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The Essential Johnny Mathis
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<h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> Disc 1 <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon/4ggcaQLr">Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)</a>" (<a href="/facts/Bart_Howard/Rj5W4Uvg">Bart Howard</a>) – 3:51</li> <li>"When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, <a href="/facts/Jack_Segal/4tR4F0Vg">Jack Segal</a>) – 2:41</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/It%2527s_Not_for_Me_to_Say/Xl6sfXES">It's Not for Me to Say</a>" (<a href="/facts/Robert_Allen_(songwriter)/uSr7XtQk">Robert Allen</a>, <a href="/facts/Al_Stillman/sDWBwWHH">Al Stillman</a>) – 3:05</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Wonderful!_Wonderful!/WdTB6JK2">Wonderful! Wonderful!</a>" (<a href="/facts/Sherman_Edwards/TJuHt49q">Sherman Edwards</a>, Ben Raleigh) – 2:50</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Chances_Are_(song)/Nh1YKrd4">Chances Are</a>" (<a href="/facts/Robert_Allen_(songwriter)/uSr7XtQk">Robert Allen</a>, <a href="/facts/Al_Stillman/sDWBwWHH">Al Stillman</a>) – 3:03</li> <li>"No Love (But Your Love)" (<a href="/facts/Billy_Myles/b1vDWWIV">Billy Myles</a>) – 2:18</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/The_Twelfth_of_Never/vAA9o2mG">The Twelfth of Never</a>" (<a href="/facts/Jerry_Livingston/8lWfmGNK">Jerry Livingston</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Francis_Webster/R9hxo8Ic">Paul Francis Webster</a>) – 2:28</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Wild_Is_the_Wind_(song)/EyI6mDqM">Wild Is the Wind</a>" (<a href="/facts/Dimitri_Tiomkin/DwhMWpbt">Dimitri Tiomkin</a>, <a href="/facts/Ned_Washington/0zvU1N3D">Ned Washington</a>) – 2:26</li> <li>"Teacher, Teacher" (<a href="/facts/Robert_Allen_(songwriter)/uSr7XtQk">Robert Allen</a>, <a href="/facts/Al_Stillman/sDWBwWHH">Al Stillman</a>) – 2:38</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/A_Certain_Smile_(song)/4JtF9qyF">A Certain Smile</a>" (<a href="/facts/Sammy_Fain/NjFvc6pj">Sammy Fain</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Francis_Webster/R9hxo8Ic">Paul Francis Webster</a>) – 2:47</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Sleigh_Ride/ABe9RUvx">Sleigh Ride</a>" performed with <a href="/facts/Percy_Faith/Unlm6dKU">Percy Faith</a> & His Orchestra (<a href="/facts/Leroy_Anderson/yat0oY8p">Leroy Anderson</a>, <a href="/facts/Mitchell_Parish/kKG8Fj4S">Mitchell Parish</a>) – 3:01</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/My_Funny_Valentine/BakUHvIR">My Funny Valentine</a>" (<a href="/facts/Lorenz_Hart/QDLa1IHa">Lorenz Hart</a>, <a href="/facts/Richard_Rodgers/D35mwBqT">Richard Rodgers</a>) – 3:33</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Misty_(song)/Gutv6tos">Misty</a>" (<a href="/facts/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist)/cbGXIoHH">Johnny Burke</a>, <a href="/facts/Erroll_Garner/fKAS33FR">Erroll Garner</a>) – 3:34</li> <li>"Small World" (<a href="/facts/Stephen_Sondheim/veml7E37">Stephen Sondheim</a>, <a href="/facts/Jule_Styne/pPlk4B95">Jule Styne</a>) – 3:18</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Maria_(1959_song)/GonMf0MK">Maria</a>" (<a href="/facts/Leonard_Bernstein/g2TXXq6M">Leonard Bernstein</a>, <a href="/facts/Stephen_Sondheim/veml7E37">Stephen Sondheim</a>) – 3:45</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Stairway_to_the_Stars/VenmKcPC">Stairway to the Stars</a>" (<a href="/facts/Matty_Malneck/3HBWg0tM">Matty Malneck</a>, <a href="/facts/Mitchell_Parish/kKG8Fj4S">Mitchell Parish</a>, <a href="/facts/Frank_Signorelli/0MRsVxVI">Frank Signorelli</a>) – 4:54</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Gina_(song)/QtFqQurn">Gina</a>" (<a href="/facts/Leon_Carr/skawaUum">Leon Carr</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Vance/FVFBlToN">Paul Vance</a>) – 2:46</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/What_Will_Mary_Say/jfquwBC6">What Will Mary Say</a>" (<a href="/facts/Eddie_Snyder/uncDDVFS">Eddie Snyder</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Vance/FVFBlToN">Paul Vance</a>) – 3:09</li> <li>"The Sweetheart