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Live by Request: Johnny Mathis
DVD cover
GenreVocal
Written by
Directed byLawrence Jordan
Presented byMark McEwen
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerJodi Hurwitz
Producers
  • Mitch Maketansky
  • Allen Kelman
Production locations Sony Music Studios,
New York City
Running time90 minutes
Original release
Network A&E Network
ReleaseMay 28, 1998 (1998-05-28)

Live by Request: Johnny Mathis is a live television concert by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that aired on May 28, 1998, on the A&E Network as part of its Live by Request series. According to the television industry magazine Broadcasting & Cable, the network "recorded its best ratings ever--a 2.3 rating/1.6 million homes according to Nielsen Media Research" [1]—for the broadcast.

The set included "Why Did I Choose You", a song from the 1965 Broadway musical version of The Yearling [2] that has never appeared on a Mathis album. Another rarity in the show is "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", which made its first appearance as a Mathis recording on his Ultimate Hits Collection compilation that was released just five weeks earlier, on April 21.

The concert was released on DVD on December 18, 2001. [3]

DVD track listing

  1. Program Start
  2. " Wonderful! Wonderful!" ( Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh)
  3. " Chances Are" ( Robert Allen, Al Stillman)
  4. " I'm Coming Home" ( Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
  5. " Misty" ( Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner)
  6. " A Certain Smile" ( Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster)
  7. "Moment to Moment" ( Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
  8. " It's Not for Me to Say" ( Robert Allen, Al Stillman)
  9. " Stranger in Paradise" ( Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest)
  10. " The Twelfth of Never" ( Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster)
  11. " Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins)
  12. " You Make Me Feel Brand New" ( Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
  13. "Why Did I Choose You" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
  14. "To the Ends of the Earth" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman)
  15. " Wild Is the Wind" ( Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
  16. " 99 Miles from L.A." ( Hal David, Albert Hammond)
  17. " How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" ( Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)
  18. "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)" ( Ary Barroso, Bob Russell)
  19. Credits

Notes

  1. ^ "Look at him.(Arts & Entertainment Network highly rated for production of Live by Request musical program)". Broadcasting & Cable. 1998-06-01. p. 12.
  2. ^ "The Yearling". ibdb.com. The Broadway League. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Live by Request [Video/DVD] - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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