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Black

1962 - 2016

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Black is the 561st most popular singer (down from 335th in 2019), the 2,053rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Black ranks 561 out of 4,381. Before him are Sharon den Adel, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bertrand Cantat, Solomon Burke, Šaban Bajramović, and Lili Ivanova. After him are Tricky, Cristina Deutekom, J. Cole, John Wetton, Carlo Bergonzi, and René Jacobs.

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Among people born in 1962, Black ranks 101. Before him are Edvard Moser, Imad Mughniyah, Marty Friedman, Lance Reddick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and John Hannah. After him are Michel Petrucciani, Tommy Lee, Maia Morgenstern, Danny Huston, Víctor Manuel Fernández, and Ferenc Krausz. Among people deceased in 2016, Black ranks 173. Before him are Ferdinand Kübler, Michu Meszaros, Akhtar Mansour, Qahhor Mahkamov, Curtis Hanson, and Trifon Ivanov. After him are Arnold Wesker, Sixto Durán Ballén, Dragan Nikolić, Götz George, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Bill Nunn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Black ranks 2,053 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Alan Smith (1980), Jared Harris (1961), John Morton (1420), and Noël Coward (1899). After him are Frances de la Tour (1944), John Dollond (1706), Richard Dannatt (1950), Tricky (1968), Barbara Hepworth (1903), and William Cullen (1710).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Black ranks 69. Before him are Neil Tennant (1954), Vera Lynn (1917), Tony Martin (1957), Charli XCX (1992), Gary Brooker (1945), and Sam Smith (1992). After him are Tricky (1968), John Wetton (1949), Mary Hopkin (1950), Noel Gallagher (1967), Tim Staffell (1948), and Jeanette (1951).

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