<P> Most of Monro's recordings were produced or overseen by George Martin . Unlike his contemporaries, Monro recorded very few Tin Pan Alley standards during his career . (The exception was Matt Monro Sings Hoagy Carmichael, one of his most highly regarded albums .) Instead, he and Martin searched for material written by promising newcomers and commissioned English lyrics for dramatic melodies written by European composers . </P> <P> Monro also covered many of the most popular stage and screen songs of the 1950s and 1960s . Over the years, his recordings featured arrangements by Sid Feller, Billy May, John Barry, Buddy Bregman, Kenny Clayton and Colin Keyes, and Martin himself . He also had a long and fruitful musical partnership with British arranger Johnnie Spence . Monro also teamed up with American star arrangers Nelson Riddle and Billy May and leading British bandleader Ted Heath, for concerts broadcast by the BBC . </P> <P> In 1973 Monro released a vocal version of the popular Van der Valk TV - series theme titled "And You Smiled", with lyrics written by Melvyn Taggart . It was his final hit . 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 . </P> <P> In 1979 Monro recorded an all - Spanish album produced by Leonardo Schultz and Gary Mason . Schultz and Mason hoped to capitalize on the success of the earlier hit song Alquien Canto, which Leonardo Schultz had adapted to Spanish . The album, entitled "Camino al Amor", was recorded in George Martin's Air London Studios, as well as in Miami, Los Angeles, and New York . The arranger was Kenny Woodman, and it was engineered by Tom Greto . The album was a critical success, and was a hit in various Latin American countries . The song Volvere Alguna Vez from the album made it on to the singles charts: the song was subsequently sung by Jose Feliciano and became a hit . </P>

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