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", " Orange Colored Sky"), and three selections that have never appeared on a Mathis studio album ("I Believe in Love", "Fly Away", "Try to Win a Friend"). On October 24, 1995, the album was released for a second time on compact disc as part of a 3-disc set that also included Mathis's 1959 studio album '' Heavenly'' and the 1977 stereo reissue of 1958's '' Johnny's Greatest Hits''.

Reception

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wrote retrospectively: "Mathis has always been an expert at finding and performing music that ties together the often disparate styles of popular music over four decades, and his choices here are characteristic. Of course, he also performs them winningly with effective backup."

Track listing

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) – 3:10 #* Ray Conniff – arranger # " Orange Colored Sky" ( Milton DeLugg,

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Song information

"I Believe in Love" was performed by

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on the soundtrack of the 1976 film '' A Star Is Born'' but was released as a single by

in 1977 that reached number 37 on '' Billboard'' magazine's list of the 50 most popular

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songs in the US and number 66 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Fly Away" had its best showing on these two charts by different artists: in 1981 Peter Allen took the song to number 55 on the Hot 100 and number 45 on what was now the

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chart, whereas Stevie Woods made it to number 23 Adult Contemporary and number 84 pop with the song in 1982. And "Try to Win a Friend" was included on two albums in 1973:

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's ''If It's Alright with You/Just What I've Been Looking For''.(1973) ''If It's Alright with You/Just What I've Been Looking For'' by Dottie West lbum jacket New York: RCA Records APD1-0151.

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: ; Performers * Johnny Mathis – vocals *Jim Ganduglia – conductor *Michael Bach – bass *Joe Lizama – drums *Gil Reigers – guitar *Larry Steelman – piano ; Production * Denny Diante – producer *Larry Hirsch – engineer *Bill Jackson – additional engineer *Terry Christian – additional engineer *Jo-Anne McGettrick – A&R Coordinator *Nancy Donald – design *Tony Lane – design *Sam Emerson – photographer *Mixed at Sunset Sound Studios,

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References

Bibliography

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