So Nice (Johnny Mathis album)
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | September 16, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | May 31, 1966 June 23, 1966 July 7, 1966 July 11–12, 1966 |
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| Length | 36:16 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Johnny Mathis | |||
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| Billboard | positive |
So Nice is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis released through Mercury Records on September 16, 1966. The singer included a trio of musical numbers from Man of La Mancha in this set as well as songs from Funny Girl, Kismet, and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, shows that he had recognized on previous releases. Mathis also covers recent imports from France ("I Will Wait for You", "What Now My Love") and Brazil ("So Nice (Samba de Verao)") and offers a rendition of a 1944 hit record ("I Dream of You") as part of the mix.
The title track from the album had its first appearance on Billboard magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs in the US in the issue dated September 10, 1966, and stayed there for seven weeks, during which time it peaked at number 17. The album So Nice debuted on the magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated October 8 of that year and made it to number 50 over the course of 18 weeks.
The So Nice LP was released for the first time on compact disc on December 4, 2012, as one of two albums on one CD, the second of the two being its 1967 follow-up, Johnny Mathis Sings. Both were also included in Sony's Mathis box set The Complete Global Albums Collection, which was released on November 17, 2014.
The bulk of the arranging and conducting chores on this project were handled by Glenn Osser, and the inclusion of a song co-written by his wife Edna brought back memories of the couple for Mathis. "'She used to come to the sessions, and I was very fond of her. He and his wife were just the nicest people.'" The singer also recalls his introduction to her composition "I Dream of You". "'I first heard it when I heard Johnny Nash sing it on his first album. And of course Glenn arranged it on my album. You know, I can always tell who arranged things by the horn section. On "The Music That Makes Me Dance" I can definitely hear Glenn Osser.'"
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