Johnny Mathis - Early Years: Selected Albums 1956-58 (CD) (New (N))

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Johnny Mathis - Early Years: Selected Albums 1956-58 - The collection offers a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for his unique talent. Johnny Mathis, who, as these notes are being written in March 2026, is still a much-loved and respected figure in popular music at the age of 90, has been one the most distinctive and successful singers in popular music for the last seven decades. His velvet voice and immaculate phrasing enabled him to transcend the genres to encompass, sophisticated pop, jazz, easy listening and even disco over the years, and he had over 80 hits from the 1950s through to the '80s (see Johnny Mathis " The Complete US Singles As & Bs 1957-62" Acrobat ADDCD3171). He began his recording career just as the long-playing album format was becoming a burgeoning medium, soon followed by the stereo boom and he was ideally placed to take advantage of that. This 46-track 2-CD collection features just about all the titles from his first albums for Columbia, "Johnny Mathis", "Wonderful, Wonderful", "Warm" and "Swing Softly". Mostly comprising his trademark versions of classics from the Great American Songbook, and with accompaniments directed by great arranger/composers of the day - Percy Faith, Ted Macero, Bob Prince, Manny Albam, Gil Evans, and John Lewis - the collection offers a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for his unique talent as a song stylist, captured at the start of what would be a long and illustrious career.

Tracklist:

  1. Autumn in Rome
  2. Easy to Love
  3. Street of Dreams
  4. Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere
  5. Prelude to a Kiss
  6. Babalu
  7. Caravan
  8. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
  9. Star Eyes
  10. It Might as Well Be Spring
  11. Cabin in the Sky
  12. Angel Eyes
  13. Will I Find My Love Today?
  14. Looking at You
  15. Let Me Love You
  16. All Through the Night
  17. It Could Happen to You
  18. That Old Black Magic
  19. Too Close for Comfort
  20. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
  21. Year After Year
  22. You Stepped Out of a Dream
  23. Early Autumn
  24. Day In, Day Out
  25. Warm
  26. My One and Only Love
  27. Baby, Baby, Baby
  28. Handful of Stars
  29. By Myself
  30. Then I'll Be Tired of You
  31. I'm Glad There Is You
  32. What'll I Do
  33. Lovely Things You Do
  34. There Goes My Heart
  35. While We're Young
  36. You Hit the Spot
  37. It's De-Lovely
  38. Get Me to the Church on Time
  39. Like Someone in Love
  40. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  41. Love Walked In
  42. This Heart of Mine
  43. Sweet Lorraine
  44. Can't Get Out of This Mood
  45. I've Got the World on a String
  46. Easy to Say (But So Hard to Do)

UPC: 824046359522
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 6.5.26
Format: CD

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    Johnny Mathis - Early Years: Selected Albums 1956-58 - The collection offers a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for his unique talent. Johnny Mathis, who, as these notes are being written in March 2026, is still a much-loved and respected figure in popular music at the age of 90, has been one the most distinctive and successful singers in popular music for the last seven decades. His velvet voice and immaculate phrasing enabled him to transcend the genres to encompass, sophisticated pop, jazz, easy listening and even disco over the years, and he had over 80 hits from the 1950s through to the '80s (see Johnny Mathis " The Complete US Singles As & Bs 1957-62" Acrobat ADDCD3171). He began his recording career just as the long-playing album format was becoming a burgeoning medium, soon followed by the stereo boom and he was ideally placed to take advantage of that. This 46-track 2-CD collection features just about all the titles from his first albums for Columbia, "Johnny Mathis", "Wonderful, Wonderful", "Warm" and "Swing Softly". Mostly comprising his trademark versions of classics from the Great American Songbook, and with accompaniments directed by great arranger/composers of the day - Percy Faith, Ted Macero, Bob Prince, Manny Albam, Gil Evans, and John Lewis - the collection offers a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for his unique talent as a song stylist, captured at the start of what would be a long and illustrious career.

    Tracklist:

    1. Autumn in Rome
    2. Easy to Love
    3. Street of Dreams
    4. Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere
    5. Prelude to a Kiss
    6. Babalu
    7. Caravan
    8. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
    9. Star Eyes
    10. It Might as Well Be Spring
    11. Cabin in the Sky
    12. Angel Eyes
    13. Will I Find My Love Today?
    14. Looking at You
    15. Let Me Love You
    16. All Through the Night
    17. It Could Happen to You
    18. That Old Black Magic
    19. Too Close for Comfort
    20. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
    21. Year After Year
    22. You Stepped Out of a Dream
    23. Early Autumn
    24. Day In, Day Out
    25. Warm
    26. My One and Only Love
    27. Baby, Baby, Baby
    28. Handful of Stars
    29. By Myself
    30. Then I'll Be Tired of You
    31. I'm Glad There Is You
    32. What'll I Do
    33. Lovely Things You Do
    34. There Goes My Heart
    35. While We're Young
    36. You Hit the Spot
    37. It's De-Lovely
    38. Get Me to the Church on Time
    39. Like Someone in Love
    40. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
    41. Love Walked In
    42. This Heart of Mine
    43. Sweet Lorraine
    44. Can't Get Out of This Mood
    45. I've Got the World on a String
    46. Easy to Say (But So Hard to Do)

    UPC: 824046359522
    Label: Acrobat
    Release Date: 6.5.26
    Format: CD

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