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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.