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Matthew Frederick Monro (born 21 February 1964) is a British singer. The son of
Matt Monro Matt Monro (born Terence Edward Parsons; 1 December 1930 – 7 February 1985) was an English singer. Known as "The Man with the Golden Voice", he performed internationally during his 30-year career and sold a reported 23 million records. AllMus ...
, he often performs his father's work. In 1977, when Monro junior was 13, he was invited by his father to join him on stage to perform a duet. When he signed with
EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...
in 1995, modern technology enabled him to sing with his father again. The album, ''Matt Sings Monro'', is a collection of Matt Monro songs, rearranged as duets featuring Monro junior and senior. It features songs such as
If I Never Sing Another Song "If I Never Sing Another Song" is a pop ballad written originally by Alexandra. She named it “Illusionen” (Translation from German to English; Illusions). Contributions and changes were made later by Don Black and Udo Jürgens. English singe ...
and
On Days Like These "On Days Like These" is a pop ballad by English singer Matt Monro. It was composed by Quincy Jones, written by Don Black, and produced by George Martin. It was first released on Quincy Jones' soundtrack album ''The Italian Job'' by Paramount Recor ...
. In 2005, he toured England with a new show, ''The Legend Lives On'' which was a year in the making and took him to over 40 concert venues across England. He toured the same show in 2006. In the last few years, he has been working with his late father's musical director, Colin Keyes.


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1964 births Living people English male singers {{England-singer-stub