Johnny Mathis - The Singles (2015) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Johnny Mathis
Title: The Singles
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Columbia / Legacy
Genre: Pop
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [192kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 4:19:53
Total Size: 6.46 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Singles
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Columbia / Legacy
Genre: Pop
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [192kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 4:19:53
Total Size: 6.46 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc 1
01. Wonderful! Wonderful! (Single Version) (2:50)
02. When Sunny Gets Blue (2:42)
03. It's Not for Me to Say (From the MGM Film "Lizzie") (3:06)
04. Warm and Tender (From the MGM Film "Lizzie") (2:26)
05. Chances Are (3:02)
06. The Twelfth of Never (Single Version) (2:28)
07. Wild Is the Wind (From the Paramount Film "Wild Is the Wind") (2:27)
08. No Love (But Your Love) (2:19)
09. When I Am with You (2:58)
10. Come to Me (From the Television Production "Come to Me") (3:06)
11. All the Time (From the B'way Musical "Oh, Captain!") (2:45)
12. Teacher, Teacher (2:41)
13. A Certain Smile (From the 20th Century Fox Film "A Certain Smile") (2:50)
14. Let It Rain (2:41)
15. Call Me (2:47)
16. Stairway to the Sea (Scalinatella) (2:38)
17. You Are Beautiful (From the B'way Musical "Flower Drum Song") (3:10)
18. Let's Love (2:44)
19. Someone (2:58)
20. Very Much In Love (2:48)
21. I Look at You (bonus track) (2:43)
22. The Flame of Love (bonus track) (2:48)
Disc 2
01. Small World (3:21)
02. You Are Everything to Me (3:00)
03. The Story of Our Love (2:27)
04. The Best of Everything (From the 20th Century Fox Film "The Best of Everything") (2:46)
05. Cherie (2:48)
06. Starbright (2:52)
07. All Is Well (2:32)
08. Hey Love (2:29)
09. My Love for You (3:07)
10. Oh That Feeling (2:34)
11. How to Handle a Woman (From the B'way Musical "Camelot") (3:03)
12. While You're Young (2:55)
13. You Set My Heart to Music (From the Musical "Thirteen Daughters") (2:45)
14. Jenny (2:58)
15. Should I Wait (Or Should I Run to Her) (2:49)
16. Laurie, My Love (2:26)
17. Wasn't the Summer Short? (2:56)
18. There You Are (2:49)
19. My Kind of Christmas (3:03)
20. Christmas Eve (2:58)
21. Sweet Thursday (2:31)
22. One Look (2:47)
23. Marianna (2:53)
24. Unaccustomed As I Am (2:57)
25. That's the Way It Is (2:50)
Disc 3
01. I'll Never Be Lonely Again (3:10)
02. Gina (2:46)
03. I Love Her That's Why (2:29)
04. What Will My Mary Say (3:10)
05. Quiet Girl (2:59)
06. Every Step of the Way (3:24)
07. Sooner or Later (3:19)
08. I'll Search My Heart (3:05)
09. All the Sad Young Men (3:05)
10. Don't Talk to Me (3:14)
11. Among the First to Know (2:57)
12. Long Winter Nights (2:35)
13. Night Dreams (2:49)
14. Whoever You Are, I Love You (From the B'way Musical "Promises, Promises") (3:59)
15. For All We Know (3:00)
16. Wherefore and Why (3:23)
17. The Last Time I Saw Her (5:12)
18. Darling Lili (From the Paramount Film "Darling Lili") (2:52)
19. Sign of the Dove (2:52)
20. Christmas Is... (Single Version) (3:05)
21. Ten Times Forever More (2:37)
Disc 4
01. I Was There (2:27)
02. Evie (3:10)
03. Think About Things (2:57)
04. If We Only Have Love (2:44)
05. This Way Mary (From the Universal Film "Mary, Queen of Scots") (3:13)
06. Sometimes (3:02)
07. I (3:08)
08. Take Good Care of Her (3:01)
09. Walking Tall (From the Cinerama Film "Walking Tall") (3:34)
10. Turn the Lights Down (4:12)
11. Christmas In the City of the Angels (2:49)
12. The Very First Christmas Day (Single Version) (3:07)
13. The Lord's Prayer (3:28)
14. When a Child Is Born (Soleado) (3:56)
15. Nothing Between Us but Love (3:24)
16. It Doesn't Have to Hurt Every Time (Single Version) (bonus track) (3:42)
17. There! I've Said It Again (bonus track) (2:49)
18. Three Times a Lady (bonus track) (4:17)
19. The Way You Look Tonight (From the RKO film "Swing Time") (bonus track) (3:17)
℗ Originally released 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959. All rights reserved by Jon Mat Records, Inc. / ℗ 1973 Jon Mat Records, Inc./Originally released 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963. All rights reserved by Jon Mat Records, Inc. / ℗ 1973 Jon Mat Records, Inc./Originally released 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971. All rights reserved by Jon Mat Records, Inc./Originally released 1969, 1971. / ℗ 1972, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981 Jon Mat Records, Inc. / ℗ 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Columbia Records will celebrate the 80th birthday of legendary crooner Johnny Mathis with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles, a definitive four disc anthology, on September 25, 2015.
