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From Thunderball and writing a song for a rat to collecting an Oscar from Dean Martin, Don Black has enjoyed a remarkably long and diverse career. MW profiles five landmark projects
1965 Bonding with Barry
Don Black certainly doesn't underestimate the impact his association with John Barry had on his career in the early days. "John made it all work for me when he gave me Thunderball," he says now. "I had written 10 B-sides for various people, but that was the real breakthrough."
Like so many successful partnerships, the two were, and still are, very different characters. But the men bumped into each other regularly on Denmark Street and struck ...