Career
His compositions have been recorded by Sandie Shaw, The Carpenters, Elvis Presley, Johnny Mathis, Jessie J, Barry Manilow and many other top artists. Many of his early compositions were co-written by David Martin and/or Chris Arnold, with whom he also recorded, both as "Arnold, Martin and Morrow" and under the group name of Butterscotch. Fellow songwriter and producer Philosophy Wainman played the drums for Butterscotch.
Morrow and Arnold"s first big songwriting success was "In Thoughts Of You", taken to the top ten in the United Kingdom Singles Chart by Billy Fury in 1965.
All three songwriters composed "Annabella", originally recorded in the United Kingdom by Dave Dee without chart success, but which reached the United States charts via a cover version by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds in 1971. The writers themselves (as Butterscotch) scored another top twenty United Kingdom hit in 1970 with "Don"t You Know (She Said Hello)".
Arnold, Martin and Morrow went on to compose the worldwide standard, “Can"t Smile Without You”, made famous by Barry Manilow, and which received creditation from BMI for being one of only 20 songs to have had over three million airplays in the United States. Morrow also co-write four songs for Elvis Presley, with whom he spent time, and Presley made the song "Let"s Be Friends" the title track of an album.
Morrow formed two record companies and had hits around the world, discovering and cultivating many artists.
One record company was sold to Radio Corporation of America and the other to Electric and Music Industries. In 1990, he bought the Manchester Opera House and Palace Theatre, Manchester, for £6 million and produced numerous shows there. He was a director and major shareholder of Caesars Palace, Luton. He wrote five musicals, which have been produced.
His latest, A Legendary Romance, produced by Laurence Myers, recently successfully "tried out" in New Hampshire.
He has also written several screenplays, including one called Don"t Go Breaking my Heart.
