Terry Black

Terry Black (February 3, 1949 – June 28, 2009) was a Canadian pop singer and teen idol, born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Career Black's debut U.S. single, "Unless You Care", was released in 1964, when Black was 15. The song was written and produced by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri and featured backing from Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, who were at that time studio musicians. The song was a major hit in Canada and also cracked the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and Black was awarded the "Male Vocalist of the Year" award at the Maple Music Awards in 1965. Black then moved to the U.S., and his remaining unreleased tracks (plus some alternate versions of released songs) were assembled into another Sloan-Barri produced album, The Black Plague, in 1966.

Black also joined the cast for the Toronto production of Hair in 1969. He married a member of the cast, Laurel Ward, in 1970, and from 1972 to 1982 the pair released several singles together as Black and Ward, such as the minor hit "Goin' Down (On the Road to L.A.)", peaking at , 2/12/72. He also performed, alongside Ward, with Dr. Music, including the 1972 Canadian hit "Sun Goes By". In 1979, Black performed the song "Moondust" on the soundtrack for the movie Meatballs. Black and Ward divorced in 1993.

In the 2000s, Black hosted an oldies radio show in British Columbia. He had multiple sclerosis late in life and died as a result of the condition on June 28, 2009, in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Discography Source: Albums

Solo YearAlbumRecord Label 1965 Only 16 Arc Records(Canada) 1966 The Black Plague 1969 An Eye for An Ear (as "Terence") Decca Records DL75137 1979 Meatballs soundtrack (2 songs)

with Laurel Ward YearAlbum 1982 All Night Long

with Dr. Music YearAlbumCanadaRecord Label 1972 Dr. Music 35 GRT Records 1973 Dr. Music II 78 1974 Bedtime Story – 1984 Circa '84 – Canadian Talent Library

Singles

Solo YearTitlePeak chart positionsRecord LabelB-sideAlbum CAN US 1964 "Dry Bones" – – Arc Records(Canada) "Sinner Man" "Unless You Care" 2 99 "Can't We Go Somewhere" Only 16 1965 "Say It Again" 24 – "Everyone Can Tell" "Little Liar" 10 – "Ordinary Girl" "Only Sixteen" 14 – "How Many Guys" "Poor Little Fool" 6 – "Kisses for My Baby" 1966 "Rainbow" 17 – "There's Something About You" "I (Who Have Nothing)" – – "Baby's Gone" "Baby's Gone" – – "Ordinary Girl" 1967 "Wishing Star" – – "Kick Me Charlie" 1972 "Ridin' a Daydream" – – GRT Records "Boutique"

with Laurel Ward YearTitlePeak chart positionsRecord LabelB-side CAN US 1972 "Goin' Down (On the Road to L.A.)" 99 57 Kama Sutra Records "Oh Babe" "Warm Days, Warm Nights" – – "Love Is Gone" 1973 "Love is the Feeling" 87 – Yorkville Records "Now's the Time" 1975 "It's Your Love" – – RCA Records "Delight" "Back Up (Against Your Persuasion)" 35 – "This Is My Confusion" 1976 "Long Time" – – "Restless" 1982 "Waves of Emotion" – – Duke Street Records "Wild Out"

with Dr. Music YearTitlePeak chart positionsRecord LabelB-sideAlbum CAN US 1971 "Try a Little Harder" 78 – GRT Records "The Land" Dr. Music "One More Mountain to Climb" 14 – "I Can Hear Her Calling Him" "Sun Goes By" 23 – "Gospel Rock" 1972 "Long Time Comin' Home" 28 – "Say Real" Dr. Music II 1973 "Tryin' Times" – – "In My Life"