Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | December 22, 1971[1] | |||
Recorded | May 20–22, 1971[1] | |||
Venue | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | |||
Genre | Vocal pop[2] | |||
Length | 49:57 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Sid Feller[3] | |||
Johnny Mathis chronology | ||||
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Billboard | positive[4] |
Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas is a live album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was recorded at Caesars Palace[3] and released on December 22, 1971,[1]byColumbia Records. All but five of the 23 songs performed had appeared on his studio albums, while the five previously unrecorded songs (described below) have not appeared on a Mathis studio album since.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated February 5, 1972, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 128.[5]
Billboard felt that "Mathis's act is beautifully captured on this two-record set."[4]
All tracks were recorded May 20–22, 1971.[1]
"In the Morning" was recorded by the Bee Gees in 1966.[6] "Dreamy" had previously been recorded by Erroll Garner,[7] Eileen Farrell,[8] and Sarah Vaughan.[9] Lena Horne included "Come Runnin'" on a live album in 1957.[10] "And Her Mother Came Too" was first performed in the 1921 musical A to Z,[11] and "I Got Love" originated in the 1970 musical Purlie.[12]