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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 and sold a reported 23 million records. [4]
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Matt Monro – "Yesterday"n; Chris Andrews – "Yesterday Man" The Swinging Blue Jeans – "Crazy 'Bout My Baby", "Hippy Hippy Shake" Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas – "Neon City" Wilson Pickett – "Don't Fight It" Sir Douglas Quintet – "The Story of John Hardy" Fontella Bass – "Rescue Me" The Toys – "A Lover's Concerto"
"My Kind of Girl" was first released by Matt Monro, and was written by Leslie Bricusse. [1] [2] In February 1961, the British music magazine NME reported that Monro had won ITV's A Song for Britain with "My Kind of Girl"; [3] however, according to his daughter Michele's autobiography [4] Matt Monro: The Singer's Singer, Monro came second in this, although the song would later win an Ivor ...
In 1960, Matt Monro released the song as a single. The song was Monro's first hit single, and spent 16 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 3, [2] also reaching No. 3 on the UK's New Musical Express chart. [3] In 1961, the song was released on Monro's album My Kind of Girl. [4]
The song's composers, John Barry and Don Black, asked British singer Matt Monro, who was managed by Black at the time, to record the song for the film's soundtrack. The producers of the film considered the song uncommercial, however, and deleted it from the print shown at its Royal Command premiere in London. When Monro, who attended the event ...
The title song was sung by Matt Monro. Monro's vocal version is played during the film (as source music on a radio) and properly over the film's end titles. The title credit music is a lively instrumental version of the tune preceded by a brief Barry-composed "James Bond Is Back" then segueing into the "James Bond Theme".
Other recordings of the song include versions by Perry Como, recorded in 1952, [5] and Matt Monro. Monro's version reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1962. [6] The song won Most Outstanding Song, Musically and Lyrically at the 8th Ivor Novello Awards held on 4 May 1963 and broadcast live on BBC television. [7]