poetic, I'm so pathetic That I always have…

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