Stanley Black
Stanley Black, 1913-2002
Lived at: 8 Linnel Close
Profession: Bandleader and Composer
About his life:
- BBC Orchestra performed one of his first compositions when he was only twelve years old
- Toured South America as a part of a double piano act with Norman Yarlett (1937)
- Appointed conductor of the BBC Dance Orchestra (1944)
- Arranged and composed soundtracks for nearly 200 films (1946-1975)
- Advocated popularizing music, commenting that ‘West Side Story should be in the same programme as Beethoven’
- Won a Melody Maker competition for his jazz chorus arrangement in 1930
- Joined the Royal Air Force during WWII when he was involved in the entertainment of servicemen
