# Charlie Black

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{{Short description|American country music songwriter (1949–2021)}}
{{Other uses|Charles Black (disambiguation){{!}}Charles Black}}
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| birth_name      = Charles Frank Black
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1949|11|23}}
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2021|4|23|1949|11|23}}
| birth_place     = [Cheverly, Maryland](/source/Cheverly%2C_Maryland)
| origin          = [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee)
| genre           = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| occupation      = {{hlist|[Producer](/source/Record_producer)|[Songwriter](/source/Songwriter)}}
| years_active    = 1971–2021
| website         = 
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'''Charles Frank Black''' (November 23, 1949 – April 23, 2021) was an American [country music](/source/country_music) songwriter and record producer.

==Biography==
Black graduated from [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland) in 1970 and moved to [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee) the same year. His first cut was "Girl, You Came and Eased My Mind" by [Tommy Overstreet](/source/Tommy_Overstreet). Since then, he wrote singles for [Anne Murray](/source/Anne_Murray), [Gary Morris](/source/Gary_Morris), [Earl Thomas Conley](/source/Earl_Thomas_Conley), [Johnny Paycheck](/source/Johnny_Paycheck), and [Phil Vassar](/source/Phil_Vassar).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/a-c/charlie-black.aspx|title=Charlie Black|work=Nashville Songwriters Foundation|accessdate=June 27, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114214338/http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/a-c/charlie-black.aspx|archivedate=November 14, 2014}}</ref> In 1991, the [Nashville Songwriters Association International](/source/Nashville_Songwriters_Association_International) inducted Black into its hall of fame.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stambler|first1=Irwin|last2=Laudon|first2=Grelon|title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=d18K8QWcEo8C&q=%22charlie+black%22+%22songwriter%22&pg=PA601|year=2000|publisher=MacMillan|page=601|isbn=9780312264871}}</ref>

Black was also an occasional record producer. He produced early recordings by [Cristy Lane](/source/Cristy_Lane), including her 1978 studio albums ''[Cristy Lane Is the Name](/source/Cristy_Lane_Is_the_Name)'' and ''[Love Lies](/source/Love_Lies_(Cristy_Lane_album))''.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Lane |first1=Cristy |title=''Love Lies'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[LS Records](/source/LS_Records) |date=December 1978 |id=LS-8029}}</ref><ref name="Liner Notes 1">{{cite journal |last1=Lane |first1=Cristy |title=''Cristy Lane Is the Name'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[LS Records](/source/LS_Records) |date=May 1978 |id=LS GRT-8027}}</ref>

Black was married to Dana Hunt, who is also a songwriter. She co-wrote [George Strait](/source/George_Strait)'s singles "[Check Yes or No](/source/Check_Yes_or_No)" and "[Write This Down](/source/Write_This_Down_(song))".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlieanddanahuntblack.com/biography/index.html|title=Bios|work=Charlie and Dana Hunt Black|accessdate=June 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030113/http://www.charlieanddanahuntblack.com/biography/index.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Black died on April 23, 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2021/04/country-songwriting-great-charlie-black-passes/ | title=Country Songwriting Great Charlie Black Passes | publisher=MusicRow | date=April 26, 2021 | accessdate=April 26, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Charlie Black}}

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Category:1949 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:American record producers
Category:People from Cheverly, Maryland
Category:Singer-songwriters from Maryland
Category:Country musicians from Maryland
Category:American male singer-songwriters

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