| Live It Up! | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 11, 1961[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 24–25, 1961[1] | |||
| Genre | Vocal[2] | |||
| Length | 37:29 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Irving Townsend[3] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Billboard | positive[4] |
| New Record Mirror | 5/5[5] |
Live It Up! is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on December 11, 1961,[1] by Columbia Records and was the second of two album collaborations with arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle. The singer again eschewed ballads as he had on Swing Softly and selected a balance of new and established material.
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's album chart in the issue dated February 24, 1962, to begin a stay of 39 weeks, during which time it got as high as number 14.[6]
This album was released for the first time on compact disc in a two-disc set with his other Riddle project, 1961's I'll Buy You A Star, on June 9, 2009.[7]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Live It Up! - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ (1962) Live It Up! by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8511.
- ^ "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. 1962-02-03. p. 24.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (10 March 1962). "Johnny Mathis: Live It Up" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 52. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
- ^ "I'll Buy You a Star/Live It Up! - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 5 November 2016.