''Johnny Mathis Sings the Great Songs'' is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK by CBS Records International, CBS Records on September 13, 1974. On July 1, 1975, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the collection with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.

Track listing

Side one

#"Alfie (Burt Bacharach song), Alfie" from ''Alfie (1966 film), Alfie'' (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:15 #"Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 3:38 # "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 4:20 #"Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson song), Rose Garden" (Joe South) – 2:51 #"Stranger in Paradise (song), Stranger in Paradise" from ''Kismet (musical), Kismet'' (Bob Forrest, Robert Wright (writer), Robert Wright) – 4:06 #"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from ''Hair (musical), Hair'' (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni) – 3:04

Side two

#"Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton (songwriter), Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 3:34 #"My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 3:16 #"Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens) – 3:28 #"Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:30 # "Long Ago and Far Away (James Taylor song), Long Ago and Far Away" (James Taylor) – 3:11 #"Those Were the Days (song), Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) – 3:59

Side three

#"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:18 #"Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:55 #"(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Bacharach, David) – 3:26 #"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" from ''Promises, Promises (musical), Promises, Promises'' (Bacharach, David) – 3:02 #"The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:49 # "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Bacharach, David) – 3:29

Side four

#"Bridge over Troubled Water (song), Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 4:37 #"It's Impossible (song), It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 3:00 # "Too Young (1951 song), Too Young" (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 3:16 #"Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:19 #"Moonlight Becomes You (song), Moonlight Becomes You" from ''Road to Morocco'' (Johnny Burke (lyricist), Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:06 #"Walk On By (song), Walk On By" (Bacharach, David) - 3:03

References

{{Johnny Mathis 1974 compilation albums Johnny Mathis compilation albums CBS Records compilation albums