Terry Black (February 3, 1949 – June 28, 2009) was a
Canadian pop singer and teen idol, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, known
as "the Canadian Fabian,"
Terry Black was just 15 years old when he began singing on Buddy Clyde’s
Dance Party show on CHAN TV in Vancouver. The fan mail received by the station
prompted Bill Gilliland of Arc Records to sign him to a recording contract.
Buddy Clyde helped connect Terry with the owners of Dunhill Records in Los
Angeles.
He became a teen idol with his first hit
single, Unless You Care, featuring Wrecking Crew members Glen Campbell on
guitar, Hal Blaine on drums, and Leon Russell on organ. That single was
released in the United States on the Tollie label near the end of 1964.
Black had several further singles through 1966, such as "Kisses
for My Baby" and "Say It Again", Sam Cooke's "Only
Sixteen", and "Baby's Gone" which was written by Graham Bonney
and Barry Mason. He released an album, Only 16 in 1965, on the Canadian ARC
Records label. By now, Black was Canada's number one teen singing sensation. In
addition to his hit singles, he went on tour across Canada.
Almost all of Terry Black’s several Canadian hits were
written and produced by P F Sloan and Steve Barri, the guys who also worked
with Jan And Dean, The Turtles, The Grass Roots, and many more 1960’s superstar
recording artists. Terry Black won the Top Male Vocalist Of The Year award at
the 1964 RPM Magazine Maple Music Awards, which later became known as the Juno
Awards. In 1966 ARC immediately put out
another Sloan-Berri produced
album, The Black Plague which contained Blacks remaining unreleased tracks plus some alternate versions of released songs.
album, The Black Plague which contained Blacks remaining unreleased tracks plus some alternate versions of released songs.
Terry Black also got involved in acting. Following a job
transfer, Terry’s father moved his family to Hollywood in January 1966 and
Terry's popularity now spread from Canada into the U.S. music world. Shortly
afterward, a movie script was made that was designed to feature Terry as the
brother of Elvis Presley. His hopes of becoming the next Fabian or Frankie
Avalon were dashed when the movie didn’t pan out, but he did release an album
for Decca Records under the name of Terence titled “An Eye for An Ear” which was
released in the U.S. in 1969.
The album was also released with a different cover by MCA Records in Germany, but it went unreleased in Canada and few, if any, copies were distributed there. Disgusted by the politics of the movie business and encouraged by his old boss Bill Gilliand, Terry decided to go back to Canada.
The album was also released with a different cover by MCA Records in Germany, but it went unreleased in Canada and few, if any, copies were distributed there. Disgusted by the politics of the movie business and encouraged by his old boss Bill Gilliand, Terry decided to go back to Canada.
He performed in clubs around Toronto, then joined the cast
of the Toronto production of Hair! during 1969. Terry shared that stage with
singer Laurel Ward and the two of them were married in 1970. They started
performing and recording together as Black And Ward for Doug Riley’s band
called Dr. Music. They released several singles together, such as the minor hit
"Goin' Down (On the
Road to L.A.)", peaking at No. 57, in 1972 and the Canadian hit "Sun Goes By" In 1979, Black performed the song "Moondust" on the soundtrack for the movie Meatballs. Throughout the 1980’s Terry Black sang jingles for commercials and sang country music duets with his wife. Black and Ward had two children but eventually divorced in 1993.
Road to L.A.)", peaking at No. 57, in 1972 and the Canadian hit "Sun Goes By" In 1979, Black performed the song "Moondust" on the soundtrack for the movie Meatballs. Throughout the 1980’s Terry Black sang jingles for commercials and sang country music duets with his wife. Black and Ward had two children but eventually divorced in 1993.
After 2000, Terry could be heard hosting an evening
oldies show called The Sixties At Six on NL Radio in British Columbia. Most
radio hosts need to research their material in advance, but Black experienced
much of the '60s music scene first hand.
Black had turned to painting as a form of artistic
expression. And although he hadn't performed in years, he continued to love
music and write songs. He suffered from multiple sclerosis late in life and
died as a result of the condition on June 28, 2009, in Kamloops, British
Columbia, Canada. He was just 60 years old.
(Edited from Wikipedia & Kamloops Daily news &
Musicmasteroldies.com)
6 comments:
Have found Terry Black’s first 2 LP’s and have put in a request for new links. In the meantime here’s his 3rd release
Terence - An Eye For An Ear
(1969 canada, mindblowing mixture of soulful pop psych 'n' garage, Fallout 2008 reissue)
Flac + Cue + Log + Tracks - 228mb
Complete HQ Artwork
Password: xara
FLAC
http://depositfiles.com/files/xmi6fu2ph
A big thank you to Marios @ therockasteria blog for active link.
For “Terry Black – Only 16” go here:
https://www.upload.ee/files/11075984/TeBla_16.rar.html
01 Only Sixteen
02 Can't We Go Somewhere
03 Little Liar
04 Ordinary Girl
05 A World Without Love
06 Unless You Care
07 Poor Little Fool
08 Bad To Me
09 Say It Again
10 How Many Guys
11 Everyone Can Tell
12 Kisses For My Baby
For “Terry Black – Black Plague” go here:
https://www.upload.ee/files/11075985/TeBla_Plag.rar.html
01 Unless You Care
02 Kisses For My Baby
03 Say It Again
04 Everyone Can Tell
05 Can't We Go Somewhere
06 There's Something About You
07 World Without Love
08 Bad To Me
09 Poor Little Fool
10 Ordinary Girl
11 Dry Bones
12 Sinner Man
A very big thank you to Jake @ Jukebox City for active links.
LINK is DEAD! PLEASE NEW LINK!
Hell midluz, Sorry but I only have one of the above albums. The Black Plague.
Here's the new link ..
https://krakenfiles.com/view/pnKuOgpzfS/file.html
Regards, Bob
Thank YOU!!!
Thanks for the excellent summary of Terry Black's life & career. Loved his sixties's music.
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