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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Don Black: I can’t read music but I’ve written five James Bond songs WHEN strangers ask Don Black what he does for a living and he says he’s a songwriter, he then gets the inevitable “Ooh ...

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 ...

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.