You've Got a Friend (Johnny Mathis album)

You've Got a Friend
Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedAugust 11, 1971[1]
RecordedApril–July 1971[2]
Genre
Length35:35
LabelColumbia
ProducerJohnny Mathis
Richard Perry[3]
Jack Gold[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Love Story
(1971) 		You've Got a Friend
(1971) 		Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive[4]

You've Got a Friend is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on August 11, 1971,[1] by Columbia Records. The phrase "Today's Great Hits" can be found above the title on both sides of the record jacket as well as both sides of the LP label as if to emphasize that this is essentially an album covering songs that were recently on the charts. This was a common practice of many vocalists of the period,[5] so much so in fact that fellow Columbia artist Andy Williams also released an album titled You've Got a Friend in August 1971[6] on which he coincidentally covers seven of the 11 tracks that Mathis recorded for this album.[7]

The Mathis record made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated September 4, 1971, and remained there for 10 weeks, peaking at number 80.[6]

The single from this album, "If We Only Have Love", was projected to be a hit in the "Top 60 Pop Spotlight" in the issue of Billboard dated October 9, 1971,[8] and was listed as a "Pick Single" in the magazine's February 26, 1972, issue[9] but failed to reach either its Hot 100 or Easy Listening charts.

  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 (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  3. ^ (1971) You've Got a Friend by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records C 30740.
  4. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1971-09-04. p. 22.
  5. ^ (2012) Album notes for So Nice/Johnny Mathis Sings by Johnny Mathis, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music. RGM-0108
  6. ^ a b Whitburn 2010, p. 503.
  7. ^ (1971) You've Got a Friend by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 30797.
  8. ^ "Top 60 Pop Spotlight". Billboard. 1971-10-09. p. 56.
  9. ^ "New Radio Action and Billboard Pick Singles". Billboard. 1972-02-26. p. 44.