The band had numerous hits including "Come a Little Bit Closer", "Cara Mia", and "This Magic Moment".

[2] Black was born in Astoria, Queens and grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park.

The band had numerous hits, including "Come a Little Bit Closer", "Cara Mia", and "This Magic Moment".

[4] In 2006, Black completed bankruptcy proceedings in Manhattan, after he accrued a $500,000 debt in back taxes to the IRS as a result of his gambling addiction.

[5] In a 2014 interview, Black suggested that he might have been suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, but that was not officially diagnosed.