Portrait of My Love
1960 song by Matt Monro
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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 Steve Lawrence in 1961.
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| Single by Matt Monro | ||||
| from the album My Kind of Girl | ||||
| B-side | "You're the Top of My Hit Parade" | |||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriters | Norman Newell (as David West) & Cyril Ornadel[1] | |||
| Matt Monro singles chronology | ||||
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Matt Monro version
In 1960, Matt Monro released the song as a single. The song was Monro's first hit single, and spent 16 weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 3,[2] also reaching No. 3 on the UK's New Musical Express chart.[3] In 1961, the song was released on Monro's album My Kind of Girl.[4]
Charts
| Chart (1961) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand (lever hit parade)[5] | 5 |
| UK Record Retailer[2] | 3 |
| UK New Musical Express[3] | 3 |
Steve Lawrence version
| "Portrait of My Love" | ||||
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| Single by Steve Lawrence | ||||
| from the album Portrait Of My Love | ||||
| B-side | "Oh How You Lied" | |||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriters | Norman Newell (as David West) & Cyril Ornadel[6] | |||
| Producer | Don Costa[7] | |||
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In 1961, Steve Lawrence released a version of the song as a single and on the album Portrait of My Love. Lawrence's version became an international hit and spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[8] while reaching No. 1 in the Philippines,[9] No. 7 in Australia,[10] and No. 9 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[11]
Lawrence's version was ranked No. 30 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 – Top Sides of the Year"[12] and No. 81 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".[13]
In 1962, Steve Lawrence was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his rendition of "Portrait of My Love".[14]
Awards
In 1961, the song won songwriters Norman Newell and Cyril Ornadel the Songwriters' Guild of Great Britain's Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Song of 1960".[15][1]
In 1999, the song was honored at the BMI Awards in London for having two million radio plays.[16]
Other versions
- In 1965, the song became the theme of a Filipino film by the same title, released by Sampaguita Pictures and starring Eddie Gutierrez and Susan Roces.
- In 1967, the Tokens released a cover version of the song as a single. Their version spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 36,[17] while reaching No. 25 on the Cash Box Top 100,[18] No. 34 on Record World's "100 Top Pops",[19] and No. 23 on Canada's RPM 100.[20]
- In 2005, Rick Astley released a cover of the song for his sixth studio album, Portrait.