First American composer to have three musicals running on Broadway since
Stephen Sondheim 20 years ago.
Associate and musical collaborator with Warner Brothers Productions.
Learned piano himself.
His hit song "Where Broken Hearts Go," written for Whitney Houston,
topped the international pop charts.
His song "You Are My Home" sung by Peabo Bryson and now-wife Linda Eder
from the musical "The Scarlet Pimpernel," topped the American pop
charts in the early 1990s.
His three first musicals, "Jekyll and Hyde," "The Scarlet Pimpernel,"
and "The Civil War" all were nominated for Tony Awards; 4,3, and 2
respectively.
Don Black and his musical, "Bonnie & Clyde" at the Kokandy Productions in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2018 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.