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Record:Johnny Mathis: Heavenly

Columbia Records1959

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

Johnny Mathis reached the pop music firmament with 1959's "Heavenly," his most successful regular album. The record combines standards like "More Than You Know" and "Moonlight Becomes You" with show tunes like "Hello, Young Lovers" and "Stranger in Paradise." Beyond the Burt Bacharach-composed title song and "That's All," the disk is best known for "Misty." New lyrics by Johnny Burke gave Erroll Garner's jazz piano classic a fresh spin and the song proved perfect for Mathis, becoming a huge hit and one of his signature tunes. "Heavenly" reached Number 1 and spent more than five years on the charts.

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  • Title: Record:Johnny Mathis: Heavenly
  • Creator: Columbia Records
  • Date Created: 1959
  • Location: USA
  • Subject Keywords: Johnny Mathis
  • Type: Entertainment and Music
  • Medium: printed cardboard, plastic
  • Object ID: 112.253.6
  • Credit Line: Gift of Diane Olin in memory of Stephen Olin
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