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Matt came from Matt White, a journalist friend; and Monro was Atwell's father's Christian name. [11] His first record which was released in November 1956, was "Ev'rybody Falls in Love with Someone", a song which had just won the BBC Festival of Popular Songs. [ 12 ]
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Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1961. Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, Eden Kane, Helen Shapiro, Kenny Ball and Matt Monro were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1961. The 1960 Christmas number-one, "I Love You" by Cliff Richard, remained at number one for the first two weeks of 1961.
Matt Monro (1962) Parlophone 45 R 4868, whose single peaked at #10 in UK Singles Chart [2] Also include on the 1965 album, Hits Of Yesterday; Andy Williams (1964) Bobby Darin (1965) The Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of John Williams on their 1993 album Night and Day: John Williams and the Boston Pops Celebrate Sinatra.
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]
This did not prevent Matt Monro from recording the first of many cover versions of "Yesterday". His version made it into the top ten in the UK charts soon after its release in the autumn of 1965. [30] The Beatles' influence over their US record label, Capitol, was not as strong as it was over EMI's Parlophone label in Britain.
Matt Monro (1975) The Simon Orchestra (1979) Jane Aire and the Belvederes (1982) Tracey Ullman (1983) Paul Young (1983) Laban (1987) The Lover Speaks (1987) Udo Lindenberg as "Die Augen zu (I close my eyes and count to ten)" (1991) Maarit Peltoniemi as "Syliis saat mut puristaa" (2000) Horse McDonald (2000) Matt Monro Jnr and Matt Monro (2005)
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.