Born September 30, 1935, a then-teenaged Johnny Mathis signed with Columbia Records in 1956, first entering the Pop charts with his inaugural Columbia single, "Wonderful! Wonderful!" the following year. Peaking at #14, "Wonderful! Wonderful!" laid the foundation, and predicted the future, for one of the most remarkable careers in pop music history, leading to a string of singles successes which includes perennials like "It's Not For Me To Say," "Chances Are," "The Twelfth Of Never" and many others.
Johnny Mathis: The Singles brings together, for the first time in one anthology, every Johnny Mathis recording which was first issued for the singles market, as well as tracks released exclusively on compilations (1958's Johnny's Greatest Hits, considered the first "greatest hits" collection ever created by the music industry, 1959's More Johnny's Greatest Hits and 1981's The First 25 Years--The Silver Anniversary Album).
31 of the 87 tracks on Johnny Mathis: The Singles, are being released on CD for the very first time. The four-disc anthology compiles, for the very first time, every non-LP single side released for the label between 1956 and 1981.
"When over the course of a career you record as many songs as I have recorded, you tend to forget a few," said Johnny Mathis. "Revisiting this music was a complete surprise. I was thrilled beyond belief that some of the songs that I recorded specifically for single records, some of which had simply disappeared once they had been released, are now going to be heard again. Listening to this collection, not only was I amazed at how great it sounds, but I was being reminded of some songs I had totally forgotten. It is my greatest hope that my fans will share my enthusiasm."
Johnny Mathis is one of the longest-running artists on the Columbia Records label, with 17 million RIAA certified album and singles sales in the US alone. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music transcends passing fads and trends, Johnny Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of styles and categories -- from music composed for stage and film to golden era jazz standards, contemporary pop hits, and holiday music both sacred and secular -- assuring his reputation as one of the most enduring traditional pop vocalists in music history.
Perhaps best-known for his landmark singles (three of his recordings--"Chances Are," "It's Not For Me To Say," and "Misty"--have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame) Mathis was one of the very first musical artists to embrace the album concept and record fully-realized thematically and sonically coherent collections of songs. His 1958 release, Johnny's Greatest Hits inaugurated the ongoing "greatest hits" anthology phenomenon becoming one of the most popular albums of all time after spending an unprecedented 490 continuous weeks (almost ten years) on the BILLBOARD Top Albums Chart; 1959's Heavenly spent 295 consecutive weeks on the same chart. Johnny Mathis was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 2003.
Mathis had 18 Top 40 hits between 1957 and 1963 and 19 Top 40 albums between 1957 and 1978. He has earned 10 gold, 4 platinum and 2 multi-platinum awards from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Mathis was a star student athlete in San Francisco who sang weekends at a local jazz club. Columbia Records' George Avakian was in attendance during one performance, and famously wired back to the label office: "Have found phenomenal 19-year old boy who could go all the way. Send blank contracts." After his jazzy debut LP was largely ignored upon its release in 1956, Mathis began working closely with Columbia's vice-president and producer Mitch Miller to develop an unbeatable lush pop style, picking romantic ballads that made extensive use of his recognizable, vibrato-heavy croon.
During his time on Columbia, Mathis was essentially recording for two markets: the singles market and the albums market. While he would enjoy success in both realms, it was his non-LP singles that first introduced the world to his distinct gifts: in 1957, his firstColumbia single "Wonderful! Wonderful!" peaked at No. 14; follow-up "It's Not For Me To Say" rose to No. 5, and "Chances Are" topped the charts.
