''I'll Search My Heart and Other Great Hits'' is a
compilation album by American pop singer
Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records in April 1964
[ and gathered up five A-sides that reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, a corresponding B-side, and six songs that had previously been unreleased.
The album debuted on '' Billboard'' magazine's Top LPs chart the following month, in the issue dated May 9, and got as high as number 35 during its 16 weeks there.
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Reception
''Billboard'' wrote, "A most attractive blend of voice and strings on the Mathis-Columbia package. The album contains fine singing on a number of telling but off-beat tunes for which the singer is noted."[
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Track listing
Side one
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The AllMusic site rated the album with 3 stars. " (Lee Pockriss
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#* rec. 4/29/59, rel. 2/15/60;[ ''Billboard'' Hot 100: #25][.]
#"Every Step of the Way" ( Robert Allen, Al Stillman
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#* rec. 5/31/60, rel. 5/7/63;[ ''Billboard'' Hot 100: #30][ ]Easy Listening
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#"Wherever You Are It's Spring" (Arthur Hamilton
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#* rec. 2/8/61; previously unreleased[(1996) ''I'll Buy You a Star'' by Johnny Mathis D booklet New York: Columbia Records CK 64892.]
#"The Joy of Loving You" (Bart Howard
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#*rec. 3/29/62; previously unreleased[(2017) ''The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection'' by Johnny Mathis D booklet New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.]
#"Each Time We Kiss" ( Clyde Otis, Colin Towns
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) – 2:39
#*rec. 3/4/61; previously unreleased[ ]
#"A Clock Without Hands" (Jerry Livingston
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, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:58
#*rec. 3/29/62; previously unreleased
Side two
#"I'll Search My Heart" (Allyn Ferguson
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, Ernie Richman, Neil Weston) – 3:05
#* rec. 8/9/62, rel. 11/5/63;[ ''Billboard'' Hot 100: #90][ ]
#"Sooner or Later" (Thomas Garlock, Alan Jefferys) – 3:19
#* rec. 8/9/62, rel. 7/30/63[ ''Billboard'' Hot 100: #84]
#"My Favorite Dream" (Pockriss, Vance) – 2:55
#*rec. 10/9/61; previously unreleasedSammy Cahn
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, Alfred Newman) – 2:45
#* rec. 9/8/59, rel. 9/28/59[ ''Billboard'' Hot 100: #62]
#"What to Do About Love" (Leon Carr
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, Vance) – 2:28
#*rec. 5/31/60; previously unreleased[ ]
Personnel
*Johnny Mathis – vocals
*Ernie Altschuler – producer (except as noted)[
*Al Ham – producer ("The Best of Everything", "Starbright")][
*Mitch Miller – producer ("Every Step of the Way")][
*Irving Townsend – producer ("All the Sad Young Men")][
*M. Harkavy – cover photographic process][
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References
Bibliography
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{{Johnny Mathis
1964 greatest hits albums
Johnny Mathis compilation albums
Columbia Records compilation albums
albums produced by Irving Townsend
albums produced by Al Ham
albums produced by Mitch Miller