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A track from the CD compilation "Matt Monro Sings", released in 1991.
Matt Monro recorded this version of the song in 1962.
"Skylark" is an American popular song with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael, published in 1941.
The lilting melody has attracted many jazz interpretations for its technical complexity which, when mastered, delivers an expressive peacefulness.
Mercer wrote the romantic lyrics following his affair with Judy Garland.
The song is considered a jazz standard
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Matt Monro (born Terence Edward Parsons; 1 December 1930 – 7 February 1985) was an English singer.
Known as "The Man with the Golden Voice" and the "British Sinatra," he performed internationally during his 30-year career and sold a reported 23 million records.
AllMusic has described Monro as "one of the most underrated pop vocalists of the '60s", who "possessed the easiest, most perfect baritone in the business".
Frank Sinatra said of Monro after his death: "If I had to choose three of the finest male vocalists in the singing business, Matt would be one of them. His pitch was right on the nose; his word enunciations letter perfect; his understanding of a song thorough."
Monro's recordings include the UK top 10 hits "Portrait of My Love", "My Kind of Girl", "Softly As I Leave You", "Walk Away", and a cover of the Beatles' "Yesterday". He also recorded several film themes such as "From Russia with Love" for the eponymous James Bond film, "Born Free" for the eponymous film, and "On Days Like These" for The Italian Job.
A vast amount of information may be found here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Monro
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This track was recorded directly to computer from the CD and processed using Audacity software.
The video was created in Movie Maker, where the images and the music track were assembled into the final product.
Creating just one video such as this from a single track on a CD takes around fifteen minutes from start to finish, therefore an eighteen-track CD takes more than three hours to process.
A track from the CD compilation "Matt Monro Sings", released in 1991.
Matt Monro recorded this version of the song in 1962.
"Skylark" is an American popular song with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael, published in 1941.
The lilting melody has attracted many jazz interpretations for its technical complexity which, when mastered, delivers an expressive peacefulness.
Mercer wrote the romantic lyrics following his affair with Judy Garland.
The song is considered a jazz standard
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Matt Monro (born Terence Edward Parsons; 1 December 1930 – 7 February 1985) was an English singer.
Known as "The Man with the Golden Voice" and the "British Sinatra," he performed internationally during his 30-year career and sold a reported 23 million records.
AllMusic has described Monro as "one of the most underrated pop vocalists of the '60s", who "possessed the easiest, most perfect baritone in the business".
Frank Sinatra said of Monro after his death: "If I had to choose three of the finest male vocalists in the singing business, Matt would be one of them. His pitch was right on the nose; his word enunciations letter perfect; his understanding of a song thorough."
Monro's recordings include the UK top 10 hits "Portrait of My Love", "My Kind of Girl", "Softly As I Leave You", "Walk Away", and a cover of the Beatles' "Yesterday". He also recorded several film themes such as "From Russia with Love" for the eponymous James Bond film, "Born Free" for the eponymous film, and "On Days Like These" for The Italian Job.
A vast amount of information may be found here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Monro
___________________________________________
This track was recorded directly to computer from the CD and processed using Audacity software.
The video was created in Movie Maker, where the images and the music track were assembled into the final product.
Creating just one video such as this from a single track on a CD takes around fifteen minutes from start to finish, therefore an eighteen-track CD takes more than three hours to process.
