2 GREAT AMERICAN POP STARS: JOHNNIE RAY & JOHNNY MATHIS (10 CDS) DOCUMENT

The 10-CD-BOX to warm every Pop-fan’s heart: 11 original LPs by Johnnie Ray and 10 by Johnny Mathis. Like few others, these two passionate American vocal-legends stand for the emotions and of the 1950s and 1960s. Johnnie Ray was born in 1927 in Dallas, Oregon/USA. Although he needed a hearing aid since the age of fourteen, he became a musical superstar of the 1950s. His passionate vocal style motivated his female fans at concerts to scream-orgies. Between 1951 and 1959 he made with 21 titles the leap into the American pop charts. As a duet partner of Doris Day and Frankie Laine Johnnie Ray was successful. He also starred in three films before he died in 1990. Johnny Mathis was born in 1935 in San Francisco / USA. At the age of 13, he began training as an opera singer. Eight years later, he went to New York to try as a jazz singer. Mitch Miller, the musical director of Columbia Records, convinced Mathis to sing pop ballads. From 1957 on this resulted in hit after hit and the Crooner with the expressive tenor hit the US charts 44 times until 1984. He even managed to be in the upper realms of the charts during the peak of the Rock & Roll-boom.

 

CD 1

■ JOHNNIE RAY (1952) CL-6199
1. Don´t Blame Me (McHugh / Fields) 2.22
2. Coffee and Cigarettes 2.34
(Hendler / Arthur)
3. Don´t Take Your Love from Me (Nemo) 2.17
4. The Lady Drinks Champagne 2.19
(Jeffreys / Wilson)
5. All of Me (Simon / Marks) 2.07
6. Give Me Time (Wilder) 3.08
7. Out in the Cold Again (Koehler / Bloom) 2.48
8. Walkin´ My Baby Back Home 2.20
(Turk / Ahlert)

■ LIVE – JOHNNIE RAY AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (1954) BBR-8001
With the Skyrocket Orchestra conducted by
Eric Rogers
9. Please Don´t Talk About Me 2.07
When I´m Gone (Stept / Clare)
10. Glad Rag Doll 2.22
(Yellen / Ager / Dougherty)
11. A Hundred Years from To-Day 2.53
(Young / Washington / Young)
12. Somebody Stole My Gal (Woods) 3.11
13. With These Hands (Davis / Silver) 3.21
14. Walkin´My Baby Back Home 2.10
(Turlk / Ahlert)
15. As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) 3.01
16. Such a Night (Chase) 3.44
17. The Little White Cloud That Cried (Ray) 3.29
18. Cry (Kohlman) 1.53
19. I´m Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord 3.39
(Carson)

■ JOHNNIE RAY – I CRY FOR YOU (1955)
CL-2510
20. Please, Mr. Sun (Getzov) 2.58
21. Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye (Ray) 2.40
22. Somebody Stole My Gal (Woods) 2.21
23. Nobody´s Sweetheart 2.12
(Kahn / Erdman / Meyers / Schoebel)
24. (Here Am I) Broken Hearted 2.49
(DeSylva / Brown / Henderson)
25. All of Me (Somon / Marks) 2.09
Total Time 68.46

CD 2

■ JOHNNIE RAY – THE VOICE OF YOUR CHOICE (1955) BBR-8062
1. You´d Be Surprised (Berlin) 1.59
2. Destiny (Alstone / Goodhart / Spier) 3.16
3. Papa Loves Mambo 2.19
(Hoffman / Manning / Reichner)
4. Paths of Paradise (Ray) 2.31
5. Satisfied (Carson) 2.47
6. Parade of Broken Hearts (Merrill) 2.08
7. Alexander´s Ragtime Band (Berlin) 2.24
8. If You Believe (Berlin) 2.59

■ LIVE – JOHNNIE RAY IN LAS VEGAS (1957)
CL-1093
9. Should I (Freed / Brown) 1.58
10. Shake a Hand (Morris) 2.40
11. Ain´t Misbehavin´ 2.38
(Waller / Brooks / Razaf)
12. As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) 3.02
13. Coquette (Lombardo / Green / Kahn) 1.50
14. Just Walking in the Rain (Bragg / Riley) 2.27
15. Yes Tonight, Josephine 3.10
(Goodman / Scott)
16. Yesterdays (Kern / Harbach) 3.24
17. Up Above My Head 2.15
(I Hear Music in the Air) (Tharpe)
18. Don´t Worry ´Bout me 3.28
(Bloom / Koehler)
19. MEDLEY: The Little White Cloud 4.23
That Cried (Ray) / Cry (Kohlman)
20. I´m Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord 3.18
(Carson)
Total Time 55.00

