Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits
| Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Compilation album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | March 10, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1956-1971 | |||
| Genre |
AM pop Early pop/rock Vocal pop[1] | |||
| Length | 59:29 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Johnny Mathis chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | [2] |
Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the spring of 1972 by Columbia Records and, despite its title, overlooks a good number of his Top 40 hits ("No Love (But Your Love)", "Teacher, Teacher", "Call Me", "Someone", "Starbright", "Every Step of the Way")[3] in favor of his singles that didn’t make the Billboard Hot 100 ("Venus", "Misty Roses", "If We Only Have Love") and album tracks that weren’t released as singles ("When Sunny Gets Blue", "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story", "My Funny Valentine"). The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 24, 1972, and remained there for 15 weeks, peaking at number 141.[4] It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on July 9, 1976, and Platinum certification was awarded on November 21, 1986.[5]
Track listing
Side 1
- "A Certain Smile" (from the 20th-Century Fox production A Certain Smile) (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:47
- Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers[6]
- Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor[6]
- "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:41
- Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers[6]
- Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor[6]
- "Small World" (from the Broadway production Gypsy: A Musical Fable) (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 3:18
- Mitch Miller - producer[6]
- Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor[6]
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 3:34
- Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers[6]
- Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor[6]
- "Chances Are" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:03
- Mitch Miller - producer[7]
- Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor[7]
Side 2
- "Venus" (Ed Marshall) – 2:36
- Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer[8]
- "Maria" (from the Broadway production West Side Story) (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:45
- Mitch Miller - producer[6]
- Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor[6]
- "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) – 2:39
- Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer[9]
- "Gina" (Leon Carr, Paul Vance) – 2:46
- "What Will Mary Say" (Eddie Snyder, Paul Vance) – 3:09
Side 3
- "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (from the Paramount Pictures production Love Story) (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 2:46
- Jack Gold - producer[10]
- Perry Botkin, Jr. - arranger, conductor[10]
- "If We Only Have Love" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 3:16
- Johnny Mathis - producer[11]
- D'Arneill Pershing - arranger[11]
- Roy M. Rogosin - conductor[11]
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:33
- Mitch Miller - producer[12]
- Al Caiola - guitar[12]
- Tony Mottola - guitar[12]
- Frank Carroll - bass[12]
- Milt Hinton - bass[12]
- "Come to Me" (Robert Allen, Peter Lind Hayes) – 3:05
- Mitch Miller - producer[6]
- Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor[6]
- "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)" (from the Paramount Pictures release Romeo and Juliet) (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder) – 2:58
- Jack Gold - producer[13]
- Ernie Freeman - arranger, conductor[13]
Side 4
- "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh) – 2:50
- Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers[6]
- Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor[6]
- "All the Time" (from the Broadway production Oh Captain!) (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:44
- "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:28
- Mitch Miller - producer[7]
- Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor[7]
- "Wild Is the Wind" (from the Paramount Pictures production and release Wild is the Wind) (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:26
- Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers[6]
- Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor[6]
- "It's Not for Me to Say" (from the Bryna Productions production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release Lizzie) (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:05
- Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers[6]
- Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor[6]
Billboard & UK singles chart positions
Pre-Hot 100 era singles
| Song | Chart debut | Best Sellers in Stores[3] | Most Played by Jockeys[3] | Top 100[3] | R&B Best Sellers in Stores[15] | R&B Most Played by Jockeys[15] | UK [16] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Wonderful! Wonderful!" | February 9, 1957 | 18 | 14 | 17 | - | - | - |
| "It's Not for Me to Say" | April 29, 1957 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - |
| "Chances Are" | September 16, 1957 | 4 | 1 (1 week) | 5 | 12 | 15 | - |
| "The Twelfth of Never" | October 14, 1957 | 4 | 9 | 51 | - | - | - |
| "Wild Is the Wind" | December 16, 1957 | 30 | 22 | 37 | - | - | - |
| "Come to Me" | February 10, 1958 | 40 | 22 | 43 | - | - | - |
| "All the Time" | April 21, 1958 | 30 | 21 | 42 | - | - | - |
| "A Certain Smile" | June 30, 1958 | 21 | 14 | 19 | - | - | 4 |
Hot 100 era singles
| Song | US chart debut | Hot 100[17] |
Easy Listening[18] |
R&B[15] | UK chart debut |
UK singles chart[16] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Small World" | June 15, 1959 | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| "Misty" | October 5, 1959 | 12 | – | 10 | January 29, 1960 | 12 |
| "Maria" | May 30, 1960 | 78 | – | – | – | – |
| "Maria" (reissue) | December 11, 1961 | 88 | – | – | – | – |
| "Gina" | September 22, 1962 | 6 | 2 (three weeks) | – | – | – |
| "What Will Mary Say" | January 26, 1963 | 9 | 3 (three weeks) | 21 | April 4, 1963 | 49 |
| "Misty Roses" | September 16, 1967 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
| "Venus" | June 22, 1968 | 111 | 23 | – | – | – |
| "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)" | July 5, 1969 | 96 | – | – | – | – |
Personnel
- Johnny Mathis – vocals
- Mort Goode – liner notes
- Anne Garner – cover design
- Beverly Parker – photos
- Jay Flammer – lettering
Notes
- 1 2 "Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits - Johnny Mathis", allmusic.com, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 14 January 2013
- ↑ "Album Reviews", Billboard, p. 67, 1972-06-17
- 1 2 3 4 Whitburn 2009, pp. 627–628.
- ↑ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.
- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Johnny Mathis
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (1993) The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932.
- 1 2 3 4 (2006) Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 82876 88583 2.
- ↑ (1968) Love Is Blue by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9637.
- ↑ (1967) Up, Up and Away by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9526.
- 1 2 (1971) Love Story by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records C 30499.
- 1 2 3 (1971) You've Got a Friend by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records C 30740.
- 1 2 3 4 5 (1959) Open Fire, Two Guitars by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8056.
- 1 2 (1969) Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" (A Time for Us) by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9909.
- ↑ (1958) "All the Time/Teacher, Teacher" by Johnny Mathis [7-inch single]. New York: Columbia Records 4-41152.
- 1 2 3 Whitburn 2004, p. 383.
- 1 2 Johnny Mathis, The Official Charts Company, retrieved 10 April 2013
- ↑ Whitburn 2009, p. 628.
- ↑ Whitburn 2007, p. 178.
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-160-8
- Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201691
- Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-180-2
- Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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