Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas
| Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas | ||||
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| Live album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Vocal pop | |||
| Length | 49:57 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Sid Feller | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Billboard | positive |
Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas is a live album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was recorded at Caesar's Palace and released in the winter of 1972 by Columbia 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.
Billboard felt that "Mathis's act is beautifully captured on this two-record set."
"In the Morning" was recorded by the Bee Gees in 1966. "Dreamy" had previously been recorded by Erroll Garner,Eileen Farrell, and Sarah Vaughan.Lena Horne included "Come Runnin'" on a live album in 1957. "And Her Mother Came Too" was first performed in the 1921 musical A to Z, and "I Got Love" originated in the 1970 musical Purlie.
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