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On September 21, 1956, the first Johnny Mathis session produced by Mitch Miller took place. It succeeded beyond anyones wildest expectations. The first single from that session, Wonderful! Wonderful! b/w When Sunny Gets Blue, shot up the charts in early 1957, peaked at #14, and stayed on Billboards Pop Singles chart for 39 weeks - a record that was unbroken for over 20 years. Sixty years later, the importance of these two cuts to Mathis career cannot be overemphasized. Amidst the burgeoning rock n roll juggernaut of the 1950s, young listeners heard one of their own in a setting which allowed them to catch their breath from the frenzied drive of the rock n roll backbeat, and they liked it. And whats more, so did their parents. This commemorative reissue of Mathis first hit single on 45 RPM 7 vinyl is part of an ongoing celebration of his six-decade tenure as Columbia Records longest-signed artist.

On September 21, 1956, the first Johnny Mathis session produced by Mitch Miller took place. It succeeded beyond anyones wildest expectations. The first single from that session, Wonderful! Wonderful! b/w When Sunny Gets Blue, shot up the charts in early 1957, peaked at #14, and stayed on Billboards Pop Singles chart for 39 weeks - a record that was unbroken for over 20 years. Sixty years later, the importance of these two cuts to Mathis career cannot be overemphasized. Amidst the burgeoning rock n roll juggernaut of the 1950s, young listeners heard one of their own in a setting which allowed them to catch their breath from the frenzied drive of the rock n roll backbeat, and they liked it. And whats more, so did their parents. This commemorative reissue of Mathis first hit single on 45 RPM 7 vinyl is part of an ongoing celebration of his six-decade tenure as Columbia Records longest-signed artist.
889854175870

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Format: Vinyl
Label: SONY LEGACY
Rel. Date: 04/22/2017
UPC: 889854175870

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On September 21, 1956, the first Johnny Mathis session produced by Mitch Miller took place. It succeeded beyond anyones wildest expectations. The first single from that session, Wonderful! Wonderful! b/w When Sunny Gets Blue, shot up the charts in early 1957, peaked at #14, and stayed on Billboards Pop Singles chart for 39 weeks - a record that was unbroken for over 20 years. Sixty years later, the importance of these two cuts to Mathis career cannot be overemphasized. Amidst the burgeoning rock n roll juggernaut of the 1950s, young listeners heard one of their own in a setting which allowed them to catch their breath from the frenzied drive of the rock n roll backbeat, and they liked it. And whats more, so did their parents. This commemorative reissue of Mathis first hit single on 45 RPM 7 vinyl is part of an ongoing celebration of his six-decade tenure as Columbia Records longest-signed artist.
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