CD 3

■ JOHNNIE RAY – THE BIG BEAT (1957)
CL-961
1. Pretty-Eyed Baby (Williams / Johnson) 2.15
2. How Long, How Long Blues (Carr) 2.36
3. Sent for You Yesterday 2.35
(Rushing / Basie / Durham)
4. I´ll Never Be Free (Benjamin / Weiss) 2.20
5. I´m Gonna Move to the Outskirts 2.56
of Town (Weldon)
6. Shake a Hand (Morris) 2.56
7. Lotus Blossom (Johnston / Coslow) 4.00
8. Everyday (Everyday I Have the Blues) 2.53
(York)
9. I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) 2.36
(Churchill)
10. I Miss You So 2.55
(Henderson / Scott / Robin)
11. Trouble in Mind (Jones) 4.43
12. So Long (Morgan / Harris / Melsher) 2.42

■ JOHNNIE RAY & THE BILL COLE TRIO – ´TIL MORNING (1958) CL-1225
13. It All Depends on You 2.53
(DeSylva / Brown / Henderson)
14. My Ideal (Robin / Whiting / Chase) 2.59
15. Too Marvelous for Words 2.44
(Mercer / Whiting)
16. I´m Confessin´ (That I Love You) 4.07
(Neiburg / Dougherty / Reynolds)
17. Teach Me Tonight (Cahn / De Paul) 3.32
18. Nevertheless (I´m in Love with You) 2.57
(Kalmar / Ruby)
19. All Through the Night (Porter) 2.43
20. Hands across the Table 2.40
(Parish / Delettre)
21. They Can´t Take That Away from Me 2.59
(Gershwin / Gershwin)
22. Day By Day (Cahn / Stordahl / Weston) 3.42
23. I Can´t Escape from You 3.53
(Robin / Whiting)
24. I´m Beginning to See the Light 3.21
(James / Ellington / Hodges / George)
Total Time 75.43

CD 4

■ JOHNNIE RAY´S GREATEST HITS (1958)
CL-1227
1. Cry (Kohlman) #1 – 1951 3.03
2. Just Walking in the Rain 2.38
(Bragg / Riley) #2 – 1956
3. (Here Am I) Broken Hearted 2.49
(DeSylva / Brown / Henderson) #9 – 1952
4. Hey There (Ross / Adler) #27 – 1954 2.53
5. Alexander´s Ragtime Band (Berlin) 2.25
6. Paths of Paradise (Ray) 2.04
7. The Little White Clout That Cried 2.15
(Ray) #2 – 1951
8. Please Mr. Sun 2.59
(Getzov / Frank) #6 – 1952
9. Walkin´ My Baby Back Home 2.21
(Ahlert / Turk) #4 – 1952
10. All of Me (Marks / Simon) #12 – 1952 2.10
11. Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye (Ray) 2.41
12. Yes, Tonight Josephine 2.30
(Goodman / Scott) #18 – 1957

■ JOHNNIE RAY – ON THE TRAIL (1959)
CL-8180
13. Wagon Wheels (Hill / DeRose) 3.21
14. Empty Saddles (Hill) 3.14
15. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Nolan) 2.40
16. The Last Round up (Hill) 2.32
17. Home on the Range (Ray / Traditional) 3.04
18. Bury Me out on the Lone Prairie 2.43
(Ray / Traditional)
19. When It´s Springtime in the Rockies 2.51
(Woolsea / Taggart / Sauer)
20. Ridin´ Home (Ray) 2.10
21. Twilight on the Trail (Mitchell / Alter) 3.31
22. Red River Valley (Traditional) 2.38
23. I´m an Old Cowhand (Mercer) 1.56
24. Cool Water (Nolan) 2.49
Total Time 65.05

CD 5

■ JOHNNIE RAY – A SINNER AM I (1959)
BBL-7348
1. A Sinner Am I (Ray) 2.38
2. Hundred Years from Today 2.17
(Young / Washington / Young
3. It´s All In the Game (Sigman / Dawes) 3.17
4. September Song (Weill / Anderson) 4.03
5. Don´t Worry ´Bout Me (Koehler / Bloon) 3.02
6. Day By Day (Cahn / Stordahl / Weston) 2.00
7. If I Had You 2.16
(Shapiro / Campbell / Conelly)
8. Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye (Ray) 2.40
9. Give Me Time (Wilder) 3.08
10. Don´t Leave Me Now (Jones) 3.25
11. All the Way (Cahn / Van Heusen) 2.10
12. Love (Martin / Blane) 2.21

