How right you are, Matt Monro was under promoted for he sings better than Frank Sinatra. Had he lived long enough his music would have conquered the whole world. I keep on listening to his songs and my heart is immensely captured by this gentleman. I just love him.
George Martin, Mat's world renowned producer wrote- Mat Monro was the finest singer of ballads that he ever had the good fortune to produce.Mat had the rare gift of getting to the heart of the lyric and with his supurb voice, delivering it in such a way that it became a personal message to his audience.
Mat will sing on, and I shall always hear him. (From an EMI record cover ''Mat Will Sing Forever
I now realise, at the grand old age of 58...just what my mum & dad loved about this man! His voice is superb! And as a couple who remained in love until my my dad died in 1975, the words must have really got to them! How lucky they were!!!
@annemargaret78 Yes, so wonderfully put.......life comes by just once and to find a truelove for life as your parents did, is priceless. This song is for all those who missed out.
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
h ewas well promoted, very famous especially in the USa, sang on a Bond film [from russia with love] and George Martin arranged for him, with Don Black working with him so well known, well respected!
Matt was and still is the best singer the UK has ever had.He was wonderful ,and is sadly missed.I am reading his biography at the moment ,by his daughter ,and it is so sad ,a life cut short by his addiction ,which I didn't know about.This song makes me cry.
Beautiful singer. BUT one should not forget that the composer and first performer was the Austrian UDO JÜRGENS (Juergens) who sung this song in 1964 at the European Song Contest - and reached the 5th place. Later in 1966 he won the Contest with Merci, Cherie ...
@musicspotAT Matt asked Don Black to write lyrics in english to Udo Juergens's song because he liked it so much. The rest is history. Matt's life has recently been published in a book written by his daughter Michele. Sadly Matt's second wife passed away in 2010 but his name will live on for ever in his music
This man must be the most underrated of all the swing singers. Matt was a legend and more than a match for anyone. truly great talent which was lost far to soon.
macvatu you are a shameless name-dropper, but I can't blame you!! This man was such a sensitive artist, and with great phrasing and breath control. England be proud of this man, who was as great in his way as Janet Baker or Noel Coward.
..yes, I like good ol' ma'hie !! I happened to serve in the same regiment as he did. What's more, I was also stationed in the camp where englebert humperdink served his National Service. ..so, there !!
This man is a true legend.....a supremely talented singer , without doubt Britain's finest. Almost certainly under promoted by the faceless musical institutions of the sixties who were mainly focused on the money-making rock bands of the era. Matt Monroe's dulcet tones were more than a match for Frank Sinatra and his other American contemporaries but the British Music Moguls of his era failed to promote Matt to the heights that his fabulous talent so richly deserved.
@RamWhamBam Was it '64 or '65, one can always hear Matt Monro's song on the radio. I mean in my village in th Philippines. Johnny de Leon would always play his hit record between 5:00 to 6:30PM.
I bet really old people couldn't tell the difference between a chart of thirty even forty years ago and a chart of now. For heavens sake there was good and bad then and good and bad now. In the X factor tonight Mary has stage presence and a big voice, and Cher and Katy have style, charisma and good voices.
This is such a sad song, beautifully sung, but I would never fall into the trap that always happens, of saying that music and singers were wonderful then and rubbish now. It simply not true. Probably Victorians said it about the 1920's. I'm not a teenager, not even in my forties anymore but I'm still quite young and there talented artists around now.
. When I was seventeen it was the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Jam, Ian Drury etc.. I remember older people slagging them off but that was 35 yrs ago
This is such a sad song, beautifully sung, but I would never fall into the trap that always happens, of saying that music and singers were wonderful then and rubbish now. It simply not true. Probably Victorians said it about the 1920's. I'm not a teenager, not even in my forties anymore but I'm still quite young and there talented artists around now.
. When I was seventeen it was the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Jam, Ian Drury etc.. I remember older people slagging them off but that was 35 yrs ago
the phrasing of sinatra, more warmth than nat king cole the perfect combination. wish we could still have this kind of song in the charts instead of these talentetless,greedy, fame hungry wasters! i blame the x factor and all the rest of the "reality tv" crap.
the good lord deemed this wonderful mans voice should be heard above in his kingdom, though the lord was kind enough to loan him out to us but for a few years, he took him back into his fold. matt sadly missed by all.
