Portrait of Johnny

Portrait of Johnny
Greatest hits album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedJuly 17, 1961[1]
Recorded1959–1961
GenreVocal[2]
Length33:11
LabelColumbia
ProducerAl Ham
Mitch Miller
Irving Townsend
Frank DeVol[3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
I'll Buy You A Star
(1961) 		Portrait of Johnny
(1961) 		Live It Up!
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Billboardpositive[4]
New Record Mirror5/5[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]

  1. ^ a b (1993) The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932.
  2. ^ a b "A Portrait of Johnny - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Singles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. 1961-07-31. p. 30.
  5. ^ Watson, Jimmy (7 October 1961). "Johnny Mathis: Portrait of Johnny" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 30. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ^ Whitburn 2009, p. 628.
  7. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.