More Johnny's Greatest Hits

More Johnny's Greatest Hits
More Johnny's Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Johnny Mathis
Released	June 22, 1959
Recorded	1957–1959
Genre	Vocal; pop/rock; stage & screen;
Length	34:22
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mitch Miller ; Al Ham
Johnny Mathis chronology

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More Johnny's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on June 22, 1959, and contains the A- and B-sides of five of his singles as well as "Teacher, Teacher", the chart hit that was the B-side of the Johnny's Greatest Hits track "All the Time", and "The Flame of Love," which had not been released before.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Best Selling LP's chart the following month, in the issue dated July 27, and remained there for 93 weeks, two of which were spent at number two.^[3] It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on January 12, 1962.^[4]

Reception

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic explained that the downside of this follow-up to the successful Johnny's Greatest Hits compilation was that "Columbia waited only 15 months between the two albums -- long enough for Mathis to release five singles that all managed modest chart success, though none matched the hit status of songs from the first album."^[2] He gave the album a mixed review: "There are some excellent examples of the singer's characteristic ballad style, but he also struggles with inferior uptempo material, and the album is uneven, especially in comparison to its predecessor. Nevertheless, it went gold and spent more than a year and a half in the charts, ample evidence of Mathis's continuing appeal."^[2]

Track listing

Side one

"Small World" from Gypsy: A Musical Fable (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 3:21
- rec. 4/29/59, rel. 5/25/59;^[1] Billboard Hot 100: 20^[5]
"Someone" (William J. Tennyson Jr.) - 2:58
- rec. 9/26/58, rel. 3/9/59;^[1] Billboard Hot 100: 35^[5]
"Very Much in Love" (Ray Ellis, Al Stillman) - 2:48
- rec. 11/10/58, rel. 3/9/59;^[1] B-side of "Someone"
"You Are Everything to Me" (Percy Faith, Carl Sigman) - 2:58
- rec. 11/10/58, rel. 5/25/59;^[1] Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart: 109;^[5] B-side of "Small World"
"Let It Rain" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) - 2:40
- rec. 1/7/58, rel. 6/2/58;^[1] B-side of "A Certain Smile"
"The Flame of Love" (Lee Pockriss, Jerry Vance) - 2:50
- rec. 4/29/59, rel. 6/22/59;^[1] previously unreleased

Side two

"A Certain Smile" from A Certain Smile (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:48
- rec. 5/12/58, rel. 6/2/58;^[1] Billboard Most Played by Jockeys: 14^[5]
"Call Me" (Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis) - 2:48
- rec. 5/12/58, rel. 9/8/58;^[1] Billboard Hot 100: 21^[5]
"You Are Beautiful" from Flower Drum Song (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:10
- rec. 11/10/58, rel. 12/1/58;^[1] Billboard Hot 100: 60;^[5] B-side of "Let's Love"
"Teacher, Teacher" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) - 2:41
- rec. 10/31/57, rel. 3/17/58;^[1] Billboard Most Played by Jockeys: 21;^[5] B-side of "All the Time"
"Stairway to the Sea (Scalinatella)" (Albert Beach, Giuseppe Cioffi) - 2:36
- rec. 5/12/58, rel. 9/8/58;^[1] B-side of "Call Me"
"Let's Love" (Richard Ferraris, Norman Kaye) - 2:44
- rec. 9/26/58, rel. 12/1/58;^[1] Billboard Hot 100: 44^[5]

On the UK version of More Johnny's Greatest Hits, "Teacher, Teacher" was replaced with "The Best of Everything", which made its U.S. compilation debut five years later on I'll Search My Heart and Other Great Hits.

Personnel

Mitch Miller – producer (except "The Flame of Love", "Small World", "You Are Everything to Me")^[1]
Al Ham – producer^[A] ("A Certain Smile";^[6]^[7] "Teacher, Teacher";^[6] "Let's Love", "Someone", "The Flame of Love", "Small World", "You Are Everything to Me"^[1])
Ray Ellis – conductor (except as noted)^[1]
Glenn Osser – conductor ("Small World", "The Flame of Love")^[1]

Notes

^A While the 2015 compilation The Singles only credits Ham as producer for five of the tracks on this collection, the other compilations listed in the Notes section credit him as such on the tracks indicated. Neither the original singles nor the compilations released before these provided this information.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r (2015) The Singles by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 88875120552.
^ ^a ^b ^c "More Johnny's Greatest Hits - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.
^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017. Type Johnny Mathis in the Search box and press Enter.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Whitburn 2009, p. 628.
^ ^a ^b (2004) The Essential Johnny Mathis by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C2K-63562.
^ (2006) Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876 88583 2.

Bibliography

Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201802
Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7