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Donald Blackstone CBE (born 21 June 1938), known professionally as Don Black, is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie, television themes and hit songs.
No account of Black's career can omit the fact that he wrote the words of songs for five James Bond movies - Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun, Tomorrow Never...
Sep 30, 2022 · Don Black, OBE, is one of Britain’s most distinguished and prolific lyricists. Born in London in 1938, he has worked in film and theatre for more than 60 years, and has written lyrics for five James Bond films: Thunderball (1965), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and The World Is Not ...
Feb 7, 2013 · Don has written over a hundred songs for motion picture including The Italian Job, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, True Grit, Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa and a quintet of James Bond theme songs – Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun, Surrender from Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough.
Jul 29, 2020 · Black’s book The Sanest Guy in the Room is full of anecdotes a bit like that. Somewhere between a memoir and an extended love letter to his late wife, Shirley – who died in 2018, after a...
Jan 13, 2024 · In the 1960s Don stepped away from managing singer Matt Monro to concentrate on writing lyrics. His advice to new songwriters is they must accept that rejection and failure is part of the job...
Mar 13, 2013 · He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008 and honoured, in London, with a BMI Icon Award in 2010. Don also received the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Honours list. In 2020, he was awarded the Special Olivier Award for his outstanding services to theatre.
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