| Heavenly | ||||
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| Released | August 10, 1959 [1] | |||
| Recorded | April 16, 1959 April 20–21, 1959 [2] | |||
| Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio New York City | |||
| Genre | Vocal [3] | |||
| Length | 48:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mitch Miller Al Ham [1] | |||
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| Singles from Heavenly | ||||
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 UK album cover | ||||
Heavenly is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on August 10,1959, [1] by Columbia Records and marked his return to recording ballads with orchestral accompaniment. Along with the material that others had covered before are two new songs:the title track and "I'll Be Easy to Find".
Contents
- Reception
- Track listing
- Side one
- Side two
- Recording dates
- Personnel
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's album chart in the September 21,1959,issue to begin a run of 295 weeks,five of which were spent at number one. [4] It debuted on the Cash Box albums chart in the issue dated September 5,1969,and remained on the chart for in a total of 103 weeks,spending 14 weeks at number one. [5] Because the UK version of his 1958 LP Good Night,Dear Lord was retitled Heavenly,Fontana Records issued this album there under a different title,Ride on a Rainbow,which got as high as number 10 on the UK album chart in February 1960 where it stay on the charts for 2 weeks. [6] The US version of Heavenly received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the US on December 4,1962,and Platinum certification for one million in sales was awarded on November 21,1986. [7]
This was the first Mathis LP to have a single released in the US. His cover of "Misty" made its first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the issue dated October 5,1959,and peaked at number 12 during its 17 weeks there. [8] It also began a run of seven weeks on the magazine's R&B chart the following month,in the November 9 issue,and reached number 10 [9] number 14 on the Cashbox singles chart during its 17 weeks there. [10] and started 12 weeks on the UK singles chart in February 1960,where it also reached number 12. [6] The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. [11] This special Grammy Award category was established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance." [11]
The album was released for the first time on compact disc in 1990 [12] and was part of a 1995 three-disc set that included the 1958 compilation Johnny's Greatest Hits and his 1984 concert album Live . [13] Heavenly was also included in Legacy's Mathis box set The Voice of Romance:The Columbia Original Album Collection,which was released on December 8,2017. [14]
