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.
Love Walked In
Stanley Black Lyrics
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Love walked right in and brought my sunniest day
One magic moment and my heart seemed to know that love said hello
Though not a word was spoken
One look, and I forgot the gloom of the past
One look and I had found my future at last
One look and I had found a world completely new
One magic moment and my heart seemed to know that love said hello
Though not a word was spoken
One look and I had found a world completely new
When love walked in with you
The lyrics to Stanley Black's Love Walked In is a beautiful portrayal of how true love has the power to lift one's spirits and fill their life with joy and happiness. The opening lines, "Love walked right in and drove the shadows away," suggests that the arrival of the person's love interest illuminated their life and helped clear away the darkness that was present before they came along. The following line, "Love walked right in and brought my sunniest day," reinforces this idea that the presence of their lover brightened their day and brought them happiness.
The lines, "One magic moment and my heart seemed to know that love said hello. Though not a word was spoken," suggest that the two people had an instant connection, an unspoken understanding that love was present. The beauty of it being unspoken reinforces the idea that true love is felt, not simply spoken or heard.
The following lines, "One look and I forgot the gloom of the past. One look and I had found my future at last," show that the person has moved from a dark place to a brighter one with the arrival of their lover. They see a new future with their lover and have forgotten the heaviness of the past. The last line, "When love walked in with you," reinforces that this new world they are experiencing is a result of their lover's presence.
Overall, the lyrics of Love Walked In are a beautiful and hopeful portrayal of how true love can lift one's spirit and brighten up their life.
Line by Line Meaning
Love walked right in and drove the shadows away
Love completely swept away all of the darkness and negativity in my life
Love walked right in and brought my sunniest day
Love made my life so happy and bright, like I was in the middle of a perfect day
One magic moment and my heart seemed to know that love said hello
The moment I met you, my heart instantly recognized that love had come into my life
Though not a word was spoken
Even though we didn't have to say anything out loud, I just knew that love had arrived
One look, and I forgot the gloom of the past
With just one glance from you, I was able to forget all of the sadness and negativity that I had experienced before
One look and I had found my future at last
In that one moment, I knew that you were the one I wanted to spend my future with
One look and I had found a world completely new
Meeting you made me feel like I was experiencing everything for the first time, like a completely new world had opened up to me
When love walked in with you
When I met you and love entered my life, everything changed for the better
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
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Laura G Photos and Film
This is a very relaxing rendition. Thank you for sharing this, Adnan. Warm greetings ...
ADNAN AMIL
You're welcome Laura G and Thank You for your comment.
Nada Savic
Ok