Johnny's Greatest Hits

Johnny's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Johnny Mathis
Released	March 17, 1958[1]
Recorded	September 20, 1956 June 16, 1957 October 1, 1957 October 31, 1957 January 7, 1958[1]
Studio	CBS 30th Street Studio New York City
Genre	Vocal pop/rock[2]
Length	32:47
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mitch Miller[1] Al Ham[A]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Good Night, Dear Lord (1957) Johnny's Greatest Hits (1958) Swing Softly (1958)
Alternate covers
Alternative cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
The Billboard	positive[3]

Johnny's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Johnny Mathis. It was released on 17 March 1958 through Columbia Records and went to number 1 for three weeks in the United States and spent a then record 490 weeks in the countdown.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Chances Are" performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra^[1][4] (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:03
   • rec. 6/16/57, rel. 8/12/57;^[1] Most Played by Jockeys^[B]: #1 (1 week)^[5]
2. "All the Time"^[C] from the Broadway musical Oh, Captain! (1958); performed with Ray Ellis & His Orchestra^[4] (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:44
   • rec. 1/7/58, rel. 3/17/58;^[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #21^[5]
3. "The Twelfth of Never" performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra^[1] (Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:28
   • rec. 6/16/57, rel. 8/12/57;^[1] B-side of "Chances Are"; Most Played by Jockeys: #9^[5]
4. "When Sunny Gets Blue" performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra^[1][4] (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:41
   • rec. 9/20/56, rel. 11/5/56;^[1] B-side of "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
5. "When I Am with You" performed with Ray Ellis & His Orchestra^[4] (Stillman, Ben Weisman) – 2:58
   • rec. 10/31/57, rel. 12/30/57;^[1] B-side of "Come to Me"
6. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus^[4] (Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh) – 2:49
   • rec. 9/20/56, rel. 11/5/56;^[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #14^[5]

Side two

1. "It's Not for Me to Say" from Lizzie (1957); performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra^[1][4] (Allen, Stillman) – 3:05
   • rec. 9/20/56, rel. 2/25/57;^[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #5^[5]
2. "Come to Me" from the Kraft Television Theatre episode "Come to Me" (1957) (Allen, Peter Lind Hayes) – 3:05
   • rec. 10/31/57, rel. 12/30/57;^[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #22^[5]
3. "Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind (1957); performed with Ray Ellis & His Orchestra^[4] (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:27
   • rec. 10/1/57, rel. 11/11/57;^[1] B-side of "No Love (But Your Love)"; Most Played by Jockeys: #22^[5]
4. "Warm and Tender" from Lizzie (1957); performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra^[1][4] (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:25
   • rec. 9/20/56, rel. 2/25/57;^[1] B-side of "It's Not for Me to Say"
5. "No Love (But Your Love)" performed with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra^[1][4] (Billy Myles) – 2:19
   • rec. 6/16/57, rel. 11/11/57;^[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #21^[5]
6. "I Look at You" performed with Ray Ellis & His Orchestra^[4] (Johnny Mathis, Jessie Mae Robinson) – 2:43
   • rec. 1/7/58, rel. 3/17/58^[1]

• ^B All of the tracks on this compilation were released before Billboard created its Hot 100 chart for tracking song performance.
• ^C For the initial release of the album in the UK, "All the Time" was replaced by "Teacher, Teacher", which was included on the US version of More Johnny's Greatest Hits.

References

1. (2015) The Singles by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 88875120552.
2. "Johnny's Greatest Hits - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
3. "Review Spotlight on Popular Albums". Billboard. 1958-04-07. p. 22.
4. (1988) Johnny's Greatest Hits by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 34667.
5. Whitburn 2009, p. 628 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFWhitburn2009 (help).