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🎤 Album Overview
Artist: Matt Monro
Title: Walk Away
Release Year: 1965 (U.S. release)
Label: Liberty Records
Catalog Number: LST 7402 (Stereo)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Easy Listening
Walk Away is the title of the American release, specifically designed to capitalize on the massive success of the title track single. The album is a collection of standards and contemporary pop songs that perfectly showcase Monro's flawless pitch, warm baritone, and effortless ability to interpret a lyric, solidifying his reputation as a peer to greats like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.
🌟 Significance and The Hit Single
Title Track Origin: The song "Walk Away" (the English version of Udo Jürgens' German song "Warum nur warum") was Monro's second-biggest UK hit and achieved significant success in the US, charting on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Adult Contemporary chart. The single was a defining moment in his international career.
Cover Artist: The album features his trademark style: lush, classic orchestral arrangements backing his clean, powerful vocal performance. Many tracks were arranged by renowned musicians, including George Martin (who also recorded him singing the original James Bond theme, "From Russia With Love").
Standard Repertoire: The album balances new pop hits with reinterpretations of classic standards and film themes, a formula that appealed to the adult contemporary audience of the mid-1960s.
- 1965 LP Released on Liberty Records # LST-7402 (Stereo)..
- This is a Sealed Album and will Provide
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