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词条 Song Sung Blue (album)
释义

  1. Reception

  2. Track listing

     Side one  Side two  2017 CD bonus tracks 

  3. Recording dates

  4. Song information

  5. Personnel

  6. References

  7. Bibliography

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| name = Song Sung Blue
| type = album
| artist = Johnny Mathis
| cover = Mathis-Song.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 13, 1972[1]
| recorded = April 3, 1972
June 7, 1972
June 21, 1972
July 24, 1972
July 28, 1972[1]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|AM pop|early pop/rock|vocal pop}}
| length = 37:37
| label = Columbia
| producer = Jerry Fuller[2]
| prev_title = Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Me and Mrs. Jones
| next_year = 1973
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Billboard
| rev1Score = positive[3] }}

Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972,[1] by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking at number 83.[4] In the UK it was retitled Make It Easy on Yourself and reached number 49 on the album chart.[5]

The song "Make It Easy on Yourself" was the first single from the album and "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 to number 103[6] while making it as high as number 16 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart.[7] The song on the flip side, "Sometimes", was written by Henry Mancini and his daughter Felice[8] but was not included on the LP.

Reception

In their capsule review, Billboard enthusiastically announced that "this one is by far one of his best!"[3] They also singled out certain tracks. "Along with 'Song Sung Blue' and 'Play Me', Mathis is in great voice on 'Run to Me', 'Where Is the Love', 'How Can I Be Sure', and 'Alone Again (Naturally)', and he's truly at home with 'Too Young'."[3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Play Me" (Neil Diamond) – 3:49
  2. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 4:20
  3. "Where Is the Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 2:32
  4. "Goodbye to Love" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) – 3:12
  5. "Too Young" (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 3:16

Side two

  1. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:29
  2. "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers) – 3:51
  3. "How Can I Be Sure" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) – 3:42
  4. "Run to Me" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 2:58
  5. "Song Sung Blue" (Neil Diamond) – 3:12
  6. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (Bob Russell, Bobby Scott) – 3:16

2017 CD bonus tracks

This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set The Columbia Original Album Collection included two bonus tracks that were previously unavailable:

  • "Morning Has Broken" (Eleanor Farjeon, Cat Stevens) – 3:40
  • "I'm on the Outside Looking In" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) – 3:05

Recording dates

From the liner notes for The Columbia Original Album Collection:[1]

  • April 3, 1972 – "Make It Easy on Yourself"
  • June 7, 1972 – "How Can I Be Sure", "Morning Has Broken", "Song Sung Blue"
  • June 21, 1972 – "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", "Too Young", "Where Is the Love"
  • July 24, 1972 – "Alone Again (Naturally)", "I'm on the Outside Looking In", "Lean on Me"
  • July 28, 1972 – "Goodbye to Love", "Play Me", "Run to Me"

Song information

Neil Diamond's "Play Me" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100[14] and spent two weeks at number three on the magazine's Easy Listening chart.[15] "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan enjoyed six weeks at number one on both of those charts,[9][10] got as high as number three in the UK,[11] and earned Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.[12] "Where Is the Love" had its biggest success as a duet by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway that spent a week in the top spot on the magazine's Easy Listening[13] and R&B[14] charts, reached number five pop[15] and number 29 UK,[16] earned Gold certification from the RIAA,[17] and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.[18]

"Goodbye to Love" was a number seven pop hit for The Carpenters[19] that also reached number two Easy Listening[20] and number nine in the UK.[21] "Too Young" had the most success as a recording by Nat King Cole that spent five weeks at number one in Billboard magazine in 1951.[22] "Make It Easy on Yourself" had its first chart success as a 1962 hit for Jerry Butler that reached number 20 pop[23] and number 18 R&B.[24] Another Gold record, "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers[25] had its best showing on the pop chart with three weeks at number one[26] compared to just one week at the top of the R&B chart[27] and peak positions at number four Easy Listening[28] and number 18 UK.[29]

The first chart appearance of "How Can I Be Sure" was by The Young Rascals, who took the song to number four on the Billboard Hot 100.[30] "Run to Me" by The Bee Gees made it to number 16 on that same chart[31] as well as number six Easy Listening.[32] Diamond's Gold record "Song Sung Blue"[33] was number one for seven weeks Easy Listening[34] and one week on the pop chart[35] in addition to reaching number 14 in the UK.[36] He also had the best Easy Listening showing of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", which he took to number four,[34] but his peak position with the song at number 20 on the Hot 100[35] fell short of the number seven spot that The Hollies attained with their original recording of the song[37] that was released in 1969 and had also been to number three in the UK by the time that Mathis released this album.[38]

Personnel

  • Johnny Mathis - vocals
  • Jerry Fuller - producer[2]
  • D'Arneill Pershing - arranger[2]
  • Peter Romano - engineer[2]
  • Ed Caraeff - photos[2]

References

1. ^1 2 3 (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
2. ^1 2 3 4 (1972) Song Sung Blue by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 31626.
3. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Album Reviews|date=1972-10-07|work=Billboard| page =58}}
4. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p=503}}.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/johnny%20mathis/|title=Johnny Mathis|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=15 April 2013}}
6. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=628}}.
7. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=179}}.
8. ^(1972) "Make It Easy on Yourself/Sometimes" by Johnny Mathis [7-inch single]. New York: Columbia Records 4-45635.
9. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=733}}.
10. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=210}}.
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/gilbert%20o%27sullivan/|title=Gilbert O’Sullivan|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 April 2013}}
12. ^[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Gilbert%20O'Sullivan&go=Search&perPage=50 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Gilbert O'Sullivan]
13. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=98}}.
14. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2004|p=206}}.
15. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=350}}.
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/roberta%20flack%20%26%20donny%20hathaway/|title=Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 April 2013}}
17. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title= Gold & Platinum |publisher=riaa.com|accessdate= 22 December 2016}} Type Roberta Flack in the Search box and press Enter.
18. ^{{Harvnb|O'Neil|1999|p=196}}.
19. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=162}}.
20. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=44}}.
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/carpenters/|title=Carpenters|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 April 2013}}
22. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1986|p=88}}.
23. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=146}}.
24. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2004|p=94}}.
25. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title= Gold & Platinum |publisher=riaa.com|accessdate= 22 December 2016}} Type Bill Withers in the Search box and press Enter.
26. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=1072}}.
27. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2004|p=633}}.
28. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=300}}.
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bill%20withers/|title=Bill Withers|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 April 2013}}
30. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=799}}.
31. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=80}}.
32. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=22}}.
33. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title= Gold & Platinum |publisher=riaa.com|accessdate= 22 December 2016}} Type Neil Diamond in the Search box and press Enter.
34. ^1 2 {{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=79}}.
35. ^1 2 {{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=274}}.
36. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/neil%20diamond/|title=Neil Diamond|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 April 2013}}
37. ^{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=447}}.
38. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/hollies/|title=Hollies|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 April 2013}}

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