People (Johnny Mathis album)


People is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the summer of 1969 by Columbia Records at the same time as another Mathis compilation, The Impossible Dream. Both releases include ten tracks from albums that he recorded during his time with Mercury Records between 1963 and 1967.
The People compilation peaked at number 192 during its two weeks on Billboard magazine's Top LPs chart in September 1969.
People and The Impossible Dream were released for the first time on compact disc on June 9, 2009, as two albums on one CD.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Sunny" – 4:19
  2. *rec. 10/31/66 for the album Johnny Mathis Sings, rel. 3/10/67
  3. "More" from Mondo Cane – 2:56
  4. *rec. 3/12/64 for the album This Is Love, rel. 9/18/64
  5. "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper – 3:03
  6. *rec. 1/12/66 for the album The Shadow of Your Smile, rel. 3/66
  7. "Elusive Butterfly" – 2:09
  8. *rec. 5/31/66 for the album So Nice, rel. 9/16/66
  9. "Autumn Leaves" – 3:45
  10. *rec. 5/7/65 for the album The Sweetheart Tree, rel. 9/30/65

    Side two

  11. "A Wonderful Day Like Today" from The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd – 2:42
  12. *rec. 5/6/65 for the album The Sweetheart Tree, rel. 9/30/65
  13. "Laura" from Laura - 4:38
  14. *rec. in 1963 for the album Tender Is the Night, rel. 1/23/64
  15. "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars " – 2:26
  16. *rec. 1/