''Faithfully'' is an

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by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on December 21, 1959, by Columbia Records and continues his trend toward covering ballads alongside an orchestra. While his previous LPs usually offered one or two songs that had not been previously recorded, that number on this project leaped to five, and although the other seven selections were established by other artists, even some of those were lesser-known, such as

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's number 30 pop hit "You Better Go Now" and the title song from the 1953 film '' The Blue Gardenia''. The album made its first appearance on '' Billboard'' magazine's album chart in the issue dated January 18, 1960, and reached number two during its 75 weeks there. It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the US on December 4, 1962. Type ''Johnny Mathis'' in the Search box and press ''Enter''. The Mathis recording of the ''

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" was released as a single on two occasions. The first came five months after ''Faithfully'' hit store shelves and included four weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 that began in the issue dated May 30 and led to a number 78 peak position.. The second followed the 1961 release of the film version of ''

'' and resulted in a number 88 showing during its three weeks on that same chart in December of that year. ''Faithfully'' was released for the first time on compact disc on June 21, 2002, as one of two albums on one CD, the other LP being his 1960 follow-up '' Johnny's Mood''.

Reception

''Billboard'' wrote, "The arrangements by Glenn Osser are lush and warm, and Mathis has never been in better voice."

Track listing

Side one

#"Faithfully" ( Burt Bacharach, Sidney Shaw) – 2:37 #"

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'' ( Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:15 #"Nobody Knows (How Much I Love You)" (

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) – 4:14 #"One Starry Night" ( Abner Silver,

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) – 3:24 #"You Better Go Now" (Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner) – 4:14

Side two
#" Secret Love" from ''
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" from ''West Side Story'' (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 3:50 #"Where Do You Think You're Going" (Bart Howard) – 4:04 #" And This Is My Beloved" from '' Kismet'' ( Bob Wright, George Forrest) – 4:01 #"
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) – 3:31 #"Blue Gardenia" from '' The Blue Gardenia'' (Lester Lee, Bob Russell) – 4:27

Recording dates
From the liner notes for '' The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection'': *November 4, 1959 – "Blue Gardenia", "Secret Love", "Where Are You", "You Better Go Now" *November 5, 1959 – "And This Is My Beloved", "Nobody Knows (How Much I Love You)", "One Starry Night", "Where Do You Think You're Going" *November 6, 1959 – "Faithfully", "Follow Me", "Maria", "Tonight"

Personnel
*Johnny Mathis – vocals *
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– producer * Glenn Osser – arranger and conductor(1959) ''Faithfully'' by Johnny Mathis lbum jacket New York: Columbia Records CL 1422. *
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References

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External links

Johnny Mathis sings "West Side Story Medley"
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