"My Kind of Girl" is a 1961 song originally released by Matt Monro. Monro's version reached number 5 on the UK's Record Retailer chart, while a version...
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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"...
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My Kinda Girl or My Kind of Girl may refer to: "My Kind of Girl" (Matt Monro song), 1961 "My Kinda Girl" (Babyface song), 1990 "My Kind of Girl" (Collin...
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"Portrait of My Love" is a song written by Norman Newell and Cyril Ornadel, which was released by Matt Monro in 1960, and was an international hit for...
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and it now appears on the boxed set Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters. Matt Monro (1962) Parlophone 45 R 4868, whose single peaked at...
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1962 in music (redirect from List of 1962 albums)
and Sammy Davis Jr. "Must Be Madison" – Joe Loss Orchestra "My Love and Devotion" – Matt Monro "Never Goodbye" – Karl Denver "Next Door to an Angel" – Neil...
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"Crazy Rhythm" – Max Geldray with Wally Stott & His Orchestra "My Kind of Girl" – Matt Monro 1961 "Hi"-Flutin' Boogie – John Scott "Earth Angel" (Will You...
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Leslie Bricusse (category Best Original Song Academy Award–winning songwriters)
recorded successful versions of his songs include Nina Simone ("Feeling Good"), Matt Monro and Frank Sinatra ("My Kind of Girl"), Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger")...
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Botti Cilla Black (on her album Beginnings: Revisited) Cliff Richard and Matt Monro (duet on the 2006 album Two's Company) Darius Campbell on the album Pop...
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handful of well-curated standards, from a jaunty reading of the Matt Monro classic "My Kind of Girl" to a lush, orchestral take on "The Very Thought of You"...
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Lulu (singer) (category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1969)
minutes of "Hey Joe", Hendrix stopped and announced, "We'd like to stop playing this rubbish and dedicate a song to Cream, regardless of what kind of group...
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James Bond music (redirect from List of James Bond theme songs)
main themes, while other songs remain exclusively linked to the film in which they appear. Matt Monro's vocal rendition of "From Russia with Love" is...
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Udo Jürgens (category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1964)
first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "Warum nur, warum?", finishing sixth. The UK participant, Matt Monro, was impressed with the melody...
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1961. Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, Eden Kane, Helen Shapiro, Kenny Ball and Matt Monro were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10...
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version of "Didn't We" on her 2012 compilation album, Release Me. Other artists like Matt Monro and Frank Sinatra also recorded renditions of "Didn't...
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Mary Hopkin (category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1970)
Eurovision Song Contest, achieving second place with "Knock, Knock Who's There?" Despite being the pre-contest favourite, Hopkin lost to "All Kinds of Everything"...
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This is a list of Billboard magazine's top Hot 100 songs of 1961. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based...
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George Martin (redirect from The Rhythm of Life (TV series))
US (most of which were by the Beatles). "You're Driving Me Crazy", The Temperance Seven (25 May 1961, no. 1 UK) "My Kind of Girl", Matt Monro (31 July...
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Jimmy Radcliffe (category Place of death missing)
"The Fairest Of Them All" Brunswick single#55300, 1966 Matt Monro, "Fourth Blue Monday", Capitol single #P-2058, 1967 The Chiffons, "My Block", #67 (as...
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Don Black (lyricist) (category Best Original Song Academy Award–winning songwriters)
musicals, movie, television themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Matt Monro, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Hoyt...
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"Heart of Stone" / "Heart of Stone" by The Rolling Stones (5), "It Ain't Necessarily So" by Normie Rowe (5), "Walk Away (Warum Nur Warum)" by Matt Monro (6)...
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award is presented to the songwriters of a song written specifically for a motion picture. The performers of the song are not credited, unless they also...
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Clodagh Rodgers (category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1971)
in the contest with "Every Day of My Life" as part of the group Good Looks, but finished second to Bardo in the A Song For Europe contest. Rodgers admitted...
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Dory Previn (category American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni)
, Doris Day, Eileen Farrell, Jack Jones, Marilyn Maye, Carmen McRae, Matt Monro, Leontyne Price, Nancy Wilson, and Monica Zetterlund. In 1964, they collaborated...
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Into Something Good", "Show Me Girl" Marianne Faithfull – "As Tears Go By" The Newbeats – "Bread and Butter" Matt Monro – "Walk Away" Sandie Shaw – "(There's)...
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Jimmy Webb discography (redirect from The Songs of Jimmy Webb)
The following is a chronological list of recordings and performances of songs written by Jimmy Webb. "Jimmy Webb Discography". An Unofficial Jimmy Webb...
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Sandie Shaw (redirect from Tomorrow (Sandie Shaw song))
win the Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to the UK Top 40, for the first time in 15 years, with her 1984 cover of the Smiths song "Hand in Glove"....
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Scooch (redirect from When My Baby)
Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with their song "Flying the Flag (For You)", finishing joint 22nd out of 24 entries after receiving...
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Bucks Fizz (category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1981)
Mind Up" (1981), "The Land of Make Believe" (1981) and "My Camera Never Lies" (1982) and became one of the top-selling groups of the 1980s. They also had...
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been shown with a variety of celebrity narrators, including David Walliams, Alison Steadman, Victoria Wood, Zoe Ball, Matt Lucas, Craig Charles, Rufus...
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