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Stanley Black

January 28, 2023

For the real estate investor and philanthropist from Los Angeles, see Stanley Black (businessman).

Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist.[1] He wrote and arranged many film scores, recording prolifically for the Decca label (including their subsidiaries London and Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting.

Stanley Black
Background information
Birth nameSolomon Schwartz
Born(1913-06-14)14 June 1913
Whitechapel, London, England
Died27 November 2002(2002-11-27) (aged 89)
London, England
Instrument(s)
  • Bandleader
  • composer
  • conductor
  • arranger
  • pianist
Years active1930s–2002
LabelsDecca

Life and career

Black was born as Solomon Schwartz on 14 June 1913 in Whitechapel, England.[1] His parents were Polish and Romanian Jews.[2] He began piano lessons at the age of seven and trained in piano and composition under Rae Robertson at the Matthay School of Music. He was aged only 12 when his first classical composition was broadcast on BBC Radio.[3] His first professional job was for a C.B. Cochran 1930 theatrical revue followed by winning a Melody Maker competition for his arrangement of a jazz chorus the next year.[4]

In the early 1930s, he was employed in dance bands and had worked with Howard Jacobs, Joe Orlando, Lew Stone, Maurice Winnick and Teddy Joyce by the time he joined Harry Roy in 1936.[1] He had also broadcast and recorded with several American musicians, including jazz saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during their stays in England during this decade.[4] Hawkins 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 the two men collaborated on 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.[1]

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 also conducted the BBC Dance Orchestra for the popular comedy show Ray's a Laugh, starring Ted Ray.[5] He later presented his own programmes on radio and television, including Black Magic and The Marvellous World of Stanley Black.[1]

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 career and resulted many albums. He was particularly popular in United States, as evidenced by his inclusion in the Billboard best-sellers lists.[1] During 1968–69, he was principal conductor of the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra.[4]

Becoming involved with the film industry, he composed and arranged music for about 200 films. He was appointed music director at Elstree Studios in 1958.[1] He was also principal conductor of the studio orchestra of Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) and their musical director composer from 1958 to 1963.

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.

Honours

Black received numerous awards, including the OBE. He was made a life fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters, and life president of the Celebrities Guild of Great Britain.[1]

In 2003, Decca released a two-CD set, A Tribute to Stanley Black (473 940-2), including recordings from 1951 to 1979.

Personal life

Black was married to dance band singer Edna Kaye. The couple wed in 1947; they had a son and daughter.[6]

Black died in London, aged 89, on 27 November 2002.

Works

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.[7]

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.

Selected discography

  • The Cash Box Instrumental Hits, London LL158
  • Plays for Latin Lovers, London LL248
  • Jerome Kern's Symphonic Suite, London LL579
  • Berlin Suite, London LL811
  • Some Enchanted Evening, London LL1098
  • Dancing in the Dark, London LL1099
  • Carnival in the Sun, London LL1100 (1955)
  • Festival in Costa Rica, London LL1101
  • Music for Romance, London LL1149 (1955)
  • Cuban Moonlight, London LL1166 (1956)
  • Music of Richard Rodgers, London LL1209
  • Plays for Latin Lovers, London LL1248
  • The Night Was Made for Love, London LL1307
  • Summer Evening Serenade, London LL1332
  • The Music of Lecuona, London LL1438 (1958)
  • Music of Cole Porter, London LL1565
  • Red Velvet, London LL1592 (1956)
  • Tropical Moonlight, London LL1615 (1957)
  • Moonlight Cocktail, London LL1709 (Dec 1957)
  • Place Pigalle, London LL1742 (1957)
  • Sophisticate in Cuba, London LL 1781 (1958)
  • The All Time Top Tangos, London PS 176 (1959)
  • More Top Tangos, Decca SKL 4812
  • Gershwin Goes Latin, London PS 206 (1960)
  • Ravel - Bolero, London Phase 4 SPC 21003
  • Rhapsody in Blue, London Phase 4 21009
  • Spectacular Dances for Orchestra, London Phase 4 SP 21020
  • Overture!, London Phase 4 21028
  • Great Rhapsodies, London Phase 4 21030
  • Exotic Percussion, London Phase 4 SP 44004 (1962)
  • Spain, London Phase 4 SP 44016 (1963)
  • Film Spectacular, London Phase 4 SP 44025
  • Film Spectacular Vol.2, London Phase 4 SP 44031
  • Music of a People, London Phase 4 SP 44060
  • Broadway Spectacular, London Phase 4 SP 44071
  • Russia, London Phase 4 SP 44075
  • Film Spectacular Vol.3, London Phase 4 SP 44078
  • Broadway Blockbusters, London Phase 4 44088
  • Dimensions in Sound, London Phase 4 SP 44105 (1968)
  • Fiddler on the Roof, London Phase 4 44121
  • Film Spectacular Vol. 4, London Phase 4 44173
  • Rhapsody in Blue, London Phase 4 21009
  • Digital Spectacular!, London LDP 30001
  • Film Spectacular Vol. 5, London Phase 4 SP 44225
  • South of the Border, London: Richmond B 20003
  • Melodies of Love, London: Richmond B20004
  • Music of Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin, London: Richmond B20011
  • Accent on Romance, London: Richmond B 20024

