Heavenly

by Johnny Mathis

Heavenly cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 August 1959
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:38
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Dominating the pop charts upon release, the vocalist leverages his impossibly smooth, vibrato-rich tenor against the swelling, cinematic orchestrations of Glenn Osser. The album explicitly targets the romantic balladeer market, emphasizing pristine vocal control and sentimental themes over swinging jazz arrangements. It firmly established him as one of the most commercially formidable crossover artists of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, Vocal

Tracklist

  1. Heavenly (3:20)
  2. Hello, Young Lovers (4:16)
  3. A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (4:01)
  4. A Ride On a Rainbow (4:07)
  5. More Than You Know (4:14)
  6. Something I Dreamed Last Night (4:29)
  7. Misty (3:36)
  8. Stranger In Paradise (4:03)
  9. Moonlight Becomes You (4:04)
  10. They Say It's Wonderful (From "Annie Get Your Gun") (3:30)
  11. I'll Be Easy to Find (4:01)
  12. That's All (3:50)

Credits

  • Johnny Mathis - primary artist
  • Ralph Wolfe Cowan - painting
  • Burt Bacharach - written-by
  • Sydney Shaw - written-by
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein - written-by
  • Harold Adamson - written-by
  • Jimmy McHugh - written-by
  • Jule Styne - written-by
  • Glenn Osser - directed by [orchestra under the direction of], arranged by [arrangements]

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