| Johnny's Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Compilation album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 32:27 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Johnny's Greatest Hits is the fifth album release by vocalist Johnny Mathis and the first compilation of his hit singles released by Columbia Records (CL 1133 in mono) in 1958. A stereo version of this album wasn't released until many years later.
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The album holds the distinction of being the first "Greatest Hits" collection ever released and for being the second longest charting album in the history of the Billboard album chart, charting for 490 weeks.[1] The arranger/conductors were Ray Conniff and Ray Ellis.
When originally released, the album peaked at #1 on the Billboard Album chart, a testament to Mathis' immense popularity at the time.[2]
The album features 8 charting singles.[3] They are:
| Song title | Billboard peak position |
|---|---|
| Wonderful! Wonderful! | 14 |
| It's Not For Me To Say | 5 |
| Chances Are | 1 |
| The Twelfth Of Never | 9 |
| No Love (But Your Love) | 21 |
| Wild Is the Wind | 22 |
| Come To Me | 22 |
| All The Time | 21 |
Mathis earned Gold records for three songs included on this album: "Wonderful! Wonderful!", "It's Not For Me To Say" and "Chances Are."
Further establishing the enduring quality of Mathis' early work is the fact that two of the songs on this collection are included in the Grammy Hall of Fame, a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old at the time of being honoured and that have "qualitative or historical significance."[4] Those songs are "Chances Are" inducted 1998, and "It's Not For Me To Say" inducted 2008.