Tree" (<a href="/facts/Henry_Mancini/FxCm8mmu">Henry Mancini</a>, <a href="/facts/Johnny_Mercer/loo1E8T3">Johnny Mercer</a>) – 2:11</li> <li>"On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (<a href="/facts/Burton_Lane/d85aySWl">Burton Lane</a>, <a href="/facts/Alan_Jay_Lerner/DKLwj7vg">Alan Jay Lerner</a>) – 2:49</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/The_Look_of_Love_(1967_song)/mpXpaVoC">The Look of Love</a>" (<a href="/facts/Burt_Bacharach/MWS9abrW">Burt Bacharach</a>, <a href="/facts/Hal_David/N3MKsuw6">Hal David</a>) – 3:45</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Love_Theme_from_Romeo_and_Juliet/Nh2md6RQ">Love Theme from <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> (A Time for Us)</a>" (<a href="/facts/Larry_Kusik/H4GSSmcL">Larry Kusik</a>, <a href="/facts/Nino_Rota/MC1kTrGL">Nino Rota</a>, <a href="/facts/Eddie_Snyder/uncDDVFS">Eddie Snyder</a>) – 2:58</li></ol> Disc 2 <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/I%2527m_Coming_Home_(Johnny_Mathis_song)/hgJrnCBG">I'm Coming Home</a>" (<a href="/facts/Thom_Bell/vBJVnFut">Thom Bell</a>, <a href="/facts/Linda_Creed/y31PdYGd">Linda Creed</a>) – 3:24</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Life_Is_a_Song_Worth_Singing_(song)/eS8ETo70">Life Is a Song Worth Singing</a>" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 6:06</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/99_Miles_From_L.A./ESeXTbTn">99 Miles from L.A.</a>" (<a href="/facts/Hal_David/N3MKsuw6">Hal David</a>, <a href="/facts/Albert_Hammond/GIxf2TAV">Albert Hammond</a>) – 3:35</li> <li>"What I Did for Love" (<a href="/facts/Marvin_Hamlisch/HsRND0Bo">Marvin Hamlisch</a>, <a href="/facts/Edward_Kleban/SPAWHdjb">Edward Kleban</a>) – 2:44</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/When_a_Child_Is_Born/BkAUgKcw">When a Child Is Born</a>" (Ciro Dammicco, Fred Jay) – 3:41</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Too_Much%2c_Too_Little%2c_Too_Late/5xTpLsoK">Too Much, Too Little, Too Late</a>" performed with <a href="/facts/Deniece_Williams/jJ7XS4rv">Deniece Williams</a> (Nat Kipner, <a href="/facts/John_Vallins/WXwQJg44">John Vallins</a>) – 2:59</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Begin_the_Beguine/uT2x5RQe">Begin the Beguine</a>" (<a href="/facts/Cole_Porter/qVcdskjW">Cole Porter</a>) – 4:16</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Memory_(Cats_song)/lAPzLtHX">Memory</a>" (<a href="/facts/T._S._Eliot/7GTE9As8">T. S. Eliot</a>, <a href="/facts/Trevor_Nunn/EWFIeYAB">Trevor Nunn</a>, <a href="/facts/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber/Bt99HKA7">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>) – 3:00</li> <li>"Friends in Love" performed with <a href="/facts/Dionne_Warwick/tInXmfhS">Dionne Warwick</a> (<a href="/facts/Bill_Champlin/Y6z586Pz">Bill Champlin</a>, <a href="/facts/David_Foster/UnTJXtnC">David Foster</a>, <a href="/facts/Jay_Graydon/RIFJBSfh">Jay Graydon</a>) – 4:03</li> <li>"Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)" (<a href="/facts/Ary_Barroso/x2wGpl1y">Ary Barroso</a>, <a href="/facts/Bob_Russell_(songwriter)/RsHFTKep">Bob Russell</a>) – 4:13</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Prelude_to_a_Kiss_(song)/qjjQnl2T">Prelude to a Kiss</a>" (<a href="/facts/Duke_Ellington/CEVXATkB">Duke Ellington</a>, <a href="/facts/Irving_Gordon/Rgv8M0kJ">Irving Gordon</a>, Irving Mills) – 2:52</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/What_Are_You_Doing_the_Rest_of_Your_Life%253F/BMhwT4fQ">What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?</a>" (<a href="/facts/Alan_and_Marilyn_Bergman/dlttj5q9">Alan and Marilyn Bergman</a>, <a href="/facts/Michel_Legrand/uYy0pSrb">Michel Legrand</a>) – 3:05</li> <li>"Let Your Heart Remember" (<a href="/facts/Stephen_Bishop_(singer)/CowtJoWB">Stephen Bishop</a>, Jeff Jones) – 4:36</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Un-Break_My_Heart/rbQaLg55">Un-Break My Heart</a>" (<a href="/facts/Diane_Warren/SLtHfYAo">Diane Warren</a>) – 5:00</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Because_You_Loved_Me/5uJnoLRP">Because You Loved Me</a>" (Warren) – 