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Released
  
February 25, 1963

Length
  
34:09

Artist
  
Johnny Mathis

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1958–1962

Johnny's Newest Hits(1963)
  
Johnny(1963)

Release date
  
25 February 1963

Genres
  
Pop music, Pop rock

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Producers
  
Irving Townsend, Mitch Miller, Al Ham, Frank De Vol

Similar
  
Johnny Mathis albums, Pop music albums

Johnny's Newest Hits is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on February 25, 1963, and includes the A- and B-sides of six of his singles.

Contents

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 20 of that year and got as high as number six during its 45 weeks there.

Reception

Billboard described the album as a collection of his "latest hits, the ones that brought him back to the singles charts", the most notable of these being the top 10 hits "Gina" and "What Will Mary Say", and their summary of the compilation reads, "Good wax for the Mathis fans."

Track listing

Recording and release dates are taken from the liner notes of The Singles (2015).

Side one

  1. "What Will Mary Say" (Eddie Snyder, Paul Vance) – 3:09
  2. rec. 8/9/62, rel. 1/4/63; Billboard Hot 100: #9, Easy Listening: #3
  3. "Unaccustomed As I Am" (Ray Ellis, Al Stillman) – 2:55
  4. rec. 3/4/61, rel. 4/27/62; B-side of "Marianna"
  5. "Sweet Thursday" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:30
  6. rec. 10/9/61, rel. 12/29/61; Billboard Hot 100: #99
  7. "There You Are" (Clyde Otis, Chris Towns) – 2:48
  8. rec. 9/26/58, rel. 9/8/61; B-side of "Wasn't the Summer Short?"
  9. "Wasn't the Summer Short?" (Ruth Lyons) – 2:53
  10. rec. 2/8/61, rel. 9/8/61; Billboard Hot 100: #89
  11. "That's the Way It Is" (Leon Carr, Paul Vance) – 2:49
  12. rec. 3/29/62, rel. 7/27/62; half of uncharted single

Side two

  1. "Gina" (Leon Carr, Paul Vance) – 2:46
  2. rec. 8/9/62, rel. 9/7/62; Billboard Hot 100: #6, Easy Listening: #2
  3. "Marianna" (Alfred Newman, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:50
  4. rec. 3/29/62, rel. 4/27/62; Billboard Hot 100: #86
  5. "I Love Her That's Why" (Jack Segal, Paul Vance) – 2:27
  6. rec. 10/9/61, rel. 9/7/62; B-side of "Gina"
  7. "I'll Never Be Lonely Again" (Sherman Edwards, Aaron Schroeder) – 3:08
  8. rec. 5/23/60, rel. 7/27/62; half of uncharted single
  9. "One Look" (Arthur Hamilton) – 2:52
  10. rec. 10/9/61, rel. 12/29/61; B-side of "Sweet Thursday"
  11. "Quiet Girl" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:56
  12. rec. 10/9/61, rel. 1/4/63; B-side of "What Will Mary Say"

Personnel

  • Johnny Mathis – vocals
  • Irving Townsend – producer (except as noted)
  • Ernie Altschuler – producer ("Gina", "What Will Mary Say")
  • Mitch Miller – producer ("I'll Never Be Lonely Again", "There You Are")
  • Al Ham – producer ("There You Are")
  • Frank DeVol – producer ("Unaccustomed As I Am")
  • Tom Palumbo – photo credit

    • Songs

    1What Will My Mary Say
    2Unaccustomed as I Am
    3Sweet Thursday

    References

    Johnny's Newest Hits Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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