WHEN Don Black fell ill with Covid last year the legendary lyricist had no idea quite how poorly he was. In fact, at one stage his sons, Clive and Grant, feared they might lose their famous father.

Don Black says he's part of a disappearing species - people whose job is writing the lyrics for songs. But he's written with - and for - a huge chunk of the entertainment world from Michael ...

Don Black has written 17 shows including The Little Prince and the Aviator (Lyricist), Billy (Lyricist), Bar Mitzvah Boy (Lyricist), Song and Dance (Lyricist), Merlin (Lyricist), Dear Anyone ...

Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson posted his own rough rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe"—rewritten as an anti-Trump protest song—in honor of Black Music Month.

Black's Bond songs started in 1965 with Thunderball by Tom Jones, then came Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey (1971), Lulu’s The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), Surrender by kd lang for ...

Lyricist Don Black talks to Billboard.biz about his 50-year career as he prepares to be honored with the icon award at the BMI's London Awards ceremony.

Black was honored again in October of 2013 with a special concert, A Life in Song—Lyrics By Don Black, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Now 84, Black still retains a strong songwriter’s ...

British songwriter Don Black, known for tracks such as Born Free, Diamonds Are Forever and Michael Jackson's Ben, is to be honoured by the US music industry.

CNN anchor Don Lemon serenaded the network’s audience on Friday with a rendition of “Lift Every Voice,” known widely as the Black national anthem. During a taped interview with actor and ...

“Don’t blame the stars for what we can fix with our hands” goes the song’s easy chorus. The Black Swans “Don’t Blame the Stars” from Jake Housh on Vimeo . ← Previous Article ...

Lyricist Don Black looks back at his five decade career writing hit songs and musicals. The first British songwriter to win an Oscar, for Born Free in 1967, Don wrote many classic Bond Themes ...

Don Black at a Hollywood party with, Petula Clark (L), Michael Jackson, Sophia Loren. Don Black says he's part of a disappearing species - people whose job is writing the lyrics for songs.