The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection (Repackaged reissue)

~ Release by Johnny Mathis (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1A Ride on a Rainbow
producer:
Al Ham and Mitch Miller
vocals:
Johnny Mathis (US pop/soul singer) (in 1959)
conductor:
Glenn Osser (in 1959)
arranger:
Glenn Osser
recording of:
A Ride on a Rainbow (in 1959)
writer:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) and Jule Styne
4:11
2A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
cover recording of:
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
4:02
3Misty
producer:
Al Ham and Mitch Miller
vocals:
Johnny Mathis (US pop/soul singer) (in 1959)
conductor:
Glenn Osser (in 1959)
arranger:
Glenn Osser
recording of:
Misty
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Erroll Garner
publisher:
Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Octave Music Publishing Corp., Pocketful of Dreams Music, Reganesque Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Vernon Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Misty (original instrumental work)
3:37
4Small World
recording of:
Small World (from “Gypsy”)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Stratford Music Corporation and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Gypsy
3:21
5The Best of Everything
2:46
6Maria
cover recording of:
West Side Story: Maria (Tony)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (in 1956)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
West Side Story
3:49
7Tonight
cover recording of:
West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (in 1956)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
part of:
West Side Story
3:14
8Isn't It a Pity
recording of:
Isn’t It a Pity?
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1933)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1933)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), New World Music Co. (in 1932) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Pardon My English
3:58
9I Married an Angel
recording of:
I Married an Angel
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
I Married an Angel (full musical)
3:50
10Spring Is Here
recording of:
Spring Is Here
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
3:51
11Don't Blame Me
recording of:
Don’t Blame Me
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
4:40
12Stairway to the Stars
recording of:
Stairway to the Stars
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
4:55
13Love Look Away
recording of:
Love, Look Away (Flower Drum Song)
orchestrator:
Don Sebesky
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Flower Drum Song (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:31
14Smile
recording of:
Smile
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker)
publisher:
Bourne France Éditions Musicale, Bourne Music Ltd. and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1954)
sub-publisher:
Editions Vedette Sprl and 日音 Synch事業部
is based on:
Smile (Modern Times; original instrumental version)
part of:
Chaplin
3:19
15You Set My Heart to Music
2:46
16Gina
recording of:
Gina
writer:
Leon Carr and Paul Vance (US songwriter and producer)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:50
17What Will My Mary Say
cover recording of:
What Will My Mary Say
writer:
Eddie Snyder and Paul Vance (US songwriter and producer)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sis ’n Bro Too LLC
3:11
18Laura
cover recording of:
Laura (1945 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
4:39
19Long Ago and Far Away
recording of:
Long Ago (and Far Away)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (in 1944)
3:45
20Clopin Clopant (Comme Ci Comme Ca)
recording of:
Comme çi, comme ça
lyricist:
Pierre Dudan
composer:
Bruno Coquatrix
translator:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp. (ended), PIC Corp. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:38
21In Love for the Very First Time
3:17
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