Johnny Mathis - Those Were the Days (1968) [Hi-Res]

Those Were the Days is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on November 6, 1968, by Columbia Records. It followed the formula of including covers of recent hit songs, the oldest, in this case, being "The End of the World", which hadn't been on the charts since 1963. Two of the 10 tracks, however, had not been released as singles by other artists: "Every Time I Dream of You", which had appeared as an instrumental on Bert Kaempfert's 1967 album Love That Bert Kaempfert, and "You Make Me Think About You", which was first heard in the 1968 film With Six You Get Eggroll.

The Mathis recording of "You Make Me Think About You" debuted on Billboard magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs in the US in the issue dated October 12, 1968, and reached number 35 during its four weeks there. The first appearance of the album on the magazine's Top LPs came two months later in the December 14 issue that began a 21-week run, during which time it peaked at number 60. In the meantime it also enjoyed four weeks on the Best Selling Rhythm & Blues LPs chart, where it got as high as number 48. In March 1969 the cover of "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" spent its two weeks on the Easy Listening chart at number 39.

Those Were the Days was released for the first time on compact disc on June 9, 2009, as one of two albums on one CD, the second of the two being the follow-up by Mathis, Love Theme from "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time for Us).

Tracklist:
01. Johnny Mathis - Those Were the Days (03:56)
02. Johnny Mathis - Little Green Apples (03:34)
03. Johnny Mathis - The End of the World (03:08)
04. Johnny Mathis - This Guy's In Love with You (04:34)
05. Johnny Mathis - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (02:07)
06. Johnny Mathis - Light My Fire (03:44)
07. Johnny Mathis - Every Time I Dream of You (03:49)
08. Johnny Mathis - The World I Used to Know (02:27)
09. Johnny Mathis - You Make Me Think About You (01:56)
10. Johnny Mathis - Turn Around Look at Me (02:52)
11. Johnny Mathis - Gentle On My Mind (02:44)
12. Johnny Mathis - Like to Get to Know You (02:32)