Johnny Mathis - Early Years: Selected Albums 1956-58 - The collection offers a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for his unique talent. Johnny Mathis, who, as these notes are being written in March 2026, is still a much-loved and respected figure in popular music at the age of 90, has been one the most distinctive and successful singers in popular music for the last seven decades. His velvet voice and immaculate phrasing enabled him to transcend the genres to encompass, sophisticated pop, jazz, easy listening and even disco over the years, and he had over 80 hits from the 1950s through to the '80s (see Johnny Mathis " The Complete US Singles As & Bs 1957-62" Acrobat ADDCD3171). He began his recording career just as the long-playing album format was becoming a burgeoning medium, soon followed by the stereo boom and he was ideally placed to take advantage of that. This 46-track 2-CD collection features just about all the titles from his first albums for Columbia, "Johnny Mathis", "Wonderful, Wonderful", "Warm" and "Swing Softly". Mostly comprising his trademark versions of classics from the Great American Songbook, and with accompaniments directed by great arranger/composers of the day - Percy Faith, Ted Macero, Bob Prince, Manny Albam, Gil Evans, and John Lewis - the collection offers a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for his unique talent as a song stylist, captured at the start of what would be a long and illustrious career.

Tracklist:

Autumn in Rome
Easy to Love
Street of Dreams
Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere
Prelude to a Kiss
Babalu
Caravan
In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
Star Eyes
It Might as Well Be Spring
Cabin in the Sky
Angel Eyes
Will I Find My Love Today?
Looking at You
Let Me Love You
All Through the Night
It Could Happen to You
That Old Black Magic
Too Close for Comfort
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Year After Year
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Early Autumn
Day In, Day Out
Warm
My One and Only Love
Baby, Baby, Baby
Handful of Stars
By Myself
Then I'll Be Tired of You
I'm Glad There Is You
What'll I Do
Lovely Things You Do
There Goes My Heart
While We're Young
You Hit the Spot
It's De-Lovely
Get Me to the Church on Time
Like Someone in Love
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Love Walked In
This Heart of Mine
Sweet Lorraine
Can't Get Out of This Mood
I've Got the World on a String
Easy to Say (But So Hard to Do)

UPC: 824046359522
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 6.5.26
Format: CD

Johnny Mathis - Early Years: Selected Albums 1956-58 (CD)