■ JOHNNIE RAY (1962) LPM-1854
13. Till the Clouds Roll By 3.09
(Kern / Wodehouse / Bolton)
14. I´ll Be Around (Wilder) 3.01
15. Love Letters (Heyman / Young) 2.51
16. I´m Always Chasing Rainbows 2.35
(McCarthy / Carroll)
17. I´ll See You in My Dreams 2.21
(Kahn / Jones)
18. I´ll Be Seeing You (Kahal / Fain) 2.39
19. You´d Be so Nice to Come Home To 2.22
(Porter)
20. My Melancholy Baby (Norton / Burnett) 2.19
21. I Wished on the Moon 2.29
(Parker / Rainger)
22. Long Ago and Far Away 2.42
(Kern / Gershwin)
23. I´ll Get By (As Long as I Have You) 2.51
(Turk / Ahlert)
24. What a Diff´rence a Day Made 2.25
(Adams / Grever)
Total Time 65.48

CD 6

■ JOHNNY MATHIS (1956) CL-887
1. Autumn in Rome 4.01
(Cicognini / Weston / Cahn)
2. Easy to Love (Porter) 2.29
3. Street of Dreams (Lewis / Young) 2.14
4. Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere 2.59
(Goulding / Janes)
5. Prelude to a Kiss 4.26
(Ellington / Gordon / Mills)
6. Babalu (Lecuona) 2.47
7. Caravan (Ellington / Mills / Tizol) 3.57
8. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon) 3.54
(Howard)
9. Star Eyes (Raye / De Paul) 2.48
10. It Might as Well Be Spring 4.48
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
11. Cabin in the Sky (Latouche / Duke) 2.57
12. Angel Eyes (Brent / Dennis) 4.21

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! (1957)
CL-1028
13. Will I Find My Love Today 3.33
(Fogarty / Shaw)
14. Looking at You (Porter) 2.17
15. Let Me Love You (Howard) 3.47
16. All Through the Night (Porter) 2.56
17. It Could Happen to You 3.48
(Burke / Van Heusen)
18. That Old Black Magic (Mercer / Arlen) 2.50
19. Too Close for Comfort 2.34
(Bock / Holofcener / Weiss)
20. In the Wee Small Hours 3.13
of the Morning (Hilliard / Mann)
21. Year After Year (Howard) 3.13
22. Early Autumn 3.39
(Mercer / Burns / Herman)
23. You Stepped Out of a Dream 2.43
(Kahn / Brown)
24. Day in Day Out (Mercer / Bloom) 2.09
Total Time 79.12

CD 7

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – SWING SOFTLY (1958)
CL-1165
1. You Hit the Spot (Gordon / Revel) 2.49
2. It´s De-Lovely (Porter) 2.44
3. Get Me to the Church on Time 1.41
(from “My Fair Lady”) (Lerner / Loewe)
4. Like Someone in Love 2.37
(Burke / Van Heusen)
5. You´d Be so Nice to Come Home To 2.08
(Porter)
6. Love Walked In (Gershwin / Gershwin) 2.34
7. This Heart of Mine (Freed / Warren) 2.27
8. To Be in Love (A Fantastical Love Song) 2.57
(Howard)
9. Sweet Lorraine (Parish / Burwell) 2.20
10. Can´t Get out of This Mood 3.04
(Loesser / McHugh)
11. I´ve Got the World on a String 3.09
(Koehler / Arlen)
12. Easy to Say (But so Hard to Do) 2.40
(Fisher / Segal)

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – OPEN FIRE, TWO GUITARS (1959) CL-1270
13. An Open Fire (Leiber / Stoller) 3.49
14. Bye Bye Blackbird (Dixon / Henderson) 4.05
15. In The Still of the Night (Porter) 2.32
16. Embraceable You 3.25
(Gershwin / Gershwin)
17. I´ll Be Seeing You (Kahal / Fain) 4.25
18. Tenderly (Lawrence / Gross) 2.57
19. When I Fall in Love (Heyman / Young) 4.30
20. I Concentrate on You (Porter) 3.14
21. Please Be Kind (Cahn / Chaplin) 3.22
22. You´ll Never Know (Gordon / Warren) 4.05
23. I´m Just A Boy in Love (Cowell) 2.41
24. My Funny Valentine (Hart / Rodgers) 3.33
Total Time 74.37

CD 8

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – FAITHFULLY (1959)
CL-1422
1. Faithfully (Shaw / Bacharach) 2.30
2. Tonight (from “West Side Story”) 3.10
(Sondheim / Bernstein)
3. Nobody Knows 4.07
(How Much I Love You) (Howard)
4. One Starry Night (Silver / Wayne) 4.17
5. Follow Me (Thompson) 3.19
6. You Better Go Now (Reichner / Graham) 4.10
7. Secret Love (Webster / Fain) 3.27
8. Maria (from “West Side Story) 3.44
(Sondheim / Bernstein)
9. Where Do You Think You´re Going 3.59
(Howard)
10. And This Is My Beloved 3.56
(Wright / Forrest)
11. Where Are You (Adamson / McHugh) 3.27

