Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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- Best of Bond-- James Bond
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1930-12-01
- Active to
- 1985-02-07
classic pop and rock
Discography
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- 273,877
- Total plays
- 1,870,206
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Matt Monro (December 1, 1930 - February 7, 1985) was a ballad singer of the 1960s and one of great international postwar entertainers. Throughout his 30-year career he filled cabarets, nightclubs, music halls and stadiums across the globe, from Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. He sold more than 25 million records during his lifetime (most of those sales however didn't come until after his death) <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Parsons
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Award
- Genesis Award
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1964
- Genre
- popular music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.mattmonro.com
- Image
- Matt Monro.png
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1932-12-01
- date of death
- 1985-02-07
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- pseudonym
- Matt Monro
- birth name
- Terence Edward Parsons
- social media followers
- 178000
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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