Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK by CBS Records on September 13, 1974.[1]

Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs
Compilation album by Johnny Mathis
Released	September 13, 1974[1]
Recorded	1959–1972
Genre	Vocal
Label	CBS
Johnny Mathis chronology
I'm Coming Home (1973) Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs (1974) The Heart of a Woman (1974)

On July 1, 1975, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the collection with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Alfie" from Alfie (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:15
2. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 3:38
3. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 4:20
4. "Rose Garden" (Joe South) – 2:51
5. "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet (Bob Forrest, Robert Wright) – 4:06
6. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from Hair (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni) – 3:04

Side two

1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 3:34
2. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 3:16
3. "Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens) – 3:28
4. "Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:30
5. "Long Ago and Far Away" (James Taylor) – 3:11
6. "Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) – 3:59

Side three

1. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:18
2. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:55
3. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Bacharach, David) – 3:26
4. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" from Promises, Promises (Bacharach, David) – 3:02
5. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:49
6. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Bacharach, David) – 3:29

Side four

1. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 4:37
2. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 3:00
3. "Too Young" (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 3:16
4. "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:19
5. "Moonlight Becomes You" from Road to Morocco (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:06
6. "Walk On By" (Bacharach, David) - 3:03

References