2004 compilation album by Johnny Mathis
The Essential Johnny Mathis Released May 4, 2004[1] Recorded 1956–2000 Genre Length 2 :19 :22 Label Columbia Limited Edition 3.0 cover
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The Essential Johnny Mathis is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 2004 by Columbia Records and includes several of his early hits such as "Chances Are " and "Misty " as well as a wide assortment of selections spanning more than four decades of his recording career.
An eight-song CD was added to the original two-disc set to create The Essential Johnny Mathis: Limited Edition 3.0 , which was released on June 15, 2010.[2]
Track listing [ edit ] Disc 1 "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) " (Bart Howard ) – 3:51 "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal ) – 2:41 "It's Not for Me to Say " (Robert Allen , Al Stillman ) – 3:05 "Wonderful! Wonderful! " (Sherman Edwards , Ben Raleigh) – 2:50 "Chances Are " (Robert Allen , Al Stillman ) – 3:03 "No Love (But Your Love)" (Billy Myles ) – 2:18 "The Twelfth of Never " (Jerry Livingston , Paul Francis Webster ) – 2:28 "Wild Is the Wind " (Dimitri Tiomkin , Ned Washington ) – 2:26 "Teacher, Teacher" (Robert Allen , Al Stillman ) – 2:38 "A Certain Smile " (Sammy Fain , Paul Francis Webster ) – 2:47 "Sleigh Ride " performed with Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Leroy Anderson , Mitchell Parish ) – 3:01 "My Funny Valentine " (Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers ) – 3:33 "Misty " (Johnny Burke , Erroll Garner ) – 3:34 "Small World" (Stephen Sondheim , Jule Styne ) – 3:18 "Maria " (Leonard Bernstein , Stephen Sondheim ) – 3:45 "Stairway to the Stars " (Matty Malneck , Mitchell Parish , Frank Signorelli ) – 4:54 "Gina " (Leon Carr , Paul Vance ) – 2:46 "What Will Mary Say " (Eddie Snyder , Paul Vance ) – 3:09 "The Sweetheart Tree" (Henry Mancini , Johnny Mercer ) – 2:11 "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane , Alan Jay Lerner ) – 2:49 "The Look of Love " (Burt Bacharach , Hal David ) – 3:45 "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us) " (Larry Kusik , Nino Rota , Eddie Snyder ) – 2:58 Disc 2 "I'm Coming Home " (Thom Bell , Linda Creed ) – 3:24 "Life Is a Song Worth Singing " (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 6:06 "99 Miles from L.A. " (Hal David , Albert Hammond ) – 3:35 "What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch , Edward Kleban ) – 2:44 "When a Child Is Born " (Ciro Dammicco, Fred Jay) – 3:41 "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late " performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins ) – 2:59 "Begin the Beguine " (Cole Porter ) – 4:16 "Memory " (T. S. Eliot , Trevor Nunn , Andrew Lloyd Webber ) – 3:00 "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick (Bill Champlin , David Foster , Jay Graydon ) – 4:03 "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)" (Ary Barroso , Bob Russell ) – 4:13 "Prelude to a Kiss " (Duke Ellington , Irving Gordon , Irving Mills) – 2:52 "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? " (Alan and Marilyn Bergman , Michel Legrand ) – 3:05 "Let Your Heart Remember" (Stephen Bishop , Jeff Jones) – 4:36 "Un-Break My Heart " (Diane Warren ) – 5:00 "Because You Loved Me " (Warren) – 4:36 "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries "(featuring Forever Plaid) (Lew Brown , Ray Henderson ) – 2:46 "On Broadway " (Barry Mann , Cynthia Weil , Jerry Leiber , Mike Stoller ) – 3:24 Disc 3 (Limited Edition 3.0 version only) "When I Fall in Love " (Edward Heyman , Victor Young ) – 4:33 "I Wish I Were in Love Again " (Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) – 3:41 "Bye Bye Barbara" (Jack Segal , Paul Vance ) – 2:38 "No Strings" (Rodgers) – 3:17 "Beyond the Blue Horizon " (W. Franke Harling , Leo Robin , Richard A. Whiting ) - 2:57 "The Last Time I Felt Like This" performed with Jane Olivor (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch ) – 2:57 "El Amar y el Querer" (Manuel Alejandro , Ana Magdalena) – 4:13 "Baía (Na Baixa do Sapateiro) " (Ary Barroso , Ray Gilbert ) – 4:13 Personnel [ edit ] Compilation[3] Didier C. Deutsch – producer Darcy M. Proper – producer, mastering engineer Steve Berkowitz – A&R Joy Gilbert Monfried – project director Patti Matheny – A&R coordinator Darren Salmieri – A&R coordinator Adam Farber – A&R coordinator Susan N. Jacobs – business affairs administration Peter Cho – studio administration Sheila Johnson – studio administration Mike Kull – tape research Hooshik Bayliss – art direction/design Bret Lopez – front cover photography Bob Cato – photography Norman Menard – photography Hank Parker – photography Sandy Speiser – photography David Vance – photography Bob Willoughby – photography References [ edit ]
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