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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Stanley Black Lyrics
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She's happy as can be, you know,
She said so
I'm in love with her and I feel fine
Baby says she's mine, you know,
She tells me all the time, you know,
She said so
I'm so glad that she's my little girl
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
That here baby buys her things, you know
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
She said so
She's in love with me and I feel fine
Baby says she's mine, you know,
She tells me all the time, you know,
She said so
I'm in love with her and I feel fine
I'm so glad that she's my little girl
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
That her baby buys her things, you know
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
She said so
She's in love with me and I feel fine
She's in love with me and I feel fine
The lyrics of Stanley Black's "I Feel Fine" are a celebration of love and happiness. The first verse talks about the singer's lover, whom he describes as being "good" and "happy". The woman has apparently told him that she loves him, and this makes the singer feel great. The second verse reinforces this idea, with the woman once again proclaiming her love and the singer expressing his joy at being with her.
The chorus of the song is essentially a repetition of these ideas. The singer is ecstatic that the woman he loves is happy, and every time she tells him that she loves him, he feels even better. The bridge of the song includes a declaration from the woman that her lover buys her expensive gifts, including diamond rings. However, this doesn't seem to be the most important thing to either of them - what really matters is their love for each other.
Overall, "I Feel Fine" is a simple but heartfelt love song, celebrating the joy that comes from being with someone you love. The lyrics may be somewhat formulaic, but they capture the essence of what it feels like to be in a happy and contented relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby's good to me, you know,
My significant other treats me well and it's a known fact.
She's happy as can be, you know,
My significant other is as content as possible and it's evident to others.
She said so
My significant other verbalized her satisfaction with our relationship.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine
I have strong feelings of affection for my significant other and it affects me positively.
Baby says she's mine, you know,
My significant other has claimed me as her own and it's common knowledge.
She tells me all the time, you know,
My significant other reminds me frequently that we are together.
She said so
My significant other expressed to me previously that she's mine.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine
I am infatuated with my significant other and it impacts me positively.
I'm so glad that she's my little girl
I am grateful that my significant other is with me and see her as my beloved.
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
My significant other is exuberant and announcing it to everyone.
That her baby buys her things, you know
I provide my significant other with material items.
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
I have purchased my significant other with precious jewelry.
She said so
My significant other vocalized that I have bought her pricey items.
She's in love with me and I feel fine
My significant other has romantic feelings towards me and it impacts me positively.
She's in love with me and I feel fine
My significant other has fondness for me that brings me joy.
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Written by: JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY
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Ricardo Madrid
Este L.P. formó parte de la colección de música en piano de mi padre. Lo escuché en mi casa desde que nací. a través de él empecé a conocer a Ernesto Lecuona (Tema musical Siboney) el que, en mi humilde opinión, es el mejor compositor que ha dado Cuba.
Syed Tassaduq Rahman
I first heard Stanley Black when I was in college in the sixties. Since that time he is my No 1 pianist. GOD BLESS his soul.
Reparaciones en General
Excelente LP tengo el privilegio de tener este mismo disco y en muy buen estado, me fue heredado por mis padres al igual que la buena musica, excelente musica, tambien tenia los extintos cartuchos de 4 tracks que casi nadie conocio, y despues los 8 tracks con musica de TIJUANA BRASS, STANLEY BLACK ,PERCUSSIONES DE TERRY SNIDER, TONY MOTOLA, ETC. musica realmente hermosa .
Un Saludo.
Ana Sofia Nava Alvarez
EN ÉL ´64 ESTUDIABA EN EL TEC DE MONTERREY EN MONTERREY MI FAVORITO ES ESTE DISCO QUE ESTOY ESCUCHANDO, TENÍA EN ESE ENTONCES 19 AÑOS, HOY A LOS 71 AÑOS LO DISFRUTO MAYORMENTE.
Gustavo Morales Battaglini
+Ana Sofia Nava Alvarez .Hola anita que grato es escuchar tus recuerdos, no cabe duda que la música remueve recuerdos ya olvidados , es lo mismo que me pasa a mi cuando vivía en Poza Rica Ver, ahora ya vivo en Tampico gracias por comentar te mando un abrazo
Gustavo Morales Battaglini
Muchas gracias por pasar a visitar mi canal Ricardo, de la misma manera a mi me paso lo mismo que fue atravez de mi padre que me fue interesando la musica.te envio un afectuoso saludos
Reva Bodden
Another Excellent album of superb interpretations of Latin American songs by the late, and I'll also say great British pianist, Stanley Black. I purchased this album back in the 1960's and am so glad to see it on my iPad! I have many LPs by Mr. Black and have never been disappointed in his superb interpretations! R.I.P
Fabian Puga
Gracias Gustavo, excelente, aun conservo estos discos, un abrazo que bueno que te guste esta musica.
Maria Lucy de Lima
Sensacional, delirante!
George Dion
The MOST amazing music, such mastery and vibrant rhythms THANK you