Wonderful, Wonderful (Johnny Mathis album)

Wonderful, Wonderful
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedJuly 8, 1957[1]
RecordedMarch 27, 1957
March 28, 1957
April 1, 1957[1]
StudioCBS 30th Street Studio,
New York City
GenreVocal[2]
Length36:38
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Avakian[3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Johnny Mathis
(1956) 		Wonderful, Wonderful
(1957) 		Warm
(1957)
Alternate cover
UK album cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [4]

Wonderful, Wonderful is the second album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis. It was released on July 8, 1957,[1] on the Columbia Records label but does not include his hit song of the same name or any of his songs that were released as singles that year. The liner notes on the back of the original album cover proclaim that "he stamps as his very own such familiar rhythm tunes as 'Too Close for Comfort' and 'That Old Black Magic', injects new life in well-known ballads such as 'All Through the Night', gives new hearings to several fine standards that have been neglected in recent years, and even introduces a brand new ballad (Alex Fogarty's 'Will I Find My Love Today?')."[3]

This sophomore effort debuted on Billboard magazine's list of the 25 Best-Selling Pop LPs in the issue dated September 9 of that year and reached number four during its 26 weeks there.[5]

The album was initially only available in the monaural format but was reissued in 1962 with a banner added to the original cover that read, "Electronically Re-channeled for Stereo".[6] It was issued in Great Britain by Fontana Records in 1957[6] with a different jacket design and cover photo and was released for the first time on compact disc on May 14, 2001, as one of two albums on one CD, the other LP being the UK version of his self-titled 1956 debut.[7]

  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. ^ "Wonderful Wonderful - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b (1957) Wonderful Wonderful by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CL 1028.
  4. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
  6. ^ a b "Johnny Mathis – Wonderful! Wonderful!". Discogs. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Wonderful Wonderful/Johnny Mathis - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 6 October 2016.