Altogether, Mathis logged 18 singles on Billboard's Top 40 between 1957 and 1963 (and has seen 43 of his singles chart on Billboard Hot 100 from 1957 to 1981). After a tenure on his own Global label from 1963 to 1967 (initially distributed by Mercury and chronicled by Legacy in The Complete Global Albums Collection box set), Johnny returned to Columbia, where he records to this day.
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Columbia Records will celebrate the 80th birthday of legendary crooner Johnny Mathis with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles, a definitive four disc anthology, on September 25, 2015.
Born September 30, 1935, a then-teenaged Johnny Mathis signed with Columbia Records in 1956, first entering the Pop charts with his inaugural Columbia single, "Wonderful! Wonderful!" the following year. Peaking at #14, "Wonderful! Wonderful!" laid the foundation, and predicted the future, for one of the most remarkable careers in pop music history, leading to a string of singles successes which includes perennials like "It's Not For Me To Say," "Chances Are," "The Twelfth Of Never" and many others.
Johnny Mathis: The Singles brings together, for the first time in one anthology, every Johnny Mathis recording which was first issued for the singles market, as well as tracks released exclusively on compilations (1958's Johnny's Greatest Hits, considered the first "greatest hits" collection ever created by the music industry, 1959's More Johnny's Greatest Hits and 1981's The First 25 Years--The Silver Anniversary Album).
31 of the 87 tracks on Johnny Mathis: The Singles, are being released on CD for the very first time. The four-disc anthology compiles, for the very first time, every non-LP single side released for the label between 1956 and 1981.
"When over the course of a career you record as many songs as I have recorded, you tend to forget a few," said Johnny Mathis. "Revisiting this music was a complete surprise. I was thrilled beyond belief that some of the songs that I recorded specifically for single records, some of which had simply disappeared once they had been released, are now going to be heard again. Listening to this collection, not only was I amazed at how great it sounds, but I was being reminded of some songs I had totally forgotten. It is my greatest hope that my fans will share my enthusiasm."
Johnny Mathis is one of the longest-running artists on the Columbia Records label, with 17 million RIAA certified album and singles sales in the US alone. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music transcends passing fads and trends, Johnny Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of styles and categories -- from music composed for stage and film to golden era jazz standards, contemporary pop hits, and holiday music both sacred and secular -- assuring his reputation as one of the most enduring traditional pop vocalists in music history.
Perhaps best-known for his landmark singles (three of his recordings--"Chances Are," "It's Not For Me To Say," and "Misty"--have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame) Mathis was one of the very first musical artists to embrace the album concept and record fully-realized thematically and sonically coherent collections of songs. His 1958 release, Johnny's Greatest Hits inaugurated the ongoing "greatest hits" anthology phenomenon becoming one of the most popular albums of all time after spending an unprecedented 490 continuous weeks (almost ten years) on the BILLBOARD Top Albums Chart; 1959's Heavenly spent 295 consecutive weeks on the same chart. Johnny Mathis was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 2003.
Mathis had 18 Top 40 hits between 1957 and 1963 and 19 Top 40 albums between 1957 and 1978. He has earned 10 gold, 4 platinum and 2 multi-platinum awards from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Mathis was a star student athlete in San Francisco who sang weekends at a local jazz club. Columbia Records' George Avakian was in attendance during one performance, and famously wired back to the label office: "Have found phenomenal 19-year old boy who could go all the way. Send blank contracts." After his jazzy debut LP was largely ignored upon its release in 1956, Mathis began working closely with Columbia's vice-president and producer Mitch Miller to develop an unbeatable lush pop style, picking romantic ballads that made extensive use of his recognizable, vibrato-heavy croon.
During his time on Columbia, Mathis was essentially recording for two markets: the singles market and the albums market. While he would enjoy success in both realms, it was his non-LP singles that first introduced the world to his distinct gifts: in 1957, his firstColumbia single "Wonderful! Wonderful!" peaked at No. 14; follow-up "It's Not For Me To Say" rose to No. 5, and "Chances Are" topped the charts.
Altogether, Mathis logged 18 singles on Billboard's Top 40 between 1957 and 1963 (and has seen 43 of his singles chart on Billboard Hot 100 from 1957 to 1981). After a tenure on his own Global label from 1963 to 1967 (initially distributed by Mercury and chronicled by Legacy in The Complete Global Albums Collection box set), Johnny returned to Columbia, where he records to this day.
