The Best of Johnny Mathis (1975-1980)

About The Best of Johnny Mathis (1975-1980)

The Best of Johnny Mathis 1975–1980 is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the fall of 1980 by Columbia Records. This collection is similar to his last major compilation, 1972's Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits, in that it excludes many of his American radio hits of this period ("Arianne", "Begin the Beguine", "Do Me Wrong, But Do Me", "Loving You-Losing You", "One Day in Your Life", "Stardust", "Yellow Roses on Her Gown", and "You're All I Need to Get By", all of which made the Adult Contemporary chart in Billboard magazine) in favor of songs that made the UK singles chart ("Gone, Gone, Gone", "When a Child Is Born") or contemporary hits by other people ("Just the Way You Are", "With You I'm Born Again", "You Light Up My Life"). The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated December 27, 1980, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 140. In 1984 it was released on compact disc, and it received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on October 21, 1994 more »