Broadway (album)

2012 studio album by Johnny Mathis

Broadway (album)

Studio album by

Johnny Mathis

Released| August 28, 2012[1]
Recorded| September 24, 1964
October 5, 1964
October 9, 1964[2]
Genre| Vocal[1]
Length| 37:31
Label| Mercury
Producer| Johnny Mathis[3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
| Olé
(1964)  | Broadway (album)
(2012)  | Love Is Everything
(1965)

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Broadway is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was recorded in 1964 but not released by his then record label Mercury Records. The project first became commercially available on August 28, 2012, when Sony Music Entertainment released it as one of two albums on one compact disc, the other album being his 1965 LP Love Is Everything.[2] Broadway was also included in Sony's Mathis box set The Complete Global Albums Collection, which was released on November 17, 2014.[4]

## History

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After recording 16 studio albums for Columbia Records between 1956 and 1963, Mathis accepted an offer to switch to the Mercury label with one advantage being that he would have more control over his recordings. During the first 15 months at his new home, he recorded and released five LPs and began work on number six, which would be exclusively devoted to songs from musicals from the Great White Way or, as he described it, "things I was listening to because I was in New York. I would go to the theater a lot and listen to all that great music from different shows."[2] The first four of his Mercury titles had respectable chart runs in Billboard,[5] but the most recent of them, Olé was the first not to make the magazine's list of (what was now) the top 150 albums of the week[6] since his 1956 Columbia debut.

In the liner notes for the 2012 release of Broadway, James Ritz describes how "John swings unabashedly and unrelentingly thanks to Allyn Ferguson, who outdid himself with a set of wild and uninhibited arrangements."[2] Mathis has fond memories of the arranger/conductor: "Great stuff... lots of interesting rhythm patterns from Allyn. He was a taskmaster. He was very, very smart and he always put that into his music. He was very esoteric as far as his jazz was concerned. I just sort of tagged along. I enjoyed the challenge and vocally I think it worked. I was quite enamored at the time with Lena Horne and I think a lot of it reflects that."[2] AllMusic reviewer Al Campbell explains, "At the time, Mercury felt the album was too upbeat and not the type of romantic material Mathis had been so successful with during his previous tenure with Columbia."[1]

## Track listing

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1. "Ain't It de Truth"  from Jamaica (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 3:47
2. "Get Out of Town"  from Leave It to Me! (Cole Porter) – 3:16
3. "Independent (On My Own)" from Bells Are Ringing (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 2:54
4. "Hello, Dolly!"  from Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman) – 3:28
5. "Manhattan"  from The Garrick Gaieties (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:40
6. "Once in a Lifetime" from Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:22
7. "You'd Better Love Me" from High Spirits (Timothy Gray, Hugh Martin) – 3:13
8. "Don't Rain on My Parade"  from Funny Girl (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 2:55
9. "Of Thee I Sing"  from Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:12
10. "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love"  from Finian's Rainbow (E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:49
11. "Ridin' High"  from Red, Hot and Blue (Cole Porter) – 3:19
12. "She Loves Me"  from She Loves Me (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:44

## Recording dates

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* September 24, 1964 – "Don't Rain on My Parade", "Hello, Dolly!", "Independent (On My Own)", "Once in a Lifetime"
* October 5, 1964 – "Ain't It De Truth", "Get Out of Town", "Ridin' High", "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love"
* October 9, 1964 – "Manhattan", "Of Thee I Sing", "She Loves Me", "You'd Better Love Me"

## Personnel

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Original album

* Johnny Mathis – vocals; producer
* Allyn Ferguson – arranger, conductor

Love Is Everything/Broadway (2012)

* Mark Wilder – remastering
* Maria Triana – remastering assistant
* Matt Cavaluzzo – analog-to-digital transfers
* Tom D. Kline – design
* James Ritz – liner notes
* Didier C. Deutsch – Sony A&R producer
* Henry Towns – Sony A&R producer
* Shane Harris – Sony A&R coordinator
* Phil Zaks – Sony production coordinator

* Remastered at Battery Studios, New York City

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Love Is Everything/Broadway - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
2. ^ a b c d e (2012) Love Is Everything/Broadway by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment RGM-0084.
3. ^ (2014) The Complete Global Albums Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88843091432.
4. ^ "The Complete Global Albums Collection - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
5. ^ Whitburn 2010, pp. 503–504.
6. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 10.

