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,
Ralph S. Brown Ralph S. Brown Ralph Sharp Brown (1913–1998) was a professor of intellectual property from 1946 to 1983 at the Yale Law School, and after his 1983 retirement to emeritus status he taught at New York Law School until 1998. He was co-author, with Benjamin Kaplan of the Harvard Law School, of one of the first casebooks on copyright and unfair competition law. Brown was also a recognized expert in legal rights and issues relating to defamation, privacy, and publicity. Brown was born April 1, 1913, in Federalsburg, Md., and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. He received a B.A. in 1935