2010
Search results
Matt Monro (born Terence Edward Parsons, 1 December 1930 – 7 February 1985) [3] was an English singer. Known as "The Man with the Golden Voice", he performed internationally during his 30-year career.
The official Matt Monro YouTube channel run by The Monro Estate.
- 'Everything will pass' on British TV @MattMonro2.4K views
- License To Thrill! @MattMonro3.5K views
- Drama, Baby! All Of A Sudden @MattMonro2.4K views
- "Anyone who sees her, soon forgets the Mona Lisa" @MattMonro2.2K views
- Tune in today on Matt's Official YouTube channel @MattMonro5.7K views
- Classic Matt Monro: If I Never Sing Another Song @MattMonro5.7K views
- Sing along, no matter where you are! @MattMonro6.3K views
- Matt Monro - I Love The Little Things (Live At Eurovision, 1964)23.5K views
- Matt Monro - Walk Away (The Rolf Harris Show, 26th Dec 1970)500.9K views
- Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (The Rolf Harris Show, 26th Dec 1970)21.2K views
Matt Monro: The Singer’s Singer is the never-before-told biography of one of the Britain’s most popular and endearing singers, whose songs – from Born Free to Walk Away to Portrait of My Love –have been ingrained in the public consciousness, and whose talents were revered by friends and contemporaries including Frank Sinatra, Sammy ...
- Charles Waring
- From Russia With Love (1963) Topping our list of best Matt Monro songs is one of the best James Bond theme songs: the iconic title tune from the second Bond movie, heard at the end of the film when the credits roll.
- Born Free (1966) No list of the best Matt Monro songs would be complete without Born Free, the memorable theme song to a movie about British animal welfare activists/conservationists Joy and George Adamson and their nurturing of an orphaned lion cub in Africa.
- The Music Played (Alguien Cantó) (1968) “I can’t speak Spanish, I learn to sing the lyrics phonetically,” Monro once confessed, though that didn’t seem to bother his legion of fans in Latin America, who bought seven million copies of Alguien Cantó and made it the singer’s first platinum record, in 1968.
- On Days Like These (1969) US trumpeter turned composer and record producer Quincy Jones co-wrote this gorgeous summer ballad with British lyricist Don Black for the soundtrack he scored for the iconic British heist movie The Italian Job, starring Michael Caine.
Matt Monro performing 'Softly, As I Leave You' on the British TV show 'Matt Sings Monro' in October 1974.Footage licensed from BBC Studios Distribution.
- 3 min
- 557.6K
- Matt Monro
He recorded the very first James Bond Theme song –‘From Russia With Love’ – represented Britain in the Eurovision Song contest in 1964 with ‘I Love the Little Things’ (in Copenhagen ...
- 3 min
- 512.8K
- 717K
He took the name Matt from the first name of a Fleet Street journalist and Monro from the christian name of Winifred's father, Soon he won fame singing with Cyril Stapleton's Show Band which led to a series on Radio Luxemburg, made records and commercials, the most famous being 'You'll Look a Little Lovelier Each Day' for Camay soap but after a ...
