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The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway

The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway
The Rhythms And Ballads of Broadway (Johnny Mathis album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released September 1960
Recorded 1960
Genre Vocal
Length 84:08
Label Columbia
Producer Mitch Miller
Johnny Mathis chronology
Johnny's Mood
(1960)Johnny's Mood1960
The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway
(1960)
I'll Buy You a Star
(1961)I'll Buy You a Star1961
Single LP covers
Ballads of Broadway (1964)
Ballads of Broadway (1964)
Rhythms of Broadway (1964)
Rhythms of Broadway (1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Billboard positive

The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway is a double album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in September 1960 by Columbia Records. Despite the order of the words in the title, the ballads actually make up sides one and two while the uptempo numbers fill sides three and four.

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's album chart in the issue dated October 3, 1960, and stayed on the list for 27 weeks, during which time it peaked at number six.

Columbia reissued the album as two separate LPs in 1964 titled Ballads of Broadway and Rhythms of Broadway. The two-LP set was released for the first time on compact disc on June 7, 1999.

Billboard described it as a "power-packed item, from the chanter's pretty vocalizing, and smart Ralph Burns-Glenn Osser backings, to the attractive, eye-catching cover."


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