Portrait of Johnny | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | July 17, 1961[1] | |||
Recorded | 1959–1961 | |||
Genre | Vocal[2] | |||
Length | 33:11 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Al Ham Mitch Miller Irving Townsend Frank DeVol[3] | |||
Johnny Mathis chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Billboard | positive[4] |
New Record Mirror | 5/5[5] |
Portrait of Johnny is a compilation album by Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on July 17, 1961,[1] and described on the cover as "The Third in the Johnny Mathis Greatest Hits Series". Seven B-sides of chart hits are included along with four of the corresponding A-sides that made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 or "bubbled under" it and one song ("Should I Wait (Or Should I Run to Her)") from a single that had neither side chart in Billboard magazine.[6]
In the "Spotlight Albums of the Week" column in the issue of Billboard dated July 31 of that year, a description of the release states, "A deluxe merchandising effort is represented here, with the fine color cover painting of Mathis, reproduced in a gold titled frame, which is attached to the liner.[4]
The album entered the magazine's Top LPs chart a month later, in the issue dated August 28, and spent 63 weeks there, seven of which were in the number two position.[7]
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