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Released
  
1981

Length
  
1:10:00

Artist
  
Johnny Mathis

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1956–19591973–1980

Celebration – The Anniversary Album(1981)
  
Friends in Love(1982)

Release date
  
1981

Genre
  
Traditional pop music

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Celebration – The Anniversary Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK in 1981 (upon the 25th anniversary of his first recording) by the CBS Records division of Columbia. Two of the covers on this release had not previously been included on any Mathis album: Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic" and a new version of Mathis's 1976 song "When a Child Is Born" that was recorded with Gladys Knight & the Pips and reached number 74 on the UK singles chart during a two-week run that began on December 26, 1981.

Contents

This album entered the UK album chart on September 19, 1981, and reached number nine over the course of 16 weeks, and nine days later, on September 28, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK. It was released on compact disc in 1990.

Before the music begins for the second track on side one, Mathis provides some narration: "I've been privileged through my life to have had so many wonderful songs to sing. I'm often asked which are the most special and memorable for me. On looking back over my career right up until now, I've been thinking about the songs that have been, well, in a sense, landmarks for me across the years, and it all began with this..." -- "Wonderful! Wonderful!" being the song that he's referring to. He also comments on the occasion of this collection at the beginning of the last track on side two, "If It's Magic".

Side one

  1. "You Saved My Life" performed with Stephanie Lawrence (Chris Arnold, Geoff Morrow) – 2:50
  2. Jack Gold – producer
  3. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  4. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh) – 3:05
  5. Al Ham, Mitch Miller – producers
  6. Ray Conniff – arranger, conductor
  7. "It's Not for Me to Say" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:05
  8. Al Ham, Mitch Miller – producers
  9. Ray Conniff – arranger, conductor
  10. "Chances Are" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:03
  11. Mitch Miller – producer
  12. Ray Conniff – arranger, conductor
  13. "When a Child Is Born" performed with Gladys Knight & the Pips (Ciro Dammicco, Fred Jay) – 3:52
  14. Jack Gold – producer
  15. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  16. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins) – 2:59
  17. Jack Gold – producer
  18. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  19. "The Last Time I Felt Like This" performed with Jane Olivor (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch) – 2:57
  20. Jack Gold – producer
  21. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  22. "Stop Look and Listen to Your Heart" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 4:18
  23. Thom Bell – producer, arranger, conductor
  24. "With You I'm Born Again" (Carol Connors, David Shire) – 4:03
  25. Jack Gold – producer
  26. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  27. "Three Times a Lady" (Lionel Richie) – 4:13
  28. Jack Gold – producer
  29. Gene Page – arranger, conductor

Side two

  1. "She Believes in Me" (Steve Gibb) – 4:22
  2. Jack Gold – producer
  3. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  4. "I Will Survive" (Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren) – 3:59
  5. Jack Gold – producer
  6. Victor Vanacore – arranger, conductor
  7. "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) – 3:15
  8. Jack Gold – producer
  9. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  10. "When I Need You" (Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:26
  11. Jack Gold – producer
  12. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  13. "Sweet Surrender" (David Gates) – 2:35
  14. Jerry Fuller – producer
  15. D'Arneill Pershing – arranger, conductor
  16. "How Deep Is Your Love" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 3:42
  17. Jack Gold – producer
  18. Glen Spreen – arranger, conductor
  19. "We're All Alone" (Boz Scaggs) – 3:22
  20. Jack Gold – producer
  21. Gene Page – arranger, conductor
  22. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 3:34
  23. Al Ham, Mitch Miller – producers
  24. Glenn Osser – arranger, conductor
  25. "I'd Rather Be Here with You" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 3:47
  26. Thom Bell – producer, arranger, conductor
  27. "If It's Magic" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:48
  28. Jack Gold – producer

Personnel

  • Johnny Mathis – vocals
  • Rosław Szaybo – design and art direction
  • David Vance – photographer

    • References

    Celebration – The Anniversary Album Wikipedia
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