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 142/3. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
  2. ^ ""Music of the People/ Spirit of the People" CD sleeve note cited at". cduniverse.com/. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ McDonald, Tim (3 December 2002). "Stanley Black". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Stanley Black". The Daily Telegeraph. 28 November 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ray's a Laugh, From 11/10/49". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ^ McDonald, Tim (3 December 2002). "Obituary: Stanley Black". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  7. ^ Spencsr Leigh , The Independent, 2 December 2002

External links

January 28, 2023
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For the real estate investor and philanthropist from Los Angeles see Stanley Black businessman Stanley Black OBE 14 June 1913 27 November 2002 was an English bandleader composer conductor arranger and pianist 1 He wrote and arranged many film scores recording prolifically for the Decca label including their subsidiaries London and Phase 4 Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting Stanley BlackBackground informationBirth nameSolomon SchwartzBorn 1913 06 14 14 June 1913Whitechapel London EnglandDied27 November 2002 2002 11 27 aged 89 London EnglandInstrument s BandleadercomposerconductorarrangerpianistYears active1930s 2002LabelsDecca Contents 1 Life and career 2 Honours 3 Personal life 4 Works 5 Selected discography 6 Selected filmography 7 References 8 External linksLife and career EditBlack was born as Solomon Schwartz on 14 June 1913 in Whitechapel England 1 His parents were Polish and Romanian Jews 2 He began piano lessons at the age of seven and trained in piano and composition under Rae Robertson at the Matthay School of Music He was aged only 12 when his first classical composition was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 His first professional job was for a C B Cochran 1930 theatrical revue followed by winning a Melody Maker competition for his arrangement of a jazz chorus the next year 4 In the early 1930s he was employed in dance bands and had worked with Howard Jacobs Joe Orlando Lew Stone Maurice Winnick and Teddy Joyce by the time he joined Harry Roy in 1936 1 He had also broadcast and recorded with several American musicians including jazz saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during their stays in England during this decade 4 Hawkins 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 the two men collaborated on 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 1 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 also conducted the BBC Dance Orchestra for the popular comedy show Ray s a Laugh starring Ted Ray 5 He later presented his own programmes on radio and television including Black Magic and The Marvellous World of Stanley Black 1 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 career and resulted many albums He was particularly popular in United States as evidenced by his inclusion in the Billboard best sellers lists 1 During 1968 69 he was principal conductor of the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra 4 Becoming involved with the film industry he composed and arranged music for about 200 films He was appointed music director at Elstree Studios in 1958 1 He was also principal conductor of the studio orchestra of Associated British Picture Corporation ABPC and their musical director composer from 1958 to 1963 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 Honours EditBlack received numerous awards including the OBE He was made a life fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters and life president of the Celebrities Guild of Great Britain 1 In 2003 Decca released a two CD set A Tribute to Stanley Black 473 940 2 including recordings from 1951 to 1979 Personal life EditBlack was married to dance band singer Edna Kaye