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 had several further singles through 1966, such as the Sloan-Barri tunes "Kisses for My Baby" and "Say It Again", Sam Cooke's "Only Sixteen", and "Baby's Gone" (written by Graham Bonney and Barry Mason), all of which were produced by Sloan and Barri. He released a Sloan-Barri produced album, Only Sixteen in 1965, on the Canadian ARC Records label. 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. However, a hoped-for film career failed to materialize, and Black returned to Canada.

Terry Black (Canadian football)

Terry Black was a Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1969. He previously played junior football with the Ottawa Sooners.

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