More Johnny's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on June 22, 1959, and contains the A- and B-sides of five of his singles as well as "Teacher, Teacher", the chart hit that was the B-side of the Johnny's Greatest Hits track "All the Time", and "The Flame of Love," which had not been released before.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Best Selling LP's chart the following month, in the issue dated July 27, and remained there for 93 weeks, two of which were spent at number two.[4] It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on January 12, 1962.[5]
Reception
William Ruhlmann of Allmusic explained that the downside of this follow-up to the successful Johnny's Greatest Hits compilation was that "Columbia waited only 15 months between the two albums -- long enough for Mathis to release five singles that all managed modest chart success, though none matched the hit status of songs from the first album."[2] He gave the album a mixed review: "There are some excellent examples of the singer's characteristic ballad style, but he also struggles with inferior uptempo material, and the album is uneven, especially in comparison to its predecessor. Nevertheless, it went gold and spent more than a year and a half in the charts, ample evidence of Mathis's continuing appeal."[2]
"Let's Love" (Richard Ferraris, Norman Kaye) - 2:44
rec. 9/26/58, rel. 12/1/58;[1]Billboard Hot 100: 44[6]
On the UK version of More Johnny's Greatest Hits, "Teacher, Teacher" was replaced with "The Best of Everything", which made its U.S. compilation debut five years later on I'll Search My Heart and Other Great Hits.
Personnel
Mitch Miller – producer (except "The Flame of Love", "Small World", "You Are Everything to Me")[1]
Al Ham – producer[A] ("A Certain Smile";[7][8] "Teacher, Teacher";[7] "Let's Love", "Someone", "The Flame of Love", "Small World", "You Are Everything to Me"[1])
Glenn Osser – conductor ("Small World", "The Flame of Love")[1]
Notes
A While the 2015 compilation The Singles only credits Ham as producer for five of the tracks on this collection, the other compilations listed in the Notes section credit him as such on the tracks indicated. Neither the original singles nor the compilations released before these provided this information.
References
^ abcdefghijklmnopqr(2015) The Singles by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 88875120552.
