Song Sung Blue (album)

Song Sung Blue
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1972[1]
RecordedApril 3, 1972
June 7, 1972
June 21, 1972
July 24, 1972
July 28, 1972[1]
Genre
Length37:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerJerry Fuller[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits
(1972) 		Song Sung Blue
(1972) 		Me and Mrs. Jones
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive[3]

Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972,[1] by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking at number 83.[4] In the UK it was retitled Make It Easy on Yourself and reached number 49 on the album chart.[5]

The song "Make It Easy on Yourself" was the first single from the album and "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 to number 103[6] while making it as high as number 16 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart.[7] The song on the flip side, "Sometimes", was written by Henry Mancini and his daughter Felice[8] but was not included on the LP.

  1. ^ a b c (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. ^ (1972) Song Sung Blue by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 31626.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1972-10-07. p. 58.
  4. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
  5. ^ "Johnny Mathis". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. ^ Whitburn 2009, p. 628.
  7. ^ Whitburn 2007, p. 179.
  8. ^ (1972) "Make It Easy on Yourself/Sometimes" by Johnny Mathis [7-inch single]. New York: Columbia Records 4-45635.