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	"'''If I Never Sing Another Song'''" is a ] ] written originally by ] and she named it “'''Illusionen'''” (Translation from German to English; '''Illusions'''). Contributions and changes were made later by ] and ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song by Matt Monro \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/540315/all \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> English singer ] was the first to record and release the song in English, with John Burgess producing it.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tracks on If I Never Sing Another Song - Matt Monro (1979) {{!}} SecondHandSongs \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/165283 \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|website=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> It was first offered to ], who turned it down.		"'''If I Never Sing Another Song'''" is a ] ] written originally by ] and she named it “'''Illusionen'''” (Translation from German to English; '''Illusions'''). Contributions and changes were made later by ] and ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song by Matt Monro \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/540315/all \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> English singer ] was the first to record and release the song in English, with John Burgess producing it.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tracks on If I Never Sing Another Song - Matt Monro (1979) {{!}} SecondHandSongs \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/165283 \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|website=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> It was first offered to ], who turned it down.

	Matt Monro sang the song on Saturday Night At The Mill in February 1978<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song (Saturday Night At The Mill, 1978) (Live - Remastered 2023) \|url=https://soundcloud.com/matt-monro-official/if-i-never-sing-another-song-5?in=parvizmajd9/sets/untitled-playlist \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> prior to its official release in March 1979, when Matt Monro released the album "]". In 1977, he recorded the Don Black penned, "If I Never Sing Another Song", which became a latter-day standard among his contemporaries, its lyrics referring to the "heyday" of fan mail, awards, and other trappings of celebrity that had faded for them		Matt Monro sang the song on Saturday Night At The Mill in February 1978<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song (Saturday Night At The Mill, 1978) (Live - Remastered 2023) \|url=https://soundcloud.com/matt-monro-official/if-i-never-sing-another-song-5?in=parvizmajd9/sets/untitled-playlist \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> prior to its official release in March 1979, when Matt Monro released the album "]".

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Song

"If I Never Sing Another Song"
Song
Language	German, English
Genre	Traditional Pop, Vocal
Songwriter(s)	Alexandra , Don Black, Udo Jürgens.

"If I Never Sing Another Song" is a pop ballad written originally by Alexandra and she named it “Illusionen” (Translation from German to English; Illusions). Contributions and changes were made later by Don Black and Udo Jürgens. English singer Matt Monro was the first to record and release the song in English, with John Burgess producing it. It was first offered to Frank Sinatra, who turned it down.

Matt Monro sang the song on Saturday Night At The Mill in February 1978 prior to its official release in March 1979, when Matt Monro released the album "If I Never Sing Another Song".

Background

The song was first written in German in 1967 by Alexandra (born: Doris Treitz) who sang the song herself.

Versions

Joe Longthorne also performed the song and "made it his own".

In 1995, Matt Monro's son, Matt Monro Jnr, released his own version of "If I Never Sing Another Song". He released it alongside a collection of Matt Monro songs, such as On Days Like These, as rearranged duets of himself and his father.

Shirley Bassey had performed first in 1976 and continued to perform her version of it.

If I Never Sing Another Song was first sung in English by Connie Francis.

References

If I Never Sing Another Song by Matt Monro, retrieved 2024-12-24
"Tracks on If I Never Sing Another Song - Matt Monro (1979) | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
If I Never Sing Another Song (Saturday Night At The Mill, 1978) (Live - Remastered 2023), retrieved 2024-12-24
Pieter (2017-01-06). "If I Never Sing Another Song". Dame Shirley Bassey Blog. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
"If I Never Sing Another Song — Joe Longthorne". Last.fm. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
Matt Monro Jnr & Matt Monro - Matt Sings Monro, 2005, retrieved 2024-12-24
"BBC Radio 2 - The Matt Monro Playlist". BBC. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
Pieter (2017-01-06). "If I Never Sing Another Song". Dame Shirley Bassey Blog. Retrieved 2024-12-31.

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	"'''If I Never Sing Another Song'''" is a ] ] written originally by ] and she named it “'''Illusionen'''” (Translation from German to English; '''Illusions'''). Contributions and changes were made later by ] and ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song by Matt Monro \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/540315/all \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> English singer ] was the first to record and release the song in English, with John Burgess producing it.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tracks on If I Never Sing Another Song - Matt Monro (1979) {{!}} SecondHandSongs \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/165283 \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|website=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> It was first offered to ], who turned it down.		"'''If I Never Sing Another Song'''" is a ] ] written originally by ] and she named it “'''Illusionen'''” (Translation from German to English; '''Illusions'''). Contributions and changes were made later by ] and ].<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song by Matt Monro \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/540315/all \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> English singer ] was the first to record and release the song in English, with John Burgess producing it.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tracks on If I Never Sing Another Song - Matt Monro (1979) {{!}} SecondHandSongs \|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/165283 \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|website=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> It was first offered to ], who turned it down.

	Matt Monro sang the song on Saturday Night At The Mill in February 1978<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song (Saturday Night At The Mill, 1978) (Live - Remastered 2023) \|url=https://soundcloud.com/matt-monro-official/if-i-never-sing-another-song-5?in=parvizmajd9/sets/untitled-playlist \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> prior to its official release in March 1979, when Matt Monro released the album "]". In 1977, he recorded the Don Black penned, "If I Never Sing Another Song", which became a latter-day standard among his contemporaries, its lyrics referring to the "heyday" of fan mail, awards, and other trappings of celebrity that had faded for them		Matt Monro sang the song on Saturday Night At The Mill in February 1978<ref>{{Citation \|title=If I Never Sing Another Song (Saturday Night At The Mill, 1978) (Live - Remastered 2023) \|url=https://soundcloud.com/matt-monro-official/if-i-never-sing-another-song-5?in=parvizmajd9/sets/untitled-playlist \|access-date=2024-12-24 \|language=en}}</ref> prior to its official release in March 1979, when Matt Monro released the album "]".

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