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The Essential Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
2. When Sunny Gets Blue
3. It's Not For Me to Say
4. Wonderful! Wonderful!
5. Chances Are
6. No Love (But Your Love)
7. Twelfth of Never, The
8. Wild Is the Wind
9. Teacher, Teacher
10. Certain Smile, A
11. Sleigh Ride
12. My Funny Valentine
13. Misty
14. Small World
15. Maria
16. Dancing on the Ceiling
17. Stairway to the Stars
18. Gina
19. What Will My Mary Say
20. Sweetheart Tree, The
21. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
22. Look of Love, The
23. Time For Us, A
0. DISC 2:
1. I'm Coming Home
2. Life Is a Song Worth Singing
3. 99 Miles From L. A.
4. What I Did For Love
5. When a Child Is Born
6. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
7. Begin the Beguine
8. Memory
9. Friends in Love
10. Brazil
11. Prelude to a Kiss
12. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
13. Let Your Heart Remember
14. Unbreak My Heart
15. Because You Loved Me
16. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
17. On Broadway
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 63562
Credits

Producer Mitch Miller; Ernie Altschuler; Jack Gold; Kenny Gamble; Leon Huff; Didier C. Deutsch (Compilation); Darcy M. Proper (Compilation)
Engineer
Personnel: Johnny Mathis (vocals); Deniece Williams, Dionne Warwick, Forever Plaid (vocals); Dean Parks, Al Caiola, Tony Mottola (guitar); Glenn Osser & His Orchestra, Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Ray Conniff & His Orchestra, Ray Ellis & His Orchestra.
Arrangers: Gene Page; Henry Mancini; Michel Legrand; Jorge Calandrelli.
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