Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) sing in that particular advert as it was performed by Matt Thornfield and Brown only appeared in cartoon form. In 2004, the Bank Of Scotland dropped Brown from their versions of the adverts, as the style of the adverts was not well received by its customers. In 2005, he released a cover of the Barry White song "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" as a charity single. It peaked at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart. From April 2008, Brown no longer starred in the Halifax adverts, instead taking a role in its public relations department. In 2011,
Rowland S. Howard ready to go because they have been sick for a long time, but Rowland really wanted to live. Things were going well for him outside his health and he wanted to take advantage of that, and he was very disappointed that he wasn't well enough to do so". In October 2011, filmmaker Richard Lowenstein ("Dogs in Space") and Lynn-Maree Milburn ("We're Living on Dogfood" – documentary maker), released a 110-minute documentary film on the life of Rowland S. Howard titled "Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard" which had a limited release for cinema. On 24 April 2013, Port Phillip Council approved a