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Released
  
1972

Length
  
59:29

Artist
  
Johnny Mathis

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1956-1971

Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits (1972)
  
Song Sung Blue (1972)

Release date
  
1972

Genre
  
Pop rock

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Producers
  
Jack Gold, Al Ham, Johnny Mathis, Robert Mersey, Mitch Miller

Similar
  
Johnny Mathis albums, Pop rock albums

Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the spring of 1972 by Columbia Records and, despite its title, overlooks a good number of his Top 40 hits ("No Love (But Your Love)", "Teacher, Teacher", "Call Me", "Someone", "Starbright", "Every Step of the Way") in favor of his singles that didn’t make the Billboard Hot 100 ("Venus", "Misty Roses", "If We Only Have Love") and album tracks that weren’t released as singles ("When Sunny Gets Blue", "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story", "My Funny Valentine").

Contents

This collection made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 24, 1972, and remained there for 15 weeks, peaking at number 141. It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on July 9, 1976, and Platinum certification was awarded on November 21, 1986.

Reception

Billboard described the compilation as "a collector's must!"

Side one

  1. "A Certain Smile" from A Certain Smile (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:47
  2. recorded on 5/12/58 and released on 6/2/58; Billboard Hot 100: #14
  3. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:41
  4. rec. 9/20/56, rel. 11/5/56; B-side of "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
  5. "Small World" from Gypsy (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 3:18
  6. rec. 4/29/59, rel. 5/25/59; Billboard Hot 100: #20
  7. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 3:34
  8. rec. 4/21/59 for his album Heavenly; single rel. 9/59; Billboard Hot 100: #12
  9. "Chances Are" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:03
  10. rec. 6/16/57, rel. 8/12/57; Most Played by Jockeys: #1 (1 week)
Personnel
  • Al Ham – producer (tracks 1, 2, 4; 5)
  • Mitch Miller – producer (tracks 1–4, 5)
  • Ray Conniff – arranger, conductor (tracks 2, 5)
  • Ray Ellis – arranger, conductor (track 1)
  • Glenn Osser – arranger, conductor (tracks 3, 4)

    • Side two

    1. "Venus" (Ed Marshall) – 2:36
    2. rec. for his 1968 album Love Is Blue; Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: #107, Easy Listening: #23
    3. "Maria" from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:45
    4. rec. 11/6/59 for his album Faithfully; single rel. 5/60; Billboard Hot 100: #78; single rel. 11/61; Billboard Hot 100: #88
    5. "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) – 2:39
    6. rec. 1967 for his album Up, Up and Away; Easy Listening: #40
    7. "Gina" (Leon Carr, Paul Vance) – 2:46
    8. rec. 8/9/62, rel. 9/7/62; Billboard Hot 100: #6, Easy Listening: #2
    9. "What Will Mary Say" (Eddie Snyder, Paul Vance) – 3:09
    10. rec. 8/9/62, rel. 1/4/63; Billboard Hot 100: #9, Easy Listening: #3
    Personnel
  • Ernie Altschuler - producer (tracks 4, 5)
  • Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer (tracks 1, 3)
  • Mitch Miller – producer (track 2)
  • Don Costa - arranger, conductor (tracks 4, 5)
  • Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor (track 2)

    • Side three

    1. "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 2:46
    2. rec. for his 1971 album Love Story
    3. "If We Only Have Love" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 3:16
    4. rec. 7/8/71, rel. 2/17/72; non-charting single
    5. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:33
    6. rec. 1958 for his album Open Fire, Two Guitars
    7. "Come to Me" from the Kraft Television Theatre episode "Come to Me" (1957) (Allen, Peter Lind Hayes) – 3:05
    8. rec. 10/31/57, rel. 12/30/57; Most Played by Jockeys: #22
    9. "Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" (A Time for Us)" from Romeo and Juliet (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder) – 2:58
    10. rec. for his 1969 album Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time For Us)
    Personnel
  • Jack Gold – producer (tracks 1, 5)
  • Johnny Mathis – producer (track 2)
  • Mitch Miller – producer (tracks 3, 4)
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. - arranger, conductor (track 1)
  • Ernie Freeman - arranger, conductor (track 5)
  • Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor (track 4)
  • D'Arneill Pershing – arranger (track 2)
  • Roy M. Rogosin – conductor (track 2)
  • Al Caiola – guitar (track 3)
  • Frank Carroll – bass (track 3)
  • Milt Hinton – bass (track 3)
  • Tony Mottola – guitar (track 3)

    • Side four

    1. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh) – 2:50
    2. rec. 9/20/56, rel. 11/5/56; Most Played by Jockeys: #14
    3. "All the Time" from Oh, Captain! (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:44
    4. rec. 1/7/58, rel. 3/17/58; Most Played by Jockeys: #21
    5. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:28
    6. rec. 6/16/57, rel. 8/12/57; B-side of "Chances Are"; Most Played by Jockeys: #9
    7. "Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:27
    8. rec. 10/1/57, rel. 11/11/57; B-side of "No Love (But Your Love)"; Most Played by Jockeys: #22
    9. "It's Not for Me to Say" from Lizzie (Allen, Stillman) – 3:05
    10. rec. 9/20/56, rel. 2/25/57; Most Played by Jockeys: #5
    Personnel
  • Al Ham – producer (tracks 1, 4, 5; 3)
  • Mitch Miller – producer (tracks 1, 4, 5; 2; 3)
  • Ray Conniff – arranger, conductor (tracks 1, 5), conductor (track 3)
  • Ray Ellis – arranger, conductor (tracks 2, 4)

    • Personnel

  • Johnny Mathis – vocals
  • Mort Goode – liner notes
  • Anne Garner – cover design
  • Beverly Parker – photos
  • Jay Flammer – lettering

    • References

    Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits Wikipedia
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