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With a clutch of memorable musicals, Bond themes, hit songs and awards to his name - as well as a CV of collaborations that reads like a Who's Who of musical talent - Don Black's induction to the select Songwriters Hall of Fame comes as no surprise, writes Adam Woods
"So there I was, with the boyish Don Black." When there is an Oscar- winning lyricist in the room - one who is weeks away from his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, no less - it makes sense to ask for his suggestion of an opening line, and this is Don Black's instinctive contribution.
It doesn't have quite the heart-lifting grandeur of "Born free/As free as the wind blows"; it ...