- Although founding the rock and roll band "Roy Black and His Cannons" in 1963, his producer decided to start a solo career and switch to romantic songs. His single "Ganz in Weíß" (All in white, 1966) sold 2.5 million copies.
- Died one month after his longtime companion Carmen Böhning gave birth to their daughter Nathalie (14 September 1991).
- Being Germany's most popular singer in the late 1960s and early 1970s with hits such as "Das Mädchen Carina" (1969) or "Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein" (1971 with Anita Hegerland), his career struggles due to low record sales and personal problems. In the last years of his life, he had a surprising comeback as singer and leading actor of the hit TV show Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (1990).
- His stage name referred to his black hair and his idol Roy Orbison.
- In 1999, 8 years after Roy Black's death, composer Christian Bruhn discovered ten unreleased songs, including "Der Wanderpriester", which were put into a new album. "Der Wanderpriester" stayed in the Top 100 of the German-international Charts for two weeks.
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