"and peaking at No. 3 on the Country charts; the first track features Billy Graham. Album – ""Billboard"" (North America) Singles – ""Billboard"" (North America) Man in Black (album) Man in Black is the 38th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1971. Many of the songs on the album contain political references, either broad or specific, while the title song refers both to Cash's tendency to wear black at live shows and to the tumultuous times in which the song was created, implying the Vietnam War. The album's name also eventually became Cash's informal"
"many of his songs. Also, Marty Robbins proved to be one of the genre's most diverse singers, singing everything from straight-ahead country to western to pop to blues ... and even Hawaiian. Johnny Cash—who became known as ""The Man in Black""—became one of the most influential musicians of the 1960s (and eventually, 20th century). Although primarily recording country, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly, blues, folk and gospel. His music showed great compassion for minorities and others who were shunned by society, including prison inmates. Two of Cash's most successful albums were recorded live in prison:"
"Men in Black (song) ""Men in Black"" is a song by American rapper and actor Will Smith from the movie ""Men in Black"", in which he also starred. The song is Smith's first solo single, following his work with DJ Jazzy Jeff. The song plays during the movie's closing credits. The song features Smith rapping about how the Men in Black ""Walk in shadow, move in silence"" and play the role of ""first, last and only line of defense, against the worst scum of the universe"", while SWV singer Coko adds her soulful soprano and alto vocals in the background."
"Black Man (song) ""Black Man"" is a track on the 1976 Stevie Wonder album ""Songs in the Key of Life"". The song was written by Wonder and Gary Byrd. The song was written about Wonder's desire for worldwide interracial harmony, and criticism of racism, as evidenced in earlier works such as ""Living for the City"". The lyrics referred prominently to Crispus Attucks, widely considered the first martyr of the American Revolution. Wonder deliberately chose this theme as the United States Bicentennial was underway at the time of recording. The song uses color-based terminology; (i.e. black, red, yellow, white, brown) to"
"Lady in Black (song) ""Lady in Black"" is a song by the rock band Uriah Heep. It is the fourth track of their 1971 album ""Salisbury"". The song is credited to Ken Hensley. It tells the story of a man wandering through war-torn darkness and encountering a goddess-like entity who consoles him. It is often praised, by fans and critics alike, as Hensley's most poetic work to date. There were many b-sides for this song as a single. The most famous was ""Simon the Bullet Freak"" but ""Bird of Prey"" has also been the b-side for the song. In 1981"
"Jay Black Jay Black (born David Blatt; November 2, 1938) is an American singer, also known as ""The Voice,"" whose height of fame came in the 1960s when he was the lead singer of the band Jay and the Americans. The band had numerous hits including ""Cara Mia"", ""Come a Little Bit Closer"", and ""This Magic Moment"". Black was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Borough Park. In his later career, he has become known for touring New York State and Florida, singing, mainly solo, and preceding his singing with a stand-up"
"black on stage during performances. A black costume was usually chosen as part of their image or stage persona, or because it did not distract from the music, or sometimes for a political reason. Country-western singer Johnny Cash always wore black on stage. In 1971, Cash wrote the song ""Man in Black"" to explain why he dressed in that color: ""We're doing mighty fine I do suppose / In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes / But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back / Up front there ought to be a man in"
"describe different racial groups and although this language has become less acceptable culturally, these terms are mentioned below, as in the original form of the song, along with the activity for which the song holds each historical figure to be famous. The opening verses refer to 12 people, or groups of people. The second section is a call-and-response format, calling out 17 people. Black Man (song) ""Black Man"" is a track on the 1976 Stevie Wonder album ""Songs in the Key of Life"". The song was written by Wonder and Gary Byrd. The song was written about Wonder's desire for"
"Charly Black Desmond Méndez (born 6 April 1980), better known as Charly Black, alternatively known as Charly Blacks, and originally known as Tony Mentol, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer, selector and singjay. He is best known for his track ""Gyal You a Party Animal"", which became popular outside Jamaica in regions including Mexico, South America, and Spain. The song is very popular in these regions, as well as in some parts of the Caribbean and Central America. Other songs include ""Whine & Kotch"", ""Girlfriend"", ""Bike Back"", and ""Hoist & Wine"". Mendize has also collaborated with other music artists,"
"Andrew Black (baritone) Andrew Black (15 January 1859, Glasgow – 1920, Sydney) was a Scottish baritone who was primarily known for his performances in oratorios and other works from the concert repertoire. He was particularly admired for his performances of Felix Mendelssohn's ""Elijah"" which he first performed at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1894. He made several recordings for His Master's Voice in London from 1901-1906 which are chronicled in volume one of ""The Record of Singing"". Black began his career as a church organist with the United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow. He then studied singing with Alberto Randegger"
"from him again. Twenty-seven long years pass. Jimi's old band manager, Freedom, arrives in a beat-up old van. He tells Jimi that he has had a dream where Jimi was playing music with the Man in Black. He and Jimi set out on a mad-cap chase to re-assemble the magical guitar before the Guitar Hunter does. With the help of his former bandmates, Righty and Red, and a new face, Zmoothie, they set out to break the curse once and for all. 2013 Manhattan Film Festival The Man in Black is played by the Niagara-based Johnny Cash tribute artist Jim"
"Black (singer) Colin Vearncombe (26 May 1962 – 26 January 2016), known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He emerged from the punk rock music scene and achieved mainstream pop success in the late 1980s, most notably with the international hit single ""Wonderful Life"" in 1987. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic described Vearncombe as a ""smoky-voiced singer/songwriter, whose sophisticated jazz-pop songs and dramatic vocal delivery place him somewhere between Bryan Ferry and Morrissey"". Michael Hann of ""The Guardian"" described his voice as a ""slightly frayed baritone"". Vearncombe was born in Liverpool and attended Prescot Grammar School. He then"
"Men in Black: The Album Men in Black: The Album is the soundtrack to the film ""Men in Black"". It was released on July 1, 1997, distributed by Columbia Records and featured production from some of music's top producers, such as Poke & Tone, Jermaine Dupri and The Ummah. The album was a huge success, spending two consecutive weeks at 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200, as well as peaking at 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and 3 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The RIAA certified the album 3× Platinum for sales of over 3,000,000 copies in the United States."
