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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. AllMusic has described Monro as "one of the m ...
, 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 (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
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. 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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