Matt Monro
Born: December 01, 1932 - Died: February 7, 1985
R.I.P.
Matt Monro (born Terence Edward Parsons) was an English singer who became one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1960s and 1970s
Born Shoreditch, London, 1 December 1930, died from liver cancer in 1985 at the Cromwell Hospital, Ealing, London, on the 7 February 1985
Born Terrence Parsons in London, he began his career singing for television commercials and performed with a few British bands (including Cyril Stapleton's Orchestra) during the early '50s. After a few sides recorded for various labels, he signed to Decca for an album of standards, 1957's Blue and Sentimental. His career really took off one year later when producer George Martin asked him to lend his deep voice to a Peter Sellers album of Sinatra satires, Songs for Swingin' Sellers. Monro's straight-faced contribution, "You Keep Me Swingin'," gained him a contract from Parlophone, and he hit number three in the British charts with 1960's "Portrait of My Love."