Key facts
- Born
- Colin Vearncombe , ( 1962-05-26 ) 26 May 1962, West Derby , Liverpool, England
- Died
- 26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) (aged 53), Wilton, Cork , Ireland
- Genres
- Pop new wave
- Years active
- 1981–2016
- Labels
- WEA A&M Ugly Man Nero Schwarz
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- West Derby
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Educated at
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
- Official website
- www.colinvearncombe.com
- Image
- Black by Stuart Mentiply.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Voice type
- baritone
Show 11 more facts
- pseudonym
- Black
- date of birth
- 1962-05-26
- date of death
- 2016-01-26
- Commons category
- Black (vocalist)
- birth name
- Colin Vearncombe
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- car collision
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- social media followers
- 153000
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- name in native language
- Colin Vearncombe
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Encyclopedic overview
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 1986 single "Wonderful Life", which was an international hit the next year.
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.