More Johnny's Greatest Hits is the ninth album released by vocalist Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis

John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...

. It the second compilation of hit singles released by the singer.

Track listing

1. "Small World" - 3:21
2. "Someone" - 2:58
3. "Very Much In Love" - 2:48
4. "You Are Everything To Me" - 2:58
5. "Let It Rain" - 2:40
6. "The Flame Of Love" - 2:50
7. "A Certain Smile
   A Certain Smile (song)
   "A Certain Smile" is a popular song. It was written for the 1958 film of the same name based on the novel A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan. The song was nominated for the 1958 Academy Award for Best Original Song....
   
   " - 2:48
8. "Call Me" - 2:48
9. "You Are Beautiful" - 3:10
10. "Teacher, Teacher" - 2:41
11. "Stairway to the Sea (Scalinatella)" - 2:36
12. "Let's Love" - 2:44

Billboard Album Chart

This album was yet another smash for Mathis, peaking at #2 on the Billboard album chart in its original release, his eighth consecutive album to chart.

Hit singles

The album features 8 charting singles. They are:

Song title	Billboard peak position
Teacher, Teacher	21
A Certain Smile A Certain Smile (song) "A Certain Smile" is a popular song. It was written for the 1958 film of the same name based on the novel A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan. The song was nominated for the 1958 Academy Award for Best Original Song....	14
Call Me	21
Let's Love	44
You Are Beautiful	60
Someone	35
Small World	20
You Are Everything To Me	109

Broadway And Hollywood Songs

Of the singles included on the album, arranged and conducted by Ray Ellis

Ray Ellis

Ray Ellis was an American record producer, arranger and conductor. The orchestration for Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin is probably his best known work in the jazz vein.-Biography:...

 and Glenn Osser, two are from Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 shows while a further cut is the theme song for a Hollywood film. At the time, it was common for popular vocalists to record songs from Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 shows espeically those in which a recording company had a financial interest. Thus it's not surprising that Mathis would record show tunes for singles release. "You Are Beautiful" is from the score of "Flower Drum Song

Flower Drum Song

Flower Drum Song was the eighth stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. The piece opened in 1958 on Broadway and was afterwards presented in the West End and on tour...

" which opened on Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 in 1958. The score of this show was by Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...

 and Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...

 and is the first of many songs by this team recorded by Mathis over the years. "Small World" by Jule Styne

Jule Styne

Jule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...

 and Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...

 is from the score of "Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business...

" which opened on Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 in 1959.

Mathis has recorded many films songs over the years, some of which played over the opening titles. In 1958's "A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile (film)

A Certain Smile is a 1958 drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, based on the book of the same name.-Cast:* Rossano Brazzi as Luc Ferrand* Joan Fontaine as Françoise Ferrand* Bradford Dillman as Bertrand Griot* Christine Carère as Dominique Vallon...

", Mathis is seen in the film performing its haunting theme, a song that continues as part of his concert repertoire. The film version differs from the single included on this album and features an upward modulating ending. The film, a lavish soap opera, featured Rossano Brazzi

Rossano Brazzi

-Biography:Brazzi was born in Bologna to Adelmo and Maria Brazzi. He attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy, where he was raised from the age of four...

, Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland , known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. She and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s....

, Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

-Early life:Bradford Dillman was born on April 14, 1930 in San Francisco, California, the son of Josephine and Dean Dillman, a stockbroker. He studied at Town School for Boys and St. Ignatius High School. Later he attended the Hotchkiss boarding school in Connecticut, where he became involved in...

 and Christine Carère

Christine Carère

Christine Carère was a French film actress. She appeared in 25 films and the TV series Blue Light between 1951 and 1966.-Selected filmography:* Folie douce * Love in a Hot Climate...

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External links

• [ All Music Review]
• Johnny Mathis singing "Someone"
• Johnny Mathis sings the theme song in the film "A Certain Smile" from 1958