4:36</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Life_Is_Just_a_Bowl_of_Cherries/bbXXcIvQ">Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries</a>"(featuring Forever Plaid) (<a href="/facts/Lew_Brown/aVPD6WJ8">Lew Brown</a>, <a href="/facts/Ray_Henderson/7yFB7pH3">Ray Henderson</a>) – 2:46</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/On_Broadway_(song)/sFk7lRLW">On Broadway</a>" (<a href="/facts/Barry_Mann/bSrYcNfQ">Barry Mann</a>, <a href="/facts/Cynthia_Weil/wsB07yK9">Cynthia Weil</a>, <a href="/facts/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller/DxmgcFSc">Jerry Leiber</a>, <a href="/facts/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller/DxmgcFSc">Mike Stoller</a>) – 3:24</li></ol> Disc 3 (<i>Limited Edition 3.0</i> version only) <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/When_I_Fall_in_Love/pQboBDK4">When I Fall in Love</a>" (<a href="/facts/Edward_Heyman/yu9bH6PY">Edward Heyman</a>, <a href="/facts/Victor_Young/kV1CM5U3">Victor Young</a>) – 4:33</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/I_Wish_I_Were_in_Love_Again/DQF60NQH">I Wish I Were in Love Again</a>" (<a href="/facts/Richard_Rodgers/D35mwBqT">Richard Rodgers</a>, <a href="/facts/Lorenz_Hart/QDLa1IHa">Lorenz Hart</a>) – 3:41</li> <li>"Bye Bye Barbara" (<a href="/facts/Jack_Segal/4tR4F0Vg">Jack Segal</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Vance/FVFBlToN">Paul Vance</a>) – 2:38</li> <li>"No Strings" (Rodgers) – 3:17</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Beyond_the_Blue_Horizon_(song)/Dp04khrw">Beyond the Blue Horizon</a>" (<a href="/facts/W._Franke_Harling/dbB8hYjl">W. Franke Harling</a>, <a href="/facts/Leo_Robin/Qs9mUD7j">Leo Robin</a>, <a href="/facts/Richard_A._Whiting/fWfNk4d2">Richard A. Whiting</a>) - 2:57</li> <li>"The Last Time I Felt Like This" performed with <a href="/facts/Jane_Olivor/FbkJQsDf">Jane Olivor</a> (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, <a href="/facts/Marvin_Hamlisch/HsRND0Bo">Marvin Hamlisch</a>) – 2:57</li> <li>"El Amar y el Querer" (<a href="/facts/Manuel_Alejandro/b0E72oKC">Manuel Alejandro</a>, Ana Magdalena) – 4:13</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Na_Baixa_do_Sapateiro/kLWXp0vk">Baía (Na Baixa do Sapateiro)</a>" (<a href="/facts/Ary_Barroso/x2wGpl1y">Ary Barroso</a>, <a href="/facts/Ray_Gilbert/SdG0spou">Ray Gilbert</a>) – 4:13</li></ol> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Johnny_Mathis/QqJFLKYY">Johnny Mathis</a> – vocals</li></ul> Compilation<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <ul><li>Didier C. Deutsch – producer</li> <li>Darcy M. Proper – producer, mastering engineer</li> <li>Steve Berkowitz – A&R</li> <li>Joy Gilbert Monfried – project director</li> <li>Patti Matheny – A&R coordinator</li> <li>Darren Salmieri – A&R coordinator</li> <li>Adam Farber – A&R coordinator</li> <li>Susan N. Jacobs – business affairs administration</li> <li>Peter Cho – studio administration</li> <li>Sheila Johnson – studio administration</li> <li>Mike Kull – tape research</li> <li>Hooshik Bayliss – art direction/design</li> <li>Bret Lopez – front cover photography</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bob_Cato/cVERpM72">Bob Cato</a> – photography</li> <li>Norman Menard – photography</li> <li>Hank Parker – photography</li> <li>Sandy Speiser – photography</li> <li>David Vance – photography</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bob_Willoughby/2vuldsfH">Bob Willoughby</a> – photography</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Essential Johnny Mathis - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 22 February 2015. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-johnny-mathis-mw0000332190" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-johnny-mathis-mw0000332190</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The Essential 3.0 - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 22 February 2015. <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-30-mw0002067353" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-30-mw0002067353</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>(2004) The Essential Johnny Mathis by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C2K-63562. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>