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)
- Became director of the BBC’s house dance band (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’