It would be something for the so called "stars" of today to be made to watch this.... to watch what real talent sounds like. To watch the master just sing from the heart... and just sing live and sound fantastic. To see him sing with no effort, no strained notes, no miming. He went to soon, but what music he left us RIP Matt, a TRUE star!
You could listen to numerous good singers from todays talent shows but most of them are totally forgetable. So what makes Matt Munro different from all the rest. Pure class and he has an inernational sound just like Bassey or Sinatra. His voice is just so unique and smooth. A true star. Jim
this man seems to bring me to a state of true peace just to hear his music, i was lucky enough to grow up with him on the radio all the time, he was in my book the finest male singer to ever have been thanks matt r.i.p
What a voice, as smooth as mellow scotch! This is my favorite song of his. Sadly, another great artist taken from us way too soon. It's just not fair, but he left us a great legacy of music. Definitely, without any doubt, the Frank Sinatra of Great Britian!!
@buscapleitosNo1 same with me,Matt Monro is the only singer that can make me cry as well and can you imagine what feelings and pain he must have gone through to give this to us the people. all the best.
Matt is sadly missed, he was "THE SINGERS SINGER", he brought a song to life like no other. My favourite is "ONE DAY", I can recall singing to my Girlfriend at that time, 1962/3. Alan.
what great voice. i used to have a 45 round disc that has all his best songs, charade, sunrise sunset, for mama, the music played. i'm looking for that particular disc but can't find it.
i am 6-10 years old when this song was very hit in the philippines....very nice remember those days now i am 51 love this kind of songs.. good memory.......thanks for posting
Matt Monroe one the best singers that Britain has produced !!. Such a gifted and special voice who has sung some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard !! This is what you call !real talent! Sadly he left this life so soon ! but what a lagacy !! Sinatra regarded Matt Monroe as one of the greatest singers !!.
Matt Monro represented the UK in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. His song was "I love the little things", and it came 2nd. This song was the Austrian entry that same year: "Warum, nur warum" by Udo Jürgens (who would win the Contest in 1966). It only came 6th in the Contest, but subsequently became a huge hit in Matt's English version. Great stuff!
How lucky you were to have known the best singer Britain ever produced. He always sang every song the way it was intended and could hold a note for a fortnight.Wish you were still here Matt.
Even though I am 45 now, I wish I was "aware" of these songs when I was younger. Songs like this are timeless. How many of todays songs will you still remember in 40 years time, none I reckon. but songs like this will still be around.
Fantastic singer.I think this was from a performance from Austrialia 1967. Some others on it have been cancelled. I think that is a mistake; hearing the great song there makes me want to buy MM CD's. Unlike some performers he was at his best live before an audience. Such drama, power, melody. I love you Matt, Godspeed.
there is one singer around today MICHAEL BUBLE he is very good yes matt monroe was an amazing singer for me the best singer of this type of music was MEL TORME
Matt had an exceptional voice, listening to him brings peace to one's soul. Jcreyes, thanks for posting this wonderful video; would you please upload, "Soaftly as I Leave You," from this same b&w collection? It sure would be so nice to see it again.
Re the Sinatra debate, Frank was great but this guy sang from the heart and his voice simply unique, most definitely the UKs best singer ever and easily comaparable to Frank
This guy gives a superlative performance not just in Walk Away but in all his songs, simply brilliant artist, brilliant voice and terrific unsurpassed delivery.
Not only do I agree but I believe he is a better and more inspired vocalist then Frank Sinatra was. Although I am American I have been a fan of his since I first heard him sing this song in the 1960's
May God rest his soul, I miss his talent tremendously.
Probably the best Ballad Singer The World Has ever seen, this classic song simply underpins the powerful vocals of a singing star who voice has simply never been matched and remaind unsurpassed - RIP Matt
This is just the english version of the German original: "Warum nur warum" sang by Udo Jürgens in 1964 - btw: Monro's "If I never sing another song" is also just a cover version of the song "Illusionen" sang by Alexandra and which was written also by Udo Jürgens.
I like Matt Monro. For my money he is the best singer to come out of Britain. But you people need to get ahold of yourselves. Nobody interprets a song like Frank Sinatra. When you here a Sinatra version of a song, you realize that's what the writer had in mind. Not to mention the fact that he invented the album format. I like both Sinatra and Monro, but Sinatra is an icon. One of the two or three most important artists of the twentieth century.