The couple wed in 1947 they had a son and daughter 6 Black died in London aged 89 on 27 November 2002 Works EditBlack 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 Pathe News written in 1960 7 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 Selected discography EditThe Cash Box Instrumental Hits London LL158 Plays for Latin Lovers London LL248 Jerome Kern s Symphonic Suite London LL579 Berlin Suite London LL811 Some Enchanted Evening London LL1098 Dancing in the Dark London LL1099 Carnival in the Sun London LL1100 1955 Festival in Costa Rica London LL1101 Music for Romance London LL1149 1955 Cuban Moonlight London LL1166 1956 Music of Richard Rodgers London LL1209 Plays for Latin Lovers London LL1248 The Night Was Made for Love London LL1307 Summer Evening Serenade London LL1332 The Music of Lecuona London LL1438 1958 Music of Cole Porter London LL1565 Red Velvet London LL1592 1956 Tropical Moonlight London LL1615 1957 Moonlight Cocktail London LL1709 Dec 1957 Place Pigalle London LL1742 1957 Sophisticate in Cuba London LL 1781 1958 The All Time Top Tangos London PS 176 1959 More Top Tangos Decca SKL 4812 Gershwin Goes Latin London PS 206 1960 Ravel Bolero London Phase 4 SPC 21003 Rhapsody in Blue London Phase 4 21009 Spectacular Dances for Orchestra London Phase 4 SP 21020 Overture London Phase 4 21028 Great Rhapsodies London Phase 4 21030 Exotic Percussion London Phase 4 SP 44004 1962 Spain London Phase 4 SP 44016 1963 Film Spectacular London Phase 4 SP 44025 Film Spectacular Vol 2 London Phase 4 SP 44031 Music of a People London Phase 4 SP 44060 Broadway Spectacular London Phase 4 SP 44071 Russia London Phase 4 SP 44075 Film Spectacular Vol 3 London Phase 4 SP 44078 Broadway Blockbusters London Phase 4 44088 Dimensions in Sound London Phase 4 SP 44105 1968 Fiddler on the Roof London Phase 4 44121 Film Spectacular Vol 4 London Phase 4 44173 Rhapsody in Blue London Phase 4 21009 Digital Spectacular London LDP 30001 Film Spectacular Vol 5 London Phase 4 SP 44225 South of the Border London Richmond B 20003 Melodies of Love London Richmond B20004 Music of Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin London Richmond B20011 Accent on Romance London Richmond B 20024Selected filmography EditDual Alibi 1947 It Always Rains on Sunday 1948 The Fatal Night 1948 Laughter in Paradise 1951 Escape by Night 1953 film The Naked Truth 1957 Blood of the Vampire 1958 The Trollenberg Terror 1958 Further Up the Creek 1958 Too Many Crooks 1958 Make Mine a Million 1959 Jack the Ripper 1959 The Battle of the Sexes 1959 Hand in Hand 1960 The Flesh and the Fiends 1960 Hell Is a City 1960 Sands of the Desert 1960 The Siege of Sidney Street 1960 The Full Treatment 1960 The Long and the Short and the Tall 1961 House of Mystery 1961 Double Bunk 1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961 The Pot Carriers 1962 Maniac 1963 80 000 Suspects 1963 West 11 1963 The System 1964 Rattle of a Simple Man 1964 City Under the Sea 1965 Crossplot 1969 Valentino 1977 References Edit a b c d e f g h Colin Larkin ed 1997 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music Concise ed Virgin Books pp 142 3 ISBN 1 85227 745 9 Music of the People Spirit of the People CD sleeve note cited at cduniverse com Retrieved 6 October 2014 McDonald Tim 3 December 2002 Stanley Black The Guardian Retrieved 6 January 2020 a b c Stanley Black The Daily Telegeraph 28 November 2002 Retrieved 6 January 2020 BBC Radio 4 Extra Ray s a Laugh From 11 10 49 BBC Retrieved 1 February 2021 McDonald Tim 3 December 2002 Obituary Stanley Black the Guardian Retrieved 1 February 2021 Spencsr Leigh Obituary Stanley Black The Independent 2 December 2002 David Ades biography at the Robert Farnon SocietyExternal links EditStanley Black at IMDb Detailed biography at the Robert Farnon Society Stanley Black at AllMusic http www spaceagepop com black htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stanley Black amp 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