Once in a While (Johnny Mathis album)

Once in a While
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released	May 23, 1988[1]
Recorded	December 1987–March 1988[1]
Studio	Conway Studios, Ocean Way Recording, Ignited Studios, The Grey Room and Kren Studios (Hollywood, California) One On One Studios (North Hollywood, California) Lion Share Recording Studios, The Five Spot and Studio Ultimo (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Vocal[2] pop/rock R&B
Length	39:23
Label	Columbia
Producer	Peter Bunetta Rick Chudacoff Preston Glass Robert Kraft[3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
The Hollywood Musicals (1986) Once in a While (1988) In the Still of the Night (1989)

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Once in a While is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 23, 1988,^[1] by Columbia Records and found him returning to the practice of covering contemporary hits but also mixing in lesser-known songs already recorded by other artists along with a few new ones ("Daydreamin'", "From a Whisper to a Scream", "Two Strong Hearts").

Although the album did not make it onto Billboard magazine's Top Pop Albums chart, the song "I'm on the Outside Looking In" did reach number 27 during its 12 weeks on the magazine's list of the 40 Hot Adult Contemporary songs of the week in the US that began in the issue dated July 2 of that year.^[4]