Gerry Monroe
Gerry Monroe (20 January 1933 – October 1989) was an English pop singer, who enjoyed brief popularity in the early 1970s.
Born Henry Morris in South Shields, County Durham, England, Monroe scored five Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1970-71.[1] A former colliery worker, he was spotted on Hughie Green's Opportunity Knocks TV show by Les Reed, who signed him to a long-term deal with Chapter One Records. He had a high and distinctive falsetto voice, and managed to notch up chart hits for the Chapter One label, including "Sally", a song first made popular by Gracie Fields in the 1930s. Monroe's version was co-produced and co-arranged by Reed.[2] In 1997 an album, Sally: Pride of Our Alley, was released on compact disc on the Gold Dust label.[3] Monroe also recorded a tribute to Bobby Charlton in 1973, following the footballer's retirement, called "Goodbye Bobby Boy".
Monroe died in October 1989 at the age of 56.[4]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Albums
[edit | edit source]| Title | Album details |
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| Sally – Pride of Our Alley | |
| Gerry Monroe |
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| Bring Back the Good Times |
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| The World of Gerry Monroe |
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Singles
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Albums | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUS [6] |
BE (FLA) [7] |
BE (WA) [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE |
SA [10] | |||
| "Sally" | 1970 | 4 | 83[A] | 19 | — | 40 | 14 | 4 | Sally – Pride of Our Alley |
| "Cry" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Prayer" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" | 1971 | 13 | 5 | — | 49 | — | — | — | Gerry Monroe |
| "Little Drops of Silver" | 37 | 83[A] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Girl of My Dreams" | 1972 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bring Back the Good Times |
| "Bring Back the Good Times" | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Goodbye, Bobby Boy" | 1973 | 52[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Reconsider Me" | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Notes
See also
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