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Black

 

Black (born Colin Vearncombe, 26 May 1962, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter, who enjoyed mainstream success in the late 1980s

 

Early in his career, he toured with an English new wave group called the Thompson Twins

 

His most famous singles include "Sweetest Smile" (a Top Ten track in the United Kingdom) and "Wonderful Life" (an internationally popular song)

 

Vearncombe returned to the name "Black" to release a new recording entitled Between Two Churches in November 2005. On this album he included a song mocking the success of his hit "Wonderful life", where he poignantly re-asked the question, "Are you having a wonderful life?"

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