The Sweetheart Tree

This article is about the Johnny Mathis album. For the title track's original use, see The Great Race.
The Sweetheart Tree
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1965[1]
RecordedMay 6–8, 1965
June 15, 1965[2]
Genre
Length40:58 (US Version)
50:36 (UK Version)
LabelMercury
ProducerNorman Newell[1]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Love Is Everything
(1965) 		The Sweetheart Tree
(1965) 		The Shadow of Your Smile
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive[4]

The Sweetheart Tree is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records on September 30, 1965,[1] and included songs associated with Italy ("Arrivederci Roma"), France ("Clopin Clopant"), Ireland ("Danny Boy"), and Scotland ("The Skye Boat Song") as well as several selections, such as "I'll Close My Eyes" and "The Very Thought of You", from English composers.

The title song from the album had its first chart appearance on Billboard magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs in the US in the issue dated July 24 of that year and got as high as number 21 over the course of 10 weeks.[5] It also bubbled under Billboard's Hot 100 for six weeks beginning in the August 7 issue, during which time it peaked at number 108.[6] The album debuted on the magazine's Top LP's chart shortly after its release, in the issue dated October 16, 1965, and reached number 71 during its 26 weeks there.[7]

The album The Sweetheart Tree was released for the first time on compact disc on November 6, 2012, as one of two albums on one CD, the second of the two being his 1966 follow-up, The Shadow of Your Smile.[8] Both were also included in Sony's Mathis box set The Complete Global Albums Collection, which was released on November 17, 2014.[9]

  1. ^ a b c (2014) The Complete Global Albums Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88843091432.
  2. ^ (2012) The Sweetheart Tree/The Shadow of Your Smile by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment RGM-0096.
  3. ^ "The Sweetheart Tree - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1965-09-25. p. 76.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2007, p. 178.
  6. ^ Whitburn 2009, p. 628.
  7. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
  8. ^ "The Sweetheart Tree/The Shadow of Your Smile - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. ^ "The Complete Global Albums Collection - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 31 May 2016.