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,
Rufous-fronted babbler but is now considered as conspecific with to rufous-fronted babbler. Rufous-fronted babbler The rufous-fronted babbler ("Stachyridopsis rufifrons") is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam in moist lowland forests, grass or bamboo up to 2,100 m altitude. This 12 cm long babbler has a rufous crown, grey supercilium, brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. the juvenile has a paler crown and underparts. The song is a piping "tuh tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh", and the alarm call is a rolled "wirrri". An extirpated endemic Thailand form