Matt puts more into any song than Sanatra ever did- he thought he was charming and that let him get away with a really ordinary sound. Monroe is a true artist- with a stunning voice.
Frank Sinatra was an interpretive singer, which is more of an American style, but it's more difficult to be. Interpretive singers work to project emotion, atmosphere, setting and attitude through the notes they sing. They also extend notes to express emotion and move listeners, rather than rounding those notes off. Frank may have been envious that his voice didn't reach notes so precisely as Monro's did, but I'm sure that FJ was prouder of being an interpretive singer, which made him a legend.
Monro was one of the best male vocalists EVER. I don't believe he received the accolades he deserved. I never tire from listening to any of his many hits. Sad how he died so young.
RamWhamBam
How right you are, Matt Monro was under promoted for he sings better than Frank Sinatra. Had he lived long enough his music would have conquered the whole world. I keep on listening to his songs and my heart is immensely captured by this gentleman. I just love him.
Mutiti
MsMutiti 3 weeks ago
a man of high calibre
TheHighWan 3 weeks ago
superb, top ten of all time, pure class
1fcukingful 4 weeks ago
my mother love's him so much ....i remember my childhood when i play n listen to this song....love it
mangganese 2 months ago
George Martin, Mat's world renowned producer wrote- Mat Monro was the finest singer of ballads that he ever had the good fortune to produce.Mat had the rare gift of getting to the heart of the lyric and with his supurb voice, delivering it in such a way that it became a personal message to his audience.
Mat will sing on, and I shall always hear him. (From an EMI record cover ''Mat Will Sing Forever
rosella969 2 months ago
my first contest piece was BORN FREE! i was in my 6th grade then. :)
pinoybamboo 2 months ago
he is the man.
ANITALLAUDER 2 months ago
. . . my connection with Matt ??. . . . I'm proud to have served in the same Regiment as Matt, though a decade apart !!
macvatu 2 months ago
Nice old song with Matt Monroe.
Ray
Ray Duque III (GMBD), New York City
RayDuque3 2 months ago
My fav song in 1964...Thnks 4 uploading..
jg6249 2 months ago
Beautiful voice. Thanks for uploading.
ritagalang 3 months ago
we should have met some years ago
smercedez1 4 months ago
I now realise, at the grand old age of 58...just what my mum & dad loved about this man! His voice is superb! And as a couple who remained in love until my my dad died in 1975, the words must have really got to them! How lucky they were!!!
annemargaret78 4 months ago
@annemargaret78 Yes, so wonderfully put.......life comes by just once and to find a truelove for life as your parents did, is priceless. This song is for all those who missed out.
RamWhamBam 3 months ago
I lost my dad 5 years ago and my unce talk about fav songs they both sung this song and its soooooooo true xxxxx
catjls70 5 months ago
nah frank sinatra was the matt monro of america
rabblue 6 months ago
A classic from one of the 'greatest'.
Admiral1933 6 months ago
very sad
lasttrojanhero 7 months ago
What a wonderful singer! Will always be remembered. Thanks for sharing it!
maricle100 7 months ago
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robertoamor2011 7 months ago
matt monroe my favorite old time music , lovely song
gascon775 7 months ago
Mattt Monro never got the credit he deserved. He came from a generation of great singers, and he was among the very best.
KnightVow 8 months ago
h ewas well promoted, very famous especially in the USa, sang on a Bond film [from russia with love] and George Martin arranged for him, with Don Black working with him so well known, well respected!
roboplege 9 months ago
I have this single, its 1964 parlophone, R5171 in case anyone wants to chase it up.
edwina22 9 months ago
@edwina22 Cheers edwina, been looking for that info. Thanx very much.
gilnod 9 months ago
MAGIC
mahaltony 9 months ago
My Grandpa Interviewed him on his show, in the Cebu, Philippines.
AKidNamedMookie 10 months ago 3
Matt was and still is the best singer the UK has ever had.He was wonderful ,and is sadly missed.I am reading his biography at the moment ,by his daughter ,and it is so sad ,a life cut short by his addiction ,which I didn't know about.This song makes me cry.
merseybeatsfan123 10 months ago
Beautiful singer. BUT one should not forget that the composer and first performer was the Austrian UDO JÜRGENS (Juergens) who sung this song in 1964 at the European Song Contest - and reached the 5th place. Later in 1966 he won the Contest with Merci, Cherie ...
