Mathis Magic
| Mathis Magic | ||||
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded |
1979 at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California[1] | |||
| Genre | Vocal[2] | |||
| Length | 41:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jack Gold[1] | |||
| Johnny Mathis chronology | ||||
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Mathis Magic is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in September 1979 by Columbia Records.[3] While it did not make any appearances on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart, it did reach number 59 during a four-week run on the UK album chart.[4] On December 31 of that year the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.[5]
Track listing
Side 1
- "No One but the One You Love" (Cheryl Christiansen, Arnold Goland, Jack Gold) – 3:14
- "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 5:03
- "Love" (Gerard Kenny, Drey Shepperd) – 3:48
- "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" (Leslie Pearl) – 3:42
- "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) – 5:18
Side 2
- "She Believes in Me" (Steve Gibb) – 4:22
- "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:43
- "You Saved My Life" performed with Stephanie Lawrence (Chris Arnold, Geoff Morrow) – 2:50
- "To the Ends of the Earth" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 2:53
- "Heart, Soul, Body and Mind" (Ben Peters) – 4:10
Song information
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra's recording of "Night and Day" with Fred Astaire on vocal spent 10 weeks at number one in Billboard magazine in 1933.[6] Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" first appeared on his 1976 album Turnstiles.[7] "She Believes in Me" by Kenny Rogers received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America[8] after reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100[8] and spending two weeks at number one on the magazine's Adult Contemporary[9] and Country[10] charts. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's version of "That Old Black Magic", which featured Skip Nelson and The Modernaires on vocal, enjoyed a week at number one in 1943,[11] and Nat King Cole made it to number 25 pop with "To the Ends of the Earth" in 1956.[12]
Personnel[1]
- Johnny Mathis – vocals
- Stephanie Lawrence – vocals ("You Saved My Life"), vocal harmony ("No One but the One You Love")
- Jack Gold – producer
- Gene Page – arranger, conductor
- Dick Bogert – engineer
- Jo-Anne Steinberg – production coordinator
- David Vance – photographer
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer ("Night and Day", "To the Ends of the Earth")
- Eddie Bongo – congas ("Night and Day", "That Old Black Magic", "To the Ends of the Earth")
- Oscar Brashear – flugelhorn ("New York State of Mind")
- Terry Harrington – tenor saxophone ("That Old Black Magic")
- Paul Smith – piano ("New York State of Mind")
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (1979) Mathis Magic by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 36216.
- ↑ "Mathis Magic - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ (1993) The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932.
- ↑ "Johnny Mathis - Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "BPI search results". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ Whitburn 1986, p. 365.
- ↑ (1976) "Turnstiles" by Billy Joel [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records PC 33848.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Whitburn 2009, p. 831.
- ↑ Whitburn 2007, p. 234.
- ↑ Whitburn 2002, p. 301.
- ↑ Whitburn 1986, p. 312.
- ↑ Whitburn 2009, p. 209.
References
- Whitburn, Joel (1986), Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890-1954, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898200830
- Whitburn, Joel (2002), Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles, 1944-2001, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201519
- Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201691
- Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201802