Mat monroe biography
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While doing his national service in the army in Hong Kong he fixed up his first radio show and ended up in the cells for returning late from leave the night before he was due to go on air, His C,O, was a fan and let him out beneath guard to go to the studios. Demobbed he worked as a long distance lorry driver between London and Glasgow, In Glasgow between runs he made a private disc. Later he switched to driving a number 27 London bus then Winifred Atwell heard his recording and got him started in show business, He took the name Matt from the first name of a Fleet Street journalist and Monro from the christian name of Winnie's father, Soon he won fame with Cyril Stapleton's Show Band, had a series on Radio Luxembourg, made records and commercials, the most famous being 'You'll Look a Little Lovelier Each Day' and did shows for the BBC and ITV then he slipped into obscurity and almost vanished from the music en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film until Fred Flange came to the rescue, It was u
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Matt Monro, singer, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the London cabaret venue Talk Of The Town, having been led to believe he was there for a press photo shoot to mark his 21 years in show business.
Matt first began singing in his local dance halls around north London, and later entered talent contests while stationed in Hong Kong during his National Service. After de-mob, he returned to London where he met pianist Winifred Atwell, who became a mentor and recommended him to her own recording company, Decca, who offered him a contract.
Initial sales were moderate, but his lucky break came when he met EMI producer George Martin who signed him for the Parlophone label, with whom Matt achieved UK chart success with such hits as Portrait of My Love and My Kind Of Girl. He later achieved wider fame with the recording of the theme tunes to two highly successful films, From Russia with Love and Born Free.
"Oh god Eamonn! I love your uniform Eamonn!"
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A Short Biography
A singer once said “his pitch was right on the nose: his word enunciations letter perfect: his understanding of a song thorough. He will be missed very much not only by myself, but by his fans all over the world”. The singer was the legendary Frank Sinatra. The man he spoke about: the irreplaceable Matt Monro
High praise indeed then for a boy whose early years knew him under such auspicious names as Terry Fitzgerald, Al Jordan, Fred Flange and his true birth name Terence Edward Parsons.
Born on 1st December 1930 in Shoreditch, London, he was the youngest in a family of five. He left school at the age of fourteen and landed his first job as “offal boy” with the Imperial Tobacco Company. Thus followed a string of such jobs. At the tender age of seventeen and a half, he volunteered for the army for twelve years. After two years he volunteered for overseas duty and was posted to Hong Kong.
He entered a series of popular talent shows and wo