The real genious is always the composer!
musicspotAT 11 months ago 3
@musicspotAT Matt asked Don Black to write lyrics in english to Udo Juergens's song because he liked it so much. The rest is history. Matt's life has recently been published in a book written by his daughter Michele. Sadly Matt's second wife passed away in 2010 but his name will live on for ever in his music
HamishMcBush 11 months ago
In a word ......Perfection.
jaddison1112 11 months ago 3
@jaddison1112
I totally agree...
MrMillysworld 11 months ago
He makes me wish I could turn the clock back. This was a live performance in Australia in the 60's. May you rest in peace Mr Monro!
MrJimmyhaggis 11 months ago
yes , i say the same , he was great, i was born to listen to this wonderlful music, may i i suggest brook benton, , he fab fab. xtx you all .
josie80007 11 months ago
Mat was a big star in his time overshadowed by rock & roll - a truly wonderful singer
Derryhillagh 1 year ago
he is amazing! my dad use to be a body guard for him when he sang at wimbledon pally, amazing voice!
lauralevy10592 1 year ago
muy bueno, gran voz, gran vigencia a pesar de ser de la década de los 70
alvarezwalter673 1 year ago
What a great voice.....I honestly cannot think of one better....definately missed..thankfully we still have his music..
rainstormz28 1 year ago
The Real Voice
ilagan7 1 year ago
A truely wonderful talented singer who is sadley missed, i love your music as much as ever Matt here is too the next fifty years.
Michele Drinkwater
1930Michele 1 year ago
A truely wonderful talented singer who is sadley missed, i love your music as much as ever Matt here is too the next fifty years.
1930Michele 1 year ago
The most polish singer of the 60's...Mlk
mabaruma2 1 year ago
marvellous - such a wonderful word
tezzabanboy 1 year ago
There is nothing to say....Simply listen. You clearly appreciate the great talent he was. That,s why you,re here. That,s why we all select this.
I only hope he is somewhere special...And realises, how much we love, and appreciate his talent.
Matt...I wish the rest of them realised . Rest in peace....You truly touch me.
jfflwn7 1 year ago
wonderful
RUDDIBARDOT 1 year ago
This man must be the most underrated of all the swing singers. Matt was a legend and more than a match for anyone. truly great talent which was lost far to soon.
bigttim1 1 year ago
The music and voice so magnificent and powerful..you can feel the ambience. I like so much yet such an immortal song..,...fr Phil is
12345jhojho 1 year ago
macvatu you are a shameless name-dropper, but I can't blame you!! This man was such a sensitive artist, and with great phrasing and breath control. England be proud of this man, who was as great in his way as Janet Baker or Noel Coward.
pianosydney 1 year ago
..yes, I like good ol' ma'hie !! I happened to serve in the same regiment as he did. What's more, I was also stationed in the camp where englebert humperdink served his National Service. ..so, there !!
macvatu 1 year ago
This man is a true legend.....a supremely talented singer , without doubt Britain's finest. Almost certainly under promoted by the faceless musical institutions of the sixties who were mainly focused on the money-making rock bands of the era. Matt Monroe's dulcet tones were more than a match for Frank Sinatra and his other American contemporaries but the British Music Moguls of his era failed to promote Matt to the heights that his fabulous talent so richly deserved.
RamWhamBam 1 year ago 70
@RamWhamBam Was it '64 or '65, one can always hear Matt Monro's song on the radio. I mean in my village in th Philippines. Johnny de Leon would always play his hit record between 5:00 to 6:30PM.
jurbinsky77 1 year ago
@RamWhamBam yes, and then he died...... regretably
hotboyclarence 9 months ago
@RamWhamBam yes, and then he died....... regretably
hotboyclarence 9 months ago
Britain's greatest singer who we lost much too soon
MrDoncos 1 year ago
@MrDoncos well said sir.
UB4042 1 year ago
r.i.p tc saddly missed
gazajigsawjones 1 year ago
I am a 60 year old male and this song has caused me to shed a tear!!
kitkatsist 1 year ago
@kitkatsist i'm 52 yr. old woman....like you..i'm getting emotional everytime i hear this song.
