Johnny Mathis - Up, Up and Away '1967

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Up, Up And Away is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was
released on October 23, 1967,[1] and was the first LP he recorded upon returning
to his first record label, Columbia Records, where he then stayed for several
decades after having just completed a four-year sojourn with Mercury Records.
The title track starts the album on the contemporary end of the spectrum of
material covered here, but Mathis also includes a standard from the 1940s (The
More I See You), a hit that charted twice for the same artist in the 1950s
(Morning Side of the Mountain), a trio of songs from Doctor Dolittle (At the
Crossroads, When I Look in Your Eyes, and Where Are the Words), and two songs
that had lyrics added after originating as instrumentals: Drifting began as part
of the score to the 1958 film Auntie Mame, and Far Above Cayugas Waters was a
theme song of Cornell University before saxophonist Dave Pell retooled it and
Sammy Cahn adapted the delightful fairytale-like lyrics.

One song from the album, Misty Roses, spent two weeks at number 40 on Billboard
magazines list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs in the US in
September of that year.[6] The album made its first appearance on their Top LPs
chart in the issue dated December 23 of that year to begin a 20-week stay,
during which time it got as high as number 60, and began four weeks on their
Best Selling Rhythm & Blues LPs chart in the following issue, dated December 30,
which included a peak position at number 19.

Up, Up And Away was released for the first time on compact disc in 2009 as one
of two albums on one CD, the second of the two being its 1968 follow-up, Love Is
Blue.

Billboard was enthusiastic in its description of the album. Johnny Mathiss
return to the Columbia label purrs with the rich, romantic tones that suspend
the very sensation of conscious listening. A few tracks in particular stood out
for them. Up, Up and Away, Misty Roses, and I Wont Cry Anymore are soothed and
coated with Mathiss seamless style – music running together like
prefabricated daydreams padded with a feeling of luxury.

Tracklist:
01 - Johnny Mathis - Up, Up and Away (2:52)
02 - Johnny Mathis - The More I See You (4:01)
03 - Johnny Mathis - Where Are the Words (2:47)
04 - Johnny Mathis - The Morningside of the Mountain (4:18)
05 - Johnny Mathis - I Wont Cry Anymore (3:26)
06 - Johnny Mathis - Far Above Cayugas Waters (3:35)
07 - Johnny Mathis - Misty Roses (2:39)
08 - Johnny Mathis - Drifting (3:24)
09 - Johnny Mathis - At the Crossroads (2:55)
10 - Johnny Mathis - I Thought of You Last Night (3:01)
11 - Johnny Mathis - When I Look In Your Eyes (3:27)

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