### Works cited

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* Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0898201833

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Johnny Mathis

Studio albums|

* Johnny Mathis
* Wonderful, Wonderful
* Warm
* Good Night, Dear Lord
* Swing Softly
* Merry Christmas
* Open Fire, Two Guitars
* Heavenly
* Faithfully
* Johnny's Mood
* The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway
* I'll Buy You a Star
* Live It Up!
* Rapture
* Johnny
* Sounds of Christmas
* Romantically
* Tender Is the Night
* The Wonderful World of Make Believe
* This Is Love
* Olé
* Broadway
* Love Is Everything
* The Sweetheart Tree
* The Shadow of Your Smile
* So Nice
* Johnny Mathis Sings
* Up, Up and Away
* Love Is Blue
* Those Were the Days
* Love Theme from "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time for Us)
* Give Me Your Love for Christmas
* Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
* Close to You
* Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert
* Love Story
* You've Got a Friend
* The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)
* Song Sung Blue
* Me and Mrs. Jones
* Killing Me Softly with Her Song
* I'm Coming Home
* The Heart of a Woman
* When Will I See You Again
* Feelings
* I Only Have Eyes for You
* Mathis Is...
* Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
* You Light Up My Life
* That's What Friends Are For
* The Best Days of My Life
* Mathis Magic
* Different Kinda Different
* I Love My Lady
* Friends in Love
* A Special Part of Me
* Right from the Heart
* Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis
* The Hollywood Musicals
* Once in a While
* In the Still of the Night
* In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington
* How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
* All About Love
* Because You Loved Me: The Songs of Diane Warren
* Mathis on Broadway
* The Christmas Album
* Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album
* A Night to Remember
* Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville
* Sending You a Little Christmas
* Johnny Mathis Sings the Great New American Songbook

Compilation albums|

* Johnny's Greatest Hits
* More Johnny's Greatest Hits
* Portrait of Johnny
* Johnny's Newest Hits
* I'll Search My Heart and Other Great Hits
* The Great Years
* People
* The Impossible Dream
* Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits
* Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs
* The Johnny Mathis Collection
* The Mathis Collection
* Tears and Laughter
* The Best of Johnny Mathis 1975–1980
* The First 25 Years – The Silver Anniversary Album
* Celebration – The Anniversary Album
* 16 Most Requested Songs
* Better Together: The Duet Album
* The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection
* The Hits of Johnny Mathis
* The Ultimate Hits Collection
* The Essential Johnny Mathis
* The Very Best of Johnny Mathis
* Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration
* Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
* The Ultimate Collection
* The Classic Christmas Album

Live albums|

* Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas
* Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole
* Live

Box sets|

* The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection
* The Complete Global Albums Collection
* The Singles
* The Complete Christmas Collection 1958–2010
* The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection

Singles|

* "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
* "It's Not for Me to Say"
* "Chances Are"
* "The Twelfth of Never"
* "No Love (But Your Love)"
* "Wild Is the Wind"
* "Come to Me"
* "A Certain Smile"
* "Sleigh Ride"
* "Misty"
* "Gina"
* "What Will Mary Say"
* "Beyond the Blue Horizon"
* "Remember When (We Made These Memories)"
* "Love Me Tonight"
* "Odds and Ends"
* "I'm Coming Home"
* "Life Is a Song Worth Singing"
* "When a Child Is Born"
* "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
* "You're All I Need to Get By"

Other Songs|

* "Love Never Felt So Good"

Videos|

* Live by Request: Johnny Mathis
* Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful!

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