"and rock and roll, and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. His trademark nickname – Man in Black – came from the signature all-black wardrobe he wore for performances. The original museum honoring the star – known as House of Cash – was in the former home he shared with his wife, June Carter Cash, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. A few years after that home burned in an accidental fire"
"Fame. Bill Black William Patton Black Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He was the bassist in Elvis Presley's early trio. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo. Black was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a motorman for the Memphis Street Railway Co. He was the oldest of nine children. His father played popular songs on the banjo and fiddle to entertain the family. Black learned to play music at the age of 14 on an instrument made by his father—a"
"his Tennessee Three backing band, which is characterized by train-sound guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark, all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname ""The Man in Black."" He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself, ""Hello, I'm Johnny Cash,"" followed by his signature song ""Folsom Prison Blues"". Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. His other signature songs include ""I Walk the Line"", ""Ring of Fire"", ""Get Rhythm"", and ""Man in Black"". He"
"Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first black man to host an American television series. Nathaniel Adams Cole was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 17, 1919. He had three brothers: Eddie (1910–1970), Ike (1927–2001), and Freddy (b. 1931), and a"
"Man Parrish Manuel Joseph ""Man"" Parrish (born May 6, 1958) is an American composer, songwriter, vocalist and producer. He, along with artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, John Robie, Jellybean Benitez, Lotti Golden, Richard Scher and Aldo Marin, helped create and define electro in the early 1980s. A native New Yorker of Italian descent, Parrish was a member of the extended family that converged nightly at Studio 54. His nickname, Man, first appeared in Andy Warhol's ""Interview"" magazine, and his early live shows at Bronx hip-hop clubs were spectacles of lights, glitter,"
"Royal Northern College of Music in 1893. Andrew Black (baritone) Andrew Black (15 January 1859, Glasgow – 1920, Sydney) was a Scottish baritone who was primarily known for his performances in oratorios and other works from the concert repertoire. He was particularly admired for his performances of Felix Mendelssohn's ""Elijah"" which he first performed at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1894. He made several recordings for His Master's Voice in London from 1901-1906 which are chronicled in volume one of ""The Record of Singing"". Black began his career as a church organist with the United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow."
"Rob Chiarelli Rob Chiarelli (born January 13, 1963) is an American record producer, mix engineer, musician, published author and multiple Grammy Award winner. Widely recognized as a music producer for Will Smith and ""Men in Black II"" (2002), Chiarelli's work appears on numerous gold and platinum albums and motion picture soundtracks, including nine Grammy winners. Chiarelli was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts. He started playing the drums when he was ten years old. By junior high school, he was performing in school bands and participating in the Massachusetts All-State Jazz Ensemble and the Greater Boston Youth"
"The Black Messiah The Black Messiah is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California in 1971 featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, George Duke, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest appearances by Airto Moreira, Mike Deasy, Ernie Watts, Alvin Batiste, and Buck Clarke. After many years of being out of print, ""The Black Messiah"" was reissued in 2014 by Real Gone Music; the new 2CD reissue included liner notes by music journalist/blogger Bill Kopp. The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and states:"
"than 20 albums, toured the United States and Europe and won awards as the best instrumental group in America in 1966 and 1967. Bob Tucker worked for the University of Memphis as Professor of Music Business while leading the combo. Black's main stand-up bass is today owned by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who received the instrument as a birthday present from his wife Linda in the late 1970s. The bass can be seen in the video clip to McCartney's song ""Baby's Request"". In the documentary film ""In the World Tonight"", McCartney can be seen playing it and singing his version of"
"Man in Black has rarely sounded blacker, producer Rick Rubin frames that deep sea voice with harmonies and churchly organs, making for a dark angel beauty of an album that's austere but welcoming.” A review from Sonicnet praised Cash’s ability to interpret songs and make them his own, saying, “When a tune falls into the jurisdiction of the venerable country-folk troubadour, the accumulated details of any previous readings or associations are stripped away, and its core brilliantly revealed.” A review published by ""Billboard"" said the album “may lack the immediate impact of its predecessors but is no less a masterpiece.”"