4comandancia 1 year ago
@4comandancia hi
rich999789 1 year ago
@4comandancia hi you were very young when this was a hit I am intrigued as to how this can effect you in this way? Did your parents play it??
rich999789 1 year ago
@4comandancia : Matt's rendition of Softy is beautifully done and may have a
similar effect. Sinatra called him the best vocalist England ever produced.
Truly extraordinary.
pamindoc 1 year ago
@4comandancia where are you now
kitkatsist 5 months ago
Respond to this video... where are you now
kitkatsist 5 months ago
I bet really old people couldn't tell the difference between a chart of thirty even forty years ago and a chart of now. For heavens sake there was good and bad then and good and bad now. In the X factor tonight Mary has stage presence and a big voice, and Cher and Katy have style, charisma and good voices.
jmldm2 1 year ago
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This is such a sad song, beautifully sung, but I would never fall into the trap that always happens, of saying that music and singers were wonderful then and rubbish now. It simply not true. Probably Victorians said it about the 1920's. I'm not a teenager, not even in my forties anymore but I'm still quite young and there talented artists around now.
. When I was seventeen it was the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Jam, Ian Drury etc.. I remember older people slagging them off but that was 35 yrs ago
jmldm2 1 year ago
This is such a sad song, beautifully sung, but I would never fall into the trap that always happens, of saying that music and singers were wonderful then and rubbish now. It simply not true. Probably Victorians said it about the 1920's. I'm not a teenager, not even in my forties anymore but I'm still quite young and there talented artists around now.
. When I was seventeen it was the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Jam, Ian Drury etc.. I remember older people slagging them off but that was 35 yrs ago
jmldm2 1 year ago
@jmldm2 they slagged them off rightly so ,how can you compare the shit pistols to singers@
rich999789 1 year ago
the phrasing of sinatra, more warmth than nat king cole the perfect combination. wish we could still have this kind of song in the charts instead of these talentetless,greedy, fame hungry wasters! i blame the x factor and all the rest of the "reality tv" crap.
funkfactor1 1 year ago
bring all the lovely songs back
how privileged to have been born at the time that great music was produced
as far as romantic is concerned
When men where men & women women
oh yea
Sin ninguna duda ...la verite.....bien sur......buona fortuna amici
Arrivederci
zulusafari1 1 year ago
Keefy1756. On the nail there man. So true.
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago 2
the good lord deemed this wonderful mans voice should be heard above in his kingdom, though the lord was kind enough to loan him out to us but for a few years, he took him back into his fold. matt sadly missed by all.
lennydooch 1 year ago
@lennydooch Such nice words, I couldn't agree with you more.
Best.
jeanmunn 1 year ago
This man is in the same league as Frank Sinatra.Unfortunately,neither are with us anymore, but I am certain they will never be forgotten
bernardmainwaring 1 year ago
Thanks for adding this treasure, the world would be a poorer place without Youtube. R.I.P Matt
RamWhamBam 1 year ago
Matt at his best. A great song, a great singer, what more!!
This is my Dad's favorite singer and i can see why. !! Dont worry about gimmicks, Matt can claim 'the best singer ever'.
paulmaccarocks 1 year ago
Docs should prescribe Matt for relaxation. Safe the NHS a fortune.
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago
My father's favourite song
lazanaYT 1 year ago
@lazanaYT Your father has good taste ! My favourite too!
RamWhamBam 11 months ago
truly an awesome and unforgettable voice. Thanks for this.
raleighsquare 1 year ago
Matt recorded many great songs and this is one of my favorites.
I'm working on a tribute show to the man
mrentertainer47 1 year ago
It would be something for the so called "stars" of today to be made to watch this.... to watch what real talent sounds like. To watch the master just sing from the heart... and just sing live and sound fantastic. To see him sing with no effort, no strained notes, no miming. He went to soon, but what music he left us RIP Matt, a TRUE star!
keefy7156 1 year ago
GOLD SIMPLY GOLD!
PhobiaGuy 1 year ago
What ask the girl the walk away ???
udon890 1 year ago
My mum used to sing along with this, when she heard it on the radio, Happy memories
kitcatstella 1 year ago
And remember , this LIVE ! No prerecorded tracks to lip sync to !
Magnificent !
Cheers !
