Originally written as an instrumental, "Strangers In The Night" came from the oddly titled movie "A Man Could Get Killed" which was an otherwise forgotten spy movie in an era of spy adventures brought to the big screen. German big band leader Bert Kaempfert wrote the music in 1966 with Eddie Snyder and Charles Singleton performing the duties of word smiths. For many years and for many people as...
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Matt Monro (1930 - 1985) was one of the greatest singers to have emerged from the 1960's and was a much beloved performer world wide. In our time, many performers have become stadium or cabaret performers exclusively. Matt Monro did it all: cabarets, music halls, stadium concerts. His popularity was world wide and he performed on nearly every continent of the world. Sold out performances were a...
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One song which Matt Monro received some well-deserved fame was "Born Free" with music by John Barry and words by Monro's manager Don Black. A special treat for all of us is that John Barry wrote this arrangement for Matt Monro. It begins with trills of a morning on the African plains Behind Matt's wonderful performance the orchestration stays out of the way of the vocalist yet provides a wonder...
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A good friend of many years standing told me about her encounters with Matt Monro. She was a manager of a concession stand in a world class hotel in London which Monro would frequent. She told me he was the nicest celebrity she had ever met, never talking down to her. He always treated her like she was his equal. This These qualities of sensitivity are brought out in this great favorite from 1...
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In 1962, Matt Monro recorded an album of Hoagy Carmichael songs which has never been released in this country and which has never been re-issued onto compact disc. This time we get into the jazz aspect of this fine singer's artistry. After a tenor sax solo, we hear a muted trumpet providing the fillers behind Monro's excellent phrasing and soft edged rendition which gets a rub from an edgy viol...
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