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – JOHNNY´S MOOD
(1960) CL-1526
12. I´m Gonna Laugh You out of My Life 3.35
(McCarthy / Coleman)
13. Stay Warm (Greco) 3.13
14. There´s No You 3.55
(Adair / Hopper / Durgom)
15. How High the Moon (Hamilton / Lewis) 3.20
16. I´m so Lost (Cowell) 3.49
17. Once (Shaw / Clements) 2.44
18. Goodnight My Love (Gordon / Revel) 3.39
19. The Folks Who Live on the Hill 3.48
(Hammerstein II / Kern)
20. April in Paris (Harburg / Duke) 3.33
21. Corner to Corner (Mott / Marcus) 3.03
22. In Return (Vance / Carr) 3.27
Total Time 78.55

CD 9

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – LIVE IT UP (1962)
CL-1711
1. Live It Up (Keith / Bergman / Spence) 3.26
2. Just Friends (Lewis / Klenner) 3.59
3. Ace in the Hole (Porter) 2.45
4. On a Cold and Rainy Day 3.05
(Pockriss / Vance)
5. Why Not (Shaw / Clements) 2.07
6. I Won´t Dance (McHugh / Harbach / 3.57
Fields / Kern / Hammerstein II)
7. Johnny One Note (Hart / Rodgers) 2.39
8. Too Much Too Soon (Segal / Fisher) 2.51
9. The Riviera (McCarthy / Coleman) 2.51
10. Crazy in the Heart (Engvick / Wilder) 3.55
11. Hey, Look Me Over (from “Wildcat”) 1.47
(Leigh / Coleman)
12. Love (Martin / Blane) 3.46

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – RAPTURE (1962)
CL-1915
13. Rapture (Kennedy) 3.10
14. Love Me as Thought There Were 3.06
No Tomorrow (McHugh / Adamson)
15. Moments Like This (Lane / Loesser) 2.48
16. You´ve Come Home (Coleman / Leigh) 3.57
17. Here I´ll Stay (Weill / Lerner) 4.20
18. My Darling, My Darling (Loesser) 3.46
19. Stars Fell on Alabama 3.24
(Perkins / Parish)
20. I Was Telling Her About You 3.37
(George / Charlap)
21. Lament (Love, I Found You Gone) 3.18
(Bailey / Washington / Levy)
22. The Love Nest (Harbach / Hirsch) 3.04
23. Lost in Loveliness (Robin / Romberg) 4.18
24. Stella by Starlight 3.33
(Washington / Young)
Total Time 79.54

CD 10

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – JOHNNY´S GREATEST HITS (1958) CL-1133
1. Chances Are (Allen / Stillman) #5 – 1957 3.01
2. All the Time (from “Oh Captain!”)
(Livingston / Evans) #42 – 1958 2.41
3. The Twelfth of Never 2.28
(Livingston / Webster) #51 – 1957
4. When Sunny Gets Blue (Segal / Fisher) 2.40
5. When I Am with You 2.56
(Wiseman / Stillman)
6. Wonderful! Wonderful! 2.46
(Edwards / Raleigh) #17 – 1957
7. It´s Not for Me to Say 3.03
(Stillman / Allen) #5 – 1957
8. Come to Me (Hayes / Allen) #43 – 1958 3.02
9. Wild Is the Wind 2.26
(Tiomkin / Washington) #37 – 1957
10. Warm and Tender (David / Bacharach) 2.22
11. No Love (But Your Love) 2.17
(Myles) #48 – 1957
12. I Look At You (Robinson / Mathis) 2.40

■ JOHNNY MATHIS – MORE JOHNNY´S GREATEST HITS (1959) CL-1133
13. Small World (from “Gypsy”) 3.18
(Styne / Sondheim) #20 – 1959
14. Someone (Tennyson) #35 – 1959 2.56
15. Very Much in Love (Stillman / Ellis) 2.47
16. You Are Everything to Me 2.55
(Sigman / Faith)
17. Let It Rain (Wayne / Frisch) 2.37
18. The Flame of Love (Pochriss / Vance) 2.48
19. A Certain Smile 2.46
(Webster / Fain) #19 – 1958
20. Call Me (Otis / Hendricks) #21 – 1958 2.45
21. You Are Beautiful (from “Flower 3.08
Drum Song”) (Rodgers / Hammerstein II)
#60 – 1959
22. Teacher, Teacher (Stillman / Allen) 2.39
#43 – 1958
23. Stairway to the Sea (Scalinatella) 2.34
(Beach / Cioffi)
24. Let´s Love (Ferraris / Kaye) #44 – 1959 2.45
Total Time 67.09