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by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on April 29, 2008, by Columbia Records. In the liner notes for the album, executive producer Jay Landers writes that "Johnny combed through his personal album collection and chose 12 songs sure to evoke faces and places from those golden days when 45s were stacked on the record player and local deejays played songs you could actually hum the melody to." The album reached number 29 on the UK album chart during its two weeks there in August 2008.

Reception

In rating the album at four stars on

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, John Bush praises producer

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, who "has helmed most of the best records by many artists who have come later and courted the same audience as Mathis... He definitely saved his best for this date, a landmark in his career." The reviewer also gives high marks to the singer: "Mathis sounds fantastic for a septuagenarian... The material he chooses is excellent as well."

Track listing

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Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: ;Performers * Johnny Mathis – vocals *

– keyboard and rhythm programming * Tyler Gordon – programming and

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engineer * Mike Landau – guitar * Mabvuto Carpenter – background vocals * Tiffany Smith – background vocals * Jason Morales – background vocals * Mone't – background vocals ;Production *

– producer, arranger * Jay Landers – executive producer * David Channing – recording engineer * Brian Warwick – assistant engineer * Jonnie Davis – mixing engineer * Ryan Geller – assistant mixing engineer * Chris Brooke – vocal recording; additional engineering * David Channing – additional engineering * Tawgs Salter – additional engineering * Tyler Gordon – additional engineering * Doug Sax – mastering * Sangwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering * Rich Davis – production coordination * Edward Blau – Johnny Mathis representation * Christina Rodriguez – art direction and design * Jeff Dunas – photography * Mixed at Public Studios, New York, New York * Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Ojai, California

References

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