{"id":61031,"date":"2020-03-20T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=61031"},"modified":"2020-03-20T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:51:05","slug":"ray-quinn-releases-new-track-if-i-never-sing-another-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/03\/ray-quinn-releases-new-track-if-i-never-sing-another-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Quinn Releases New Track, &#8216;If I Never Sing Another Song&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the announcement of Undeniable, his first album in 13 years, Ray Quinn drops the next track, a fantastic cover of &#8216;If I Never Sing Another<br \/>\n<strong>Song&#8217;. The classic song was originally released by British singing legend Matt Monro, and written by Don Black. Ray\u2019s rendition sees him accompanied by a phenomenal orchestra and was recorded in his hometown at Liverpool, at Parr Street Studios. &#8216;Undeniable&#8217; is out on 29<sup>th<\/sup> May and available to pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/slinky.to\/Undeniable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ray described the cover as<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cpossibly my favourite track on the album\u201d and continued, \u201cit\u2019s maybe not the one that everyone will know, but it\u2019s pure class. You can really hear and appreciate the orchestra on this track and the words are beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 12-track album, Undeniable, will include 4 new original songs, &#8216;They Say Love&#8217;, &#8216;Smile&#8217;, &#8216;No Man\u2019s Land&#8217;, and &#8216;Undeniable&#8217;, as well as 8 covers of some of Ray\u2019s favourite tracks. Ray has put his own spin on legendary classics as well as more contemporary songs, that range from the 60\u2019s to present day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With over 20 years in the entertainment industry, Ray Quinn has made a name for himself across music, TV and theatre. Most recently he starred in &#8216;Hollyoaks&#8217; scoring acclaim and accolades for his role as right-wing extremist Jonny Baxter. He also participated in Dancing On Ice, winning the competition in 2009 as well as the All-Star series in 2014, and he performed on the most recent 2019 Christmas special.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ray was a finalist alongside Leona Lewis in the 2006 series of The X Factor and was mentored by Simon Cowell. Ray released his debut album Doing It My Way in 2007. The record entered the Official UK Album Chart at number one, was later certified Platinum and also saw Ray enter the Guinness Book Of Records for being the youngest male artist to enter the UK charts without releasing a single.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Ray Quinn online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealRayQuinn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RayQuinnOfficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rayquinn_uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rayquinn.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-YygRNYBMYtQ3d-j8H2qcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6clWMD6KWHjwvB9wKQfhyD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>. You can preorder the album <a href=\"https:\/\/slinky.to\/Undeniable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: If I Never Sing Another Song\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/58kx6L7GD03RS0lbJoMi0f?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song&#8217;. The classic song was originally released by British singing legend Matt Monro, and written by Don Black. Ray\u2019s rendition sees him accompanied by a phenomenal orchestra and was recorded in his hometown at Liverpool, at Parr Street Studios. Undeniable is out on 29th May and available to pre-order here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,21455,9,21453],"tags":[24647,659,24646,144,77,370,7152,24302,157],"class_list":["post-61031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","tag-if-i-never-sing-another-song","tag-liverpool","tag-matt-munro","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-ray-quinn","tag-undeniable","tag-x-factor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fSn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60092,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/undeniable-ray-quinn-talks-about-life-music-and-the-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":61031,"position":0},"title":"Undeniable: Ray Quinn Talks About Life, Music, And The Future","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"21\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ray Quinn is back! 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