David
bud21s 1 year ago
Favorite song of my grandfa and my uncles.=)
QueenOfDoll18 1 year ago
Outstanding talent. Sinatra said Matt was the greatest singer in the world. Certainly he was the greatest crooner.
bigttim1 1 year ago
Th finest voice to come out of these isles. Frank Sinatra was brilliant but Matt was something very special. Died too young and we miss him
51bav 1 year ago
R.I,P. Ronnie Dio
JiggerBooWigger 1 year ago
One of the greatest ever! Left us much too soon...rest in peace.
kirby19711 1 year ago
You could listen to numerous good singers from todays talent shows but most of them are totally forgetable. So what makes Matt Munro different from all the rest. Pure class and he has an inernational sound just like Bassey or Sinatra. His voice is just so unique and smooth. A true star. Jim
ravgoodspeed 1 year ago
I u dad...
How i miss u...
upilaronn 1 year ago
This is great, Congratulation for you had posted this great singer with this beauiful song.
AyresBrother 1 year ago
i love all the music of matt it remind me of my yesteryears,thanks for
uploading
Adoraa1 1 year ago
this man seems to bring me to a state of true peace just to hear his music, i was lucky enough to grow up with him on the radio all the time, he was in my book the finest male singer to ever have been thanks matt r.i.p
dnorfed 1 year ago 2
nostalgic
kaktora 1 year ago
What a voice, as smooth as mellow scotch! This is my favorite song of his. Sadly, another great artist taken from us way too soon. It's just not fair, but he left us a great legacy of music. Definitely, without any doubt, the Frank Sinatra of Great Britian!!
JbrickM100A 1 year ago 6
matt monro the best male singer ever
rollerman22 1 year ago
I was barely a teenager when listening to this song back in Vietnam may be 1968? Brings back memories. Great song!
Samo1228 1 year ago
This guy is just fabulous, what voice
john999ize 1 year ago
golden voice...amazing!!!!
htirah100 1 year ago
i remember my dad !
zdodong87 1 year ago
Outstanding talent who was taken from us far far to young. Sinattra called him the greatest singer in the world. He wasn't wrong!!!
bigttim1 2 years ago
Matt had a gift...so sadly missed
mixiepaddy 2 years ago
I am an Italian. There are great singers in every Country. And there are singers that are patrimony of the humanity. Matt is one of these.
ulissecalipso 2 years ago
Up there with Sinatra when it comes to great singers.Legend
donaldo1959 2 years ago
Matt is the only singer that made me cry!
buscapleitosNo1 2 years ago
@buscapleitosNo1 i feel the same as you do.his voice i so beautiful, so special.
punicablack 2 years ago
@buscapleitosNo1 same with me,Matt Monro is the only singer that can make me cry as well and can you imagine what feelings and pain he must have gone through to give this to us the people. all the best.
chiptowers1 2 years ago
Matt is sadly missed, he was "THE SINGERS SINGER", he brought a song to life like no other. My favourite is "ONE DAY", I can recall singing to my Girlfriend at that time, 1962/3. Alan.
salteralan 2 years ago
brilliant memories of my mum,matt munroe,was her favourite singer,as with matt,my mum is no longer with us
vickycat1 2 years ago
im only 27 but i know this man is a legend..
indankse 2 years ago
This song was created thanks to Eurovision 1964. Wacth any video which is of the song "Warum nur, Warum" for more details.
ajitirj 2 years ago 2
what great voice. i used to have a 45 round disc that has all his best songs, charade, sunrise sunset, for mama, the music played. i'm looking for that particular disc but can't find it.
sylvie190 2 years ago
matt was amongst the top 5 vocalists in the last 50 years.
gone way too soon
donsullivano 2 years ago 20
@donsullivano a beautiful beautiful my Dad loved him R I P Shivers up my spine when i listen to Him
The24111951 1 year ago
@fight the crazy matt monro
matt is a play boy bat he is lover boy beacuase matt monro is crazy
mykapaula 1 year ago
@mykapaula What? are you on something?
gillwilkinsongw 1 year ago
This song makes me cry for it was my dad's favorite :(
bellamorebabe 2 years ago 2
He may have died but his songs will live forever - cherished and loved.
leob787 2 years ago 2
i am 6-10 years old when this song was very hit in the philippines....very nice remember those days now i am 51 love this kind of songs.. good memory.......thanks for posting
jun0215 2 years ago
Matt Monroe one the best singers that Britain has produced !!. Such a gifted and special voice who has sung some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard !! This is what you call !real talent! Sadly he left this life so soon ! but what a lagacy !! Sinatra regarded Matt Monroe as one of the greatest singers !!.
tappytoto 2 years ago 4
matt monroe is a prophet too! i worship all his songs!
samgee2007 2 years ago 2
the voice! the way he sings! my goodness! magnificent! he is the king of crooners!
