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1981 compilation album by Johnny Mathis
The First 25 Years – The Silver Anniversary Album
Released June 19, 1981
[1] Recorded 1956–1959 1969–1980
Genre Length 1 :06 :38
Label
Columbia
The First 25 Years – The Silver Anniversary Album is a
compilation album by American pop singer
Johnny Mathis that was released in 1981 by
Columbia Records . The back cover of the album notes that there are four new tracks ("It Doesn't Have to Hurt Every Time", "Nothing Between Us but Love", "
There! I've Said It Again ", and "
The Way You Look Tonight ").
[3] A cover of the
Commodores hit "
Three Times a Lady " had been released on the UK version of his 1980 album
Different Kinda Different , which was retitled All for You , but the Mathis rendition of the song makes its US debut here.
[4]
This compilation made its first appearance on
Billboard magazine's
Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated July 25, 1981, and remained there for four weeks, peaking at number 173.
[5]
This release has a
gatefold cover that opens to a gallery of photos of Mathis, many of which include other celebrities such as
Jack Benny ,
Mike Douglas ,
Farrah Fawcett ,
Henry Mancini ,
Jane Olivor ,
Prince Charles ,
Karen Valentine ,
Dionne Warwick , and
Flip Wilson .
[3]
The album was encoded with the
CX
noise reduction system.
[3]
Track listing
Side one
"
Misty " (
Johnny Burke ,
Erroll Garner ) – 3:34
recorded 4/21/59
[6] for his album
Heavenly ; single released 9/59; Billboard Hot 100: #12
[7]
"
Begin the Beguine " (
Cole Porter ) – 4:16
"Didn't We" (
Jimmy Webb ) – 2:43
"It Doesn't Have to Hurt Every Time" (Jim Andron, Candy Parton) – 3:41
"
Wonderful! Wonderful! " (
Sherman Edwards , Ben Raleigh) – 2:49
rec. 9/20/56, rel. 11/5/56;
[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #14
[7]
Personnel
Side two
"
It's Not for Me to Say " from
Lizzie (Allen, Stillman) – 3:05
"
Stardust " (
Hoagy Carmichael ,
Mitchell Parish ) – 3:27
"
Three Times a Lady " (
Lionel Richie ) – 4:15
"
The Way You Look Tonight " (
Dorothy Fields ,
Jerome Kern ) – 3:17
"
Deep Purple " (
Peter DeRose ,
Mitchell Parish ) – 3:31
Personnel
Side three
"
Chances Are " (
Robert Allen ,
Al Stillman ) – 3:02
rec. 6/16/57, rel. 8/12/57;
[1] Most Played by Jockeys: #1 (1 week)
[7]
"
All the Things You Are " (
Oscar Hammerstein II ,
Jerome Kern ) – 3:33
"
Love Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet' (A Time for Us) " (
Larry Kusik ,
Nino Rota ,
Eddie Snyder ) – 2:53
"Nothing Between Us but Love" (
Ray Parker Jr. , Candy Parton) – 3:21
rec. 11/26/80, rel. 6/18/81;
[1] non-charting single
"
There! I've Said It Again " (
Redd Evans ,
David Mann) – 2:46
Personnel
Side four
"
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late " performed with
Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner,
John Vallins ) – 2:55
"
As Time Goes By " (
Herman Hupfeld ) – 4:35
rec. 1978 for his album The Best Days of My Life
"When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:40
rec. 9/20/56, rel. 11/5/56;
[1] B-side of "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"Ready or Not" performed with
Deniece Williams (Amber DiLena,
Jack Keller ) – 2:51
"
I'm Coming Home " (
Thom Bell ,
Linda Creed ) – 3:24
Personnel
Song information
Two of the four new tracks on the album had previously been recorded by other artists. "
The Way You Look Tonight " won the
Academy Award for Best Original Song
[18] after it was performed in the 1936 film
Swing Time by
Fred Astaire ,
[19] whose recording of the song spent six weeks at number one that same year.
[20] The second of the two, "
There! I've Said It Again ", had two number-one outings, the first of which, by
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra, enjoyed six weeks atop the
Most Played by Jockeys chart in
Billboard magazine in 1945 and sold one million copies;
[21]
Bobby Vinton 's rendition of the song stayed in the top spot for four weeks on the magazine's
Hot 100
[22] and for five weeks on its
Easy Listening chart
[23] in addition to reaching number 34 on the UK singles chart in 1964.
[24]
Personnel
[3]
Johnny Mathis – vocals
Deniece Williams – vocals ("Ready or Not", "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late")
Nancy Donald – design
Mary Francis – design
David Vance – front cover photography
References
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The Best Days of My Life by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 35649.
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Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time For Us) by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records .
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Different Kinda Different by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 36505.
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Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records PC 34872.
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I'm Coming Home by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 32435.
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You Light Up My Life by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 35259.
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That's What Friends Are For by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 35435.
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