''Johnny's Mood'' is an album by American pop singer

Johnny Mathis John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum s ...

that was released on July 18, 1960, by

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and mixes new material in with covers of hit standards by other artists. The original album cover featured a sketch of Mathis on an orange background, but a second cover with his headshot against an orange background was also released. The album made its debut on ''

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'' magazine's

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in the August 29, 1960, issue and got as high as number four over the course of 65 weeks.. The 1959 Mathis LP '' Faithfully'' and ''Johnny's Mood'' were both released for the first time on compact disc on June 21, 2002, as two albums on one CD.

Reception

''Billboard'' had good things to say. "Johnny Mathis is right at home in this collection of mood items, and at the top of his form he's one of the most potent chanters around."

Track listing

Side one

#"I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life" (

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) – 3:35 #"Stay Warm" ( Buddy Greco) – 3:13 #" There's No You" ( Tom Adair, George Durgom, Hal Hopper) – 3:55 #" How High the Moon" from '' Two for the Show'' ( Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:22 #"I'm So Lost" (Shirley Cowell) – 3:52 #"Once" (Otis G. Clements, Sydney Shaw) – 3:47

Side two

#" Goodnight My Love" from ''

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'' ( Mack Gordon Harry Revel) – 3:42 #" The Folks Who Live On the Hill" from '' High, Wide, and Handsome'' ( Jerome Kern,

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) – 3:50 #" April in Paris" from ''

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'' ( Vernon Duke E. Y. Harburg) – 3:35 #"Corner to Corner" (Robert Marcus, Harold Mott) – 3:05 #"In Return" (

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, Paul Vance) – 3:27 #" I'm in the Mood for Love" from '' Every Night at Eight'' ( Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 5:00

Recording dates

From the liner notes for '' The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection'': *September 8, 1959 — "Once" *May 24, 1960 — "Corner to Corner", "How High the Moon", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "There's No You" *May 25, 1960 — "The Folks Who Live On the Hill", "Goodnight My Love", "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life" *May 26, 1960 — "April in Paris", "I'm So Lost", "In Return", "Stay Warm"

Personnel

*Johnny Mathis – vocals * Mitch Miller – producer (except as noted) * Al Ham – producer ("Once") * Glenn Osser – arranger and conductor(1960) ''Johnny's Mood'' by Johnny Mathis lbum jacket New York: Columbia Records CL 1526.

References

Bibliography

* {{Authority control 1960 albums Johnny Mathis albums Columbia Records albums Albums arranged by Glenn Osser Albums conducted by Glenn Osser Albums produced by Mitch Miller