"in the Park"" LP included in the Super Deluxe edition of the ""Ten"" reissue. Performances of the song are also included on the DVD ""Live at the Garden"" and the ""MTV Unplugged"" DVD included in the ""Ten"" reissue. Black (Pearl Jam song) ""Black"" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The song is the fifth track on the band's debut album, ""Ten"" (1991). Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, ""Black"" is said to be about first relationships, though Vedder showed strong emotion while performing the song live in early"
"Clint Black Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black's debut album ""Killin' Time"""" produced four straight number one singles on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than 30 singles on the US ""Billboard"" country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black"
"Steve Hadley, bass; Dave Folley, drums) performed a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand. Titled ""The Man in Black - The Johnny Cash Story"", the show featured two hours of Johnny Cash’s music interwoven with the story of his rise to stardom, his fight for survival and his eventual redemption. Tex Perkins (a baritone, as was Cash) and Rachael Tidd (as Cash's wife June Carter Cash), performed faithful renditions of Cash's songs while telling Cash's story in the third person between songs. During the show, Tex humorously emphasises the name of Cash's guitarist Luther Perkins. Tex Perkins and"
"Johnny Cash Museum The Johnny Cash Museum opened in April 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee, to honor the life and music of the country superstar often referred to as the ""Man in Black"". It houses the world's largest collection of Johnny Cash memorabilia and artifacts, including a stone wall taken from his lake house in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and is officially authorized by Cash's estate. Born in 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, Johnny Cash is one of the bestselling recording artists of all time. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote and recorded music in a lot of different styles, including country, rockabilly, gospel, blues,"
"""countrypolitan."" Tammy Wynette, Glen Campbell, Dottie West and Charley Pride were among the top artists adopting this style. While George Jones — by the early 1960s one of country music's most consistent hitmakers — also recorded countrypolitan-styled music, his background remained pure honky tonk, singing of heartbreak and lonlieness in many of his songs. Also, Marty Robbins proved to be one of the genre's most diverse singers, singing everything from straight-ahead country to western to pop to blues ... and even Hawaiian. Johnny Cash—who became known as ""The Man in Black""—became of the most influential musicians of the 1960s (and"
"Ras Shorty I Ras Shorty I (6 October 1941 – 12 July 2000), born Garfield Blackman and also known as Lord Shorty, was a Trinidadian calypsonian and soca musician, known as the Father of Soca and The Love Man. He was born Garfield Blackman in the town of Barrackpore, Trinidad, and rose to fame as ""Lord Shorty"" with his 1963 hit ""Cloak and Dagger"", subsequently taking the name Ras Shorty. A prolific musician, composer and innovator, Shorty experimented with fusing calypso and the other Indian-inspired music, including chutney music, for nearly a decade before unleashing ""the soul of calypso,""...soca music."
"Billy Sherrill, Butler worked closely with Johnny Cash producing some of ""the man in black""'s biggest hits in the 1970s. So successful was the partnership that Butler became Cash's producer, pianist, musical director and studio manager. He even was given a solo track (a piano instrumental) on the album ""The Johnny Cash Family Christmas"" in 1972. In 1973 Butler made one of his most significant career moves by joining United Artists Records as head of the label's Nashville division. His leadership and vision brought in such acts as Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Dottie West and The Kendalls and established the"
"Bill Black William Patton Black Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He was the bassist in Elvis Presley's early trio. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo. Black was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a motorman for the Memphis Street Railway Co. He was the oldest of nine children. His father played popular songs on the banjo and fiddle to entertain the family. Black learned to play music at the age of 14 on an instrument made by his father—a cigar"
"the viewer back to the empty hallway from the opening scene, effectively erasing the video's contents entirely as if ensuring the viewer doesn't remember what they saw in the video, while in the other, the flash produces a white screen. Just before the flash in both, Will says, somewhat regretfully, ""Sorry"". These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of ""Men in Black"". Men in Black (song) ""Men in Black"" is a song by American rapper and actor Will Smith from the movie ""Men in Black"", in which he also starred. The song is Smith's first solo"
"Lou Black Louis Thomas 'Lou' (or 'Lew' or 'Louie') Black (June 8, 1901 – November 18, 1965) was one of the foremost banjo players of the Jazz Era. Born in Rock Island, Illinois, he began playing banjo during early childhood and became professional in 1917. In 1921, he joined the famous New Orleans Rhythm Kings at Friar's Inn in Chicago. With this band, he participated to the first-ever interracial recording session with pianist Jelly Roll Morton. He left the band in 1923 to play with other bands. From 1925 until 1931, he was a staff musician for radio station WHO"