16 Most Requested Songs (Johnny Mathis album)

May 2025 16 Most Requested Songs compilation Johnny Mathis Mathis-16.jpg July 11, 1986https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH# RIAA Gold Platinum Searchable Database Recording Industry Association of America 17 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140818225430/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH 18 August 2014 1956–1962 1969–1977 Vocal R&B stage & screen pop/rockhttp://www.allmusic.com/album/16-most-requested-songs-mw0000190822 16 Most Requested Songs - Johnny Mathis allmusic.com All Media Network, LLC 17 February 2015 47:40 Columbia Right from the Heart 1985 Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis 1986 Allmusic 3 5 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4 5Larkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2007 Omnibus Press 922 9781846098567 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/922/mode/2up 11 March 2025 16 Most Requested Songs is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 1986 by Columbia Records and features 12 tracks representing his time with the label from 1956 to 1963, including his Billboard top 10 hits "Chances Are", "It's Not for Me to Say", "The Twelfth of Never", "Gina", and "What Will Mary Say" as well as his signature song, "Misty".Whitburn 2009 627–628. The remaining four selections ("Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)",(1977) Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records PC 34872. "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)",(1969) Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" (A Time for Us) by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9909. "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story",(1971) Love Story by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records C 30499. and "Didn't We") were recorded with Columbia between 1969 and 1977. On August 4, 2000, the album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies. Reception Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic retrospectively gave the collection a good review. "Although other sets may have a few more tracks, this is a very entertaining sampler." Track listing "Chances Are" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:03 Mitch Miller - producer(2006) Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 82876 88583 2. Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor "It's Not for Me to Say" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 3:05 Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers(1993) The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932. Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 3:34 Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:26 Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh) – 2:50 Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor "Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:45 Mitch Miller - producer Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:28 Mitch Miller - producer Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor "Small World" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 3:18 Mitch Miller - producer Glenn Osser - arranger, conductor "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) – 3:15 Jack Gold - producer Gene Page - arranger, conductor "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)" (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder) – 2:58 Jack Gold - producer Ernie Freeman - arranger, conductor "What Will Mary Say" (Eddie Snyder, Paul Vance) – 3:09 Ernie Altschuler - producer Don Costa - arranger, conductor "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:41 Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers Ray Conniff - arranger, conductor "A Certain Smile" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:47 Al Ham, Mitch Miller - producers Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 2:46 Jack Gold - producer Perry Botkin Jr. - arranger, conductor "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:49 Jack Gold - producer Ernie Freeman - arranger, conductor "Gina" (Leon Carr, Paul Vance) – 2:46 Ernie Altschuler - producer Don Costa - arranger, conductor Personnel Johnny Mathis – vocals Mike Berniker – preparation and remastering Tim Geelan – engineering, preparation and remastering Nancy Stahl – artwork Howard Garwood – liner notes Digitally mastered at CBS, New York References 2 Bibliography Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008 2009 Record Research Inc. 0898201802 Category:1986 compilation albums Category:Johnny Mathis compilation albums Category:Albums arranged by Ray Ellis Category:Albums arranged by Glenn Osser Category:Albums produced by Mitch Miller Category:Albums produced by Al Ham Category:Columbia Records albums