People (Johnny Mathis album)
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| Greatest hits album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 31:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Johnny Mathis | |||
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People is a 1969 compilation album released by singer Johnny Mathis on Columbia Records.
Overview
Mathis spent four years recording for Mercury Records (1963-67) producing ten studio albums. Under the terms of his contract with the label, he owned the masters of his recordings. He returned to Columbia Records in 1968 and licensed twenty Mercury album tracks to Columbia for release, ten of which appeared on this record. The remaining ten Mercury tracks appeared on his next album for Columbia, The Impossible Dream. The track listing below includes the title of the original album on which each song appeared.
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Track listing
- "Sunny" - from So Nice (Bobby Hebb) - 4:19
- "More" - from This Is Love (Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) - 2:56
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" - from The Shadow of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:03
- "Elusive Butterfly" - from So Nice (Bob Lind) - 2:09
- "Autumn Leaves" - from The Sweetheart Tree (Joseph Karma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert) - 3:45
- "A Wonderful Day Like Today" - from The Sweetheart Tree (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 2:42
- "Laura" - from Tender Is the Night (Johnny Mercer, David Raskin) - 4:34
- "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" - from The Shadow of Your Smile (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) - 2:26
- "What the World Needs Now Is Love" - from So Nice (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:39
- "People" - from Love Is Everything (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) - 3:10
Billboard Charts
This album peaked at #192 on the Billboard album chart, Mathis' 34th album to place on the chart.[1] As such, it was his lowest placing entry to this point in his career on the album chart.