GawakitaArts 2 years ago 10
Max & Laura love most of his songs it reminds of our old golden days ..thanks
haloonmyhead1 2 years ago 3
Matt Monro represented the UK in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. His song was "I love the little things", and it came 2nd. This song was the Austrian entry that same year: "Warum, nur warum" by Udo Jürgens (who would win the Contest in 1966). It only came 6th in the Contest, but subsequently became a huge hit in Matt's English version. Great stuff!
katoeuro 2 years ago
Thank You for posting this !
This is TOIT!!
argosy59 2 years ago 2
magical song
matt wasa true star!!!!!rest in peace huni xxxbabsie xxx
blondiebabs 2 years ago
For me, he is the best singer.
hersmart74 2 years ago 6
CLY I fully agree....the very best!
9928738 1 year ago
i remember those days.... We were once
friends, a good friend indeed.....lolz
ferds619 2 years ago 2
How lucky you were to have known the best singer Britain ever produced. He always sang every song the way it was intended and could hold a note for a fortnight.Wish you were still here Matt.
jbb147 2 years ago 2
one of his best recordings the mans a legened
djbillybop 2 years ago 2
The great Sinatra said of Matt Monro that he had a beautiful voice, that is the best compliment from one great singer to another!
pepys1633 2 years ago 2
Wrong playback!
lordradi 2 years ago
he is so f cool that man, and the best singer in UK ever xxxxx
clazza01 2 years ago
Does any one have a copy of "On days like this " from the movie Italian Job . Please upload it ASAP
zakikhan52 3 years ago
zakikhan52 - 'On Days Like These'
Ianpbx 2 years ago
...Why build a dream that cannot come true..
beautiful song.
08ciana 3 years ago
Even though I am 45 now, I wish I was "aware" of these songs when I was younger. Songs like this are timeless. How many of todays songs will you still remember in 40 years time, none I reckon. but songs like this will still be around.
Fantastic to see a different version of this
BTW...well said policemanandrew
escortRS1600i 3 years ago 4
I'm 25 and i sing, and this man One of my greatest musical influences... His legacy lives on.
BoondoggleH 3 years ago
I love matt Monro's You're closer to me". It was in You Tube before...now it is suddenly gone. Does anyone have a copy?
nancyfloressantos 3 years ago
One of the best singers of the 20th Century.Not bad for a London Bus Driver Eh
Tcheuchter1 3 years ago 3
He was known as a "singer's" singer. Dame Shirley Bassey when she was only a Miss(lol) used to like going to his concerts.
nthglasScotland 3 years ago
Yes, he was one of the BEST! I refer to him as my British Jack Jones. A great singer.................
RHenningSr 3 years ago
jaqck jones cant sing ,,but matt can
deanogigalo 3 years ago
Fantastic singer.I think this was from a performance from Austrialia 1967. Some others on it have been cancelled. I think that is a mistake; hearing the great song there makes me want to buy MM CD's. Unlike some performers he was at his best live before an audience. Such drama, power, melody. I love you Matt, Godspeed.
Micaiah03 3 years ago
How can the "yoof" of today listen to all that jungle music on Radio 1 and dismiss this?
The media are saying that easy listening is (or has) come back but trying telling my bloody children that!!!!
Beautiful song sang by a beautiful man.
policemanandrew 3 years ago 3
One of the all time great vocalists ! I have enjoyed his music since the early 1960's. He is definitely under appreciated.
kenslevin35 3 years ago
Exquisite!
Shizue7 3 years ago
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Poor guy he died in aids... :(
swhoyd23 3 years ago
It was liver cancer actually ........... in 1985
usadcunts 3 years ago
Try doing some research before putting comments up like that.
