Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs

Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs
Compilation album by Johnny Mathis
Released	September 13, 1974[1]
Recorded	1959–1972
Genre	Vocal
Label	CBS
Johnny Mathis chronology
I'm Coming Home (1973) Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs (1974) The Heart of a Woman (1974)

Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK by CBS Records on September 13, 1974.^[1]

On July 1, 1975, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the collection with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. Professional ratings

   Review scores
   Source	Rating
   The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

   "Alfie" from Alfie (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:15
2. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 3:38
3. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 4:20
4. "Rose Garden" (Joe South) – 2:51
5. "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet (Bob Forrest, Robert Wright) – 4:06
6. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from Hair (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni) – 3:04

Side two

1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 3:34
2. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 3:16
3. "Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens) – 3:28
4. "Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:30
5. "Long Ago and Far Away" (James Taylor) – 3:11
6. "Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) – 3:59

Side three

1. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:18
2. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:55
3. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Bacharach, David) – 3:26
4. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" from Promises, Promises (Bacharach, David) – 3:02
5. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:49
6. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Bacharach, David) – 3:29

Side four

1. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 4:37
2. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 3:00
3. "Too Young" (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 3:16
4. "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:19
5. "Moonlight Becomes You" from Road to Morocco (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:06
6. "Walk On By" (Bacharach, David) - 3:03

References

1. "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017. Type Johnny Mathis in the Keywords box and select Artist in the Search by box and click Search.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 922. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 11 March 2025.