Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs explained

Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs
Type:compilation
Artist:Johnny Mathis
Cover:Mathis-Great.jpg
Released:September 13, 1974[1]
Recorded:1959–1972
Genre:Vocal
Label:CBS
Prev Title:I'm Coming Home
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:The Heart of a Woman
Next Year:1974

Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK by CBS Records on September 13, 1974.[1]

On July 1, 1975, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the collection with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Alfie" from Alfie (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:15
  2. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 3:38
  3. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 4:20
  4. "Rose Garden" (Joe South) – 2:51
  5. "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet (Bob Forrest, Robert Wright) – 4:06
  6. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from Hair (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni) – 3:04

Side two

  1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 3:34
  2. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 3:16
  3. "Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens) – 3:28
  4. "Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:30
  5. "Long Ago and Far Away" (James Taylor) – 3:11
  6. "Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) – 3:59

Side three

  1. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:18
  2. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:55
  3. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Bacharach, David) – 3:26
  4. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" from Promises, Promises (Bacharach, David) – 3:02
  5. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:49
  6. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Bacharach, David) – 3:29

Side four

  1. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 4:37
  2. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 3:00
  3. "Too Young" (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 3:16
  4. "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:19
  5. "Moonlight Becomes You" from Road to Morocco (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:06
  6. "Walk On By" (Bacharach, David) - 3:03

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BPI Certified Awards . . 26 July 2017 . 10 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710164143/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx . dead . Type Johnny Mathis in the Keywords box and select Artist in the Search by box and click Search.

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