Johnny Mathis - The Essential Johnny Mathis

Title: The Essential Johnny Mathis Artist: Johnny Mathis Release Date: 5/4/2004 Re-Released On: 5/24/2004 Label: Columbia/Legacy, Columbia Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 074646356227, 5099751615323 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Soul, Early Pop/Rock, Vocal Pop, Cast Recordings, Standards, Traditional Pop, Pop-Soul, Musical Theater, Smooth Soul, AM Pop Moods: Gentle, Intimate, Romantic, Sentimental, Soothing, Sweet, Amiable/Good-Natured, Earnest, Innocent, Lush, Poignant, Reflective, Smooth, Confident, Elegant, Light, Stylish Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Fly Me to the Moon
2. When Sunny Gets Blue
3. It's Not for Me to Say [From Lizzie]
4. Wonderful! Wonderful!
5. Chances Are
6. No Love (But Your Love)
7. The Twelfth of Never
8. Wild Is the Wind [From "Wild Is the Wind"]
9. Teacher, Teacher
10. A Certain Smile [From "A Certain Smile"]
11. Sleigh Ride
12. My Funny Valentine [From Babes in Arms]
13. Misty
14. Small World [From Gypsy]
15. Maria [From West Side Story]
16. Dancing on the Ceiling
17. Stairway to the Stars
18. Gina
19. What Will My Mary Say
20. The Sweetheart Tree [From "The Great Race"]
21. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
22. The Look of Love [From Casino Royale]
23. A Time for Us [From Romeo and Juliet]

1. I'm Coming Home
2. Life Is a Song Worth Singing
3. 99 Miles from L.A.
4. What I Did for Love [From A Chorus Line]
5. When a Child Is Born
6. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
7. Begin the Beguine
8. Memory [From Cats]
9. Friends in Love
10. Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) [From "Saludos Amigos"]
11. Prelude to a Kiss
12. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? [From the Birthday Party]
13. Let Your Heart Remember
14. Un-Break My Heart
15. Because You Loved Me
16. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries [From "Fosse"]
17. On Broadway [From "Smokey Joe's Cafe"]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Columbia/Legacy 63562 2004 CD Columbia 5161532

No other editions were found for this album.

By the time this two-CD, 40-track anthology hit the stores in 2004, consumers had a wide choice of Johnny Mathis compilations that contained his biggest hits in variable surroundings, ranging from succinct single-disc collections to box sets. This one does have all of the major late-'50s/early-'60s hits you'd expect of anything with "essential" in its title, although -- in an effort to make this a career-spanning selection -- the entirety of disc two is devoted to his post-1970 work, when Mathis was a run-of-the-mill adult contemporary singer (albeit one who did return briefly to the top of the charts in 1978 via his duet with Deniece Williams, "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"). Still, disc one does have a lot of Mathis' best songs, and some of the most popular make-out music of all time. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adam Farber Artist Coordination Al Ham Producer Alan Bergman Producer Alex Acuña Percussion Arthur Freeman Vocal Arrangement Bob Cato Tray Photo Bob Willoughby Photography Brad Dechter Arranger Bret Lopez Cover Photo Chuck Domanico Bass Darcy Proper Mastering Engineer, Compilation Producer Darren Salmieri Artist Coordination Dave Foster Arranger David Vance Photography Dean Parks Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Denny Diante Producer Didier C. Deutsch Compilation Producer Don Costa Conductor Efrain Toro Percussion Ernie Altschuler Producer Ernie Freeman Combo Conductor Francis Benítez Vocals (Background) Gene Page Arranger, Conductor George Avakin Producer Glenn Osser Arranger, Conductor Hank Parker Photography Harry Rabinowitz Conductor Henry Mancini Conductor, Arranger Hooshik Bayliss Art Direction, Design Humberto Gatica Producer Irving Townsend Producer Jack Gold Producer Jay Graydon Producer Jay Landers Producer John "J.R." Robinson Drums John Richard Lewis Orchestra Director Johnny "Country" Mathis Producer Jorge Calandrelli Producer, Conductor, Arranger Joy Gilbert Monfried Project Director Julia Waters Vocals (Background) Kenny Gamble Producer Kenny O'Brien Vocals (Background) Leon Huff Producer Lester Mendez Keyboards Lincoln Mayorga Conductor, Arranger Marc Portman Arranger Marilyn Bergman Producer Maxine Willard Waters Vocals (Background) Michael Berniker Producer Michael Landau Guitar (Electric) Michel Legrand Producer, Conductor, Arranger Mike Kull Tape Research Milt Hinton Bass Mitch Miller Producer Oren Waters Vocals (Background) Patti Matheny Artist Coordination Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Phil Ramone Producer Rafael Radilla Percussion Randy Waldman Piano Rev. Dave Boruff Saxophone Richard Hunt Arranger Richard Jay Alexander Producer Robert Mersey Conductor Sandy Speiser Photography Steven Berkowitz A&R Thom Bell Conductor, Arranger Tony Mottola Guitar William Ross Conductor, Producer, Arranger