Real name: Frank J. Black

Effective period / Period of releases: 1950

American conductor, composer, arranger, pianist and organist (born November 29, 1894 in Philadelphia, PA - died January 29, 1968 in Atlanta, GA).

Frank Black made numerous recordings for Brunswick between 1925 and 1929, as a solo pianist or organist, as an accompanist, and as the leader of his own orchestra, Frank Black And His Orchestra (sometimes appearing on Vocalion (2) under the alias Jay's Chelsea Orchestra). On four 1929 titles for Vocalion (2), he played the accordion (under the pseudonym Frank King).

For Columbia, he worked as an arranger for the Sam Lanin Orchestra (1925). In 1926, he accompanied the The Singing Sophomores (an alias for The Revelers (2)), the Crescent Trio, and Lewis James on the piano.

For Victor, Black served as the piano accompanist for The Revelers (2) between 1926 and 1934. He also directed Victor Arden, Phil Ohman And Their Orchestra on Victor recordings between 1927 and 1932.