The Greatest

~ Release by Matt Monro (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Let There Be Love
cover recording of:
Let There Be Love
lyricist:
Ian Grant (lyricist)
composer:
Lionel Rand
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell Music Publishing
3:16
2Portrait of My Love
recording of:
Portrait of My Love
lyricist:
David West
composer:
Cyril Ornadel
2:47
3Softly as I Leave You
recording of:
Softly, as I Leave You
lyricist:
Giorgio Calabrese
composer:
Antonio DeVita
translator:
Hal Shaper
publisher:
Curci USA Corp., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music (publisher)
translated version of:
Piano
3:26
4Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
recording of:
Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Miller Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 28)
2:50
5When I Fall in Love
cover recording of:
When I Fall in Love
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A. (publisher), Northern Music (song publisher), Victor Young Publishing, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:44
6From Russia With Love
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
lead vocals:
Matt Monro
conductor:
John Barry (English score composer)
arranger:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
From Russia With Love
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
From Russia With Love (score/soundtrack of the 1963 James Bond film of the same name)
3.352:36
7Yesterday
cover recording of:
Yesterday
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) (from 1965 to present)
2:51
8Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
cover recording of:
Fly Me to the Moon
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard (in 1954)
premiered by:
Kaye Ballard (in 1954)
publisher:
Almanac Music-Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kensington Music Ltd., Palm Valley Music LLC and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
3:13
9I Love You Because
cover recording of:
I Love You Because
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
3:32
10Spanish Eyes
recording of:
Spanish Eyes
lyricist:
Charles Singleton (composer/lyricist) and Eddie Snyder
composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Columbia Music (Publisher. Do not use as a release label.) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
version of:
Moon Over Naples
translated version of:
Ojos de España
2:25
11Unchained Melody
recording of:
Unchained Melody
publisher:
Hy Zaret
lyricist:
Hy Zaret
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. (ended), HZUM Publishing, MPL Communication Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL Musik Verlags GmbH, North Melody Publishing and Unchained Melody Publishing, LLC
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:15
12There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
cover recording of:
There’s a Kind of Hush
lyricist and composer:
Les Reed and Geoff Stephens
publisher:
Donna Music Ltd. (publisher), Glenwood Music Corp., Peermusic (UK) Limited, Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:51
13My Kind of Girl
recording of:
My Kind of Girl
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Bricusse
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
2:58
14Gonna Build a Mountain
recording of:
Gonna Build a Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
part of:
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
2:49
15For All We Know
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
3:23
16The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
3:02
17Around the World
recording of:
Around the World (Around the World in 80 Days)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson and Stella Unger
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
part of:
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film soundtrack, main theme)
2:07
18Walk Away
recording of:
Walk Away (based on Warum nur, warum)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist) and Udo Jürgens (Austrian–Swiss composer, singer and songwriter)
composer:
Udo Jürgens (Austrian–Swiss composer, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc. and Montana GMBH-Co Musikverlagsgesellschaft Edit
3:09
19Love Story
3:27
20Born Free
producer:
John Barry (English score composer)
lead vocals:
Matt Monro
conductor and performer:
John Barry (English score composer)
arranger:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
Born Free
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
part of:
The 39th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 39)
part of:
Born Free
32:49
21This Is the Life
recording of:
This Is the Life (from "Golden Boy")
lyricist:
Lee Adams (US musical theatre lyricist & librettist)
composer:
Charles Strouse
librettist:
William Gibson (playwright) and Clifford Odets (US playwright)
part of:
Golden Boy (The Musical)
2:23
22We're Gonna Change the World
recording of:
We're Gonna Change the World
3:39
23If I Never Sing Another Song
recording of:
If I Never Sing Another Song
lyricist:
Alexandra (German singer Doris Nefedov)
composer:
Udo Jürgens (Austrian–Swiss composer, singer and songwriter)
translator:
Don Black (English lyricist)
3:50
24The Impossible Dream
recording of:
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
lyricist:
Joe Darion
composer:
Mitch Leigh
publisher:
Andrew Scott Inc., Andrew Scott Music, Carlin Music Corporation and Helena Music Co.
part of:
Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh musical)
2:47
25I'll Never Fall in Love Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (Promises, Promises)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
Blue Seas Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David), Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), JAC Music Co., Inc., MCA Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Harmony, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
3:03