Seanryan2001 3 years ago 2
One of the best male vocalists, EVER. I could never tire of listening to Matt Monro.
terrafirma91 3 years ago 2
vry happy
LABANDAKOL 3 years ago
Or type in Youtube:
Matt Monro - The Is The Life
:)
moogmoo 3 years ago
If you click my name you can hear Matt Monro's This Is The Life. One of his greatest songs.:)
moogmoo 3 years ago
jcreyes1950, thanks for the very detailed story; the biography of matt monro.
mafynitz 3 years ago
Matt was the BEST! What a shame there are no singers like that around anymore. Miss you Matt!!!
kelleyhayne 3 years ago
there is one singer around today MICHAEL BUBLE he is very good yes matt monroe was an amazing singer for me the best singer of this type of music was MEL TORME
redhead1978 3 years ago
Matt had an exceptional voice, listening to him brings peace to one's soul. Jcreyes, thanks for posting this wonderful video; would you please upload, "Soaftly as I Leave You," from this same b&w collection? It sure would be so nice to see it again.
phyllisdugas 3 years ago
Matt is king
annecook21 3 years ago
Re the Sinatra debate, Frank was great but this guy sang from the heart and his voice simply unique, most definitely the UKs best singer ever and easily comaparable to Frank
This guy gives a superlative performance not just in Walk Away but in all his songs, simply brilliant artist, brilliant voice and terrific unsurpassed delivery.
RamWhamBam 3 years ago
Not only do I agree but I believe he is a better and more inspired vocalist then Frank Sinatra was. Although I am American I have been a fan of his since I first heard him sing this song in the 1960's
May God rest his soul, I miss his talent tremendously.
joev144 3 years ago
Probably the best Ballad Singer The World Has ever seen, this classic song simply underpins the powerful vocals of a singing star who voice has simply never been matched and remaind unsurpassed - RIP Matt
RamWhamBam 3 years ago 4
This is just the english version of the German original: "Warum nur warum" sang by Udo Jürgens in 1964 - btw: Monro's "If I never sing another song" is also just a cover version of the song "Illusionen" sang by Alexandra and which was written also by Udo Jürgens.
hermes70HH 3 years ago
One of the greatest vocal talents of all time. And Walk Away is a truly fabulous ballad. I just loved this!
soundzok 3 years ago 4
Let's enjoy Britain's Sinatra - good old Matt Monroe.
Sinatra #1 for USA but Matt #1 for the Brits.
Great song
careythefox 3 years ago
I like Matt Monro. For my money he is the best singer to come out of Britain. But you people need to get ahold of yourselves. Nobody interprets a song like Frank Sinatra. When you here a Sinatra version of a song, you realize that's what the writer had in mind. Not to mention the fact that he invented the album format. I like both Sinatra and Monro, but Sinatra is an icon. One of the two or three most important artists of the twentieth century.
RexVox 3 years ago
frank sinatra was overated.
topliff12345 3 years ago
Sorry Classic-
Matt puts more into any song than Sanatra ever did- he thought he was charming and that let him get away with a really ordinary sound. Monroe is a true artist- with a stunning voice.
4260laurel 3 years ago 5
Sorry for the typo - by "FJ", I was obviously meaning to type FS, as in FRANK.
classicpop65 3 years ago
Frank Sinatra was an interpretive singer, which is more of an American style, but it's more difficult to be. Interpretive singers work to project emotion, atmosphere, setting and attitude through the notes they sing. They also extend notes to express emotion and move listeners, rather than rounding those notes off. Frank may have been envious that his voice didn't reach notes so precisely as Monro's did, but I'm sure that FJ was prouder of being an interpretive singer, which made him a legend.
classicpop65 3 years ago
i realy love all matt monroe's song. i listen to his songs almost everyday.
yanrafols 3 years ago
Monro was one of the best male vocalists EVER. I don't believe he received the accolades he deserved. I never tire from listening to any of his many hits. Sad how he died so young.
terrafirma91 3 years ago 3
Wonderful this song from U.Jürgens, and he sings
it much better, Love it!!!!!
fotofischi 3 years ago
Matt Monro...the sultan of smooth! He has such good control, so eloquent...wow!
testarossaman 3 years ago 2
Good posting,Frank Sinatra admired Matt,not a lot of people know that,by the way..
cornergang 3 years ago 2
no way Fran Snatra was brill. and he is one of a kind. exclante u go Matt
delious19 3 years ago