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Don Black Jul 20, 2020 17:19:26 GMT

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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 20, 2020 17:19:26 GMT

Don Black's memoirs - The Sanest Guy in the Room: A Life in Lyrics - comes out on Thursday. If he's as entertaining in print as he is in person, it'll be a cracking read.

There's an online event to mark the publication, free to register: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/don-black-the-sanest-guy-in-the-room-online-event/ Not clear whether it's a new in

Very glad he recovered from a brush with COVID which saw him hospitalised for a time back in May: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53332613#

Mark
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Don Black Dec 17, 2021 14:22:28 GMT

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Post by Mark on Dec 17, 2021 14:22:28 GMT

Reading this now! I'm enjoying it very much, and pausing to listen to the songs as the lyrics come up.
Very interesting to read of the gay version of "Tell Me On A Sunday" which was workshopped with Jonathan Bailey - hope that happens sometime.

karloscar
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Don Black Dec 17, 2021 20:22:39 GMT via mobile Someone in a tree likes this

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Post by karloscar on Dec 17, 2021 20:22:39 GMT

As much as I like most of the songs in Tell Me On a Sunday, they would need so much revision to fit a gay character they might as well write a new show, and even then there are other writers who would make a better/funnier/more sensitive/up to date job of it than Black and Lloyd Webber.

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Don Black Mar 7, 2022 22:41:18 GMT CG on the loose and macksennett like this

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Post by hulmeman on Mar 7, 2022 22:41:18 GMT

If you enjoyed Don Black's BBC Radio 2 late night show before it was axed, you might like to know he is now on BBC Radio London 5pm on Sunday, or online for you to enjoy in your own time.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bncc7p