Johnny Mathis Close To You - Love Story (CD, Expanded Edition)

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(Real Gone Music) 25 tracks Johnny Mathis kicked off the 1970s with a series of albums that... more

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Johnny Mathis: Close To You - Love Story (CD, Expanded Edition)

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Johnny Mathis kicked off the 1970s with a series of albums that found the Voice of Romance reinventing the day’s chart hits in inimitably lush fashion. Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are continuing the journey through the legendary singer’s 1970s catalog with an expanded, two-for-one compact disc release of the classic studio albums Close to You and Love Story.

Johnny teamed with longtime producer Jack Gold and top arranger Ernie Freeman in 1970 for Close to You, on which he returned to the songbooks of Burt Bacharach and Hal David (the title song), The Beatles (“The Long and Winding Road”), and Antonio Carlos Jobim (“Wave”) while also reinterpreting hits by Ray Stevens, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and even Columbia labelmate Santana! This deliciously eclectic album yielded the Academy Award- nominated movie theme “Pieces of Dreams,” a top 10 AC hit for Mathis. It was followed in early 1971 by Love Story, produced by Gold with arrangements by Perry Botkin, Jr., a frequent collaborator of Harry Nilsson.

In addition to the romantic “(Where Do I Begin) Love Story,” Johnny brought his silken sound to rare tunes by Bacharach and David (the top 40 AC chart entry “Ten Times Forever More”) andCarole King and Gerry Goffin (“I Was There”) as well as his friend Henry Mancini(“Loss of Love”) and Paul Williams and Roger Nichols (“We’ve Only Just Begun”).

This expanded two-for-one release adds three bonus tracks: outtake recordings of Bodie Chandler’s “Caroline” and a “Goin’ Out of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” medley, plus the B-side of “Pieces of Dreams,” Mancini and Johnny Mercer’s “Darling Lili.” Johnny at his zenith!

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Interpret: Johnny Mathis
Album titlle: Close To You - Love Story (CD, Expanded Edition)
Genre Pop
Label Real Gone Music
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0848064007159
weight in Kg 0.1

Mathis, Johnny - Close To You - Love Story (CD, Expanded Edition) CD 1
01	They long to be close to you	Johnny Mathis
02	Evil ways	Johnny Mathis
03	Come saturday morning	Johnny Mathis
04	Yellow days	Johnny Mathis
05	Pieces of dreams	Johnny Mathis
06	Song of joy	Johnny Mathis
07	Everything is beautiful	Johnny Mathis
08	The long and winding road	Johnny Mathis
09	Why can't I touch you	Johnny Mathis
10	Wave	Johnny Mathis
11	Until it's time for you to go	Johnny Mathis
12	Caroline (Bonus Track)	Johnny Mathis
13	Where do I begin?	Johnny Mathis
14	Rose garden	Johnny Mathis
15	Ten times forever more	Johnny Mathis
16	It's impossible	Johnny Mathis
17	I was there	Johnny Mathis
18	What are you doing the rest of your life	Johnny Mathis
19	Ve only just begun	Johnny Mathis
20	Traces	Johnny Mathis
21	For the good times	Johnny Mathis
22	My sweet lord	Johnny Mathis
23	Loss of love	Johnny Mathis
24	Goin' out of my head/Can't take my eyes off you	Johnny Mathis
25	Darlin Lili	Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis Geboren 1937 in San Francisco Beinahe hätte der Ex-Sportlehrer seine... more

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"Johnny Mathis"

Johnny Mathis

Geboren 1937 in San Francisco Beinahe hätte der Ex-Sportlehrer seine Talente als Athlet beweisen müssen, denn 1956 sollte er an den Qualifikationskämpfen für die Olympischen Spiele teilnehmen. Dazwischen kam eine Kleinigkeit - ein Auftritt Johnny Mathis' im „440 Club' in San Francisco, bei dem zufällig ein Talentsucher der CBS anwesend war. Er sang, und der Talentsucher honorierte mit einem Vertrag, der Johnny Mathis zu einem Superstar machte.

Seither setzte Mathis Maßstäbe im Showgeschäft: Bisher veröffentlichte Johnny 50 Alben. Er ist der einzige amerikanische Sänger, dem es gelang, gleichzeitig 4 Langspielplatten in der US-Bestsellerliste zu haben. Seine LP „Johnny Mathis Greatest Hits' hielt sich über den Zeitraum von 8 Jahren in den amerikanischen Top 100. So ist es kein Wunder, wenn sich in Mathis' Ranch bei Santa Barbara in Kalifornien die Goldenen Schallplatten im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes stapeln.

Original Presse-Info: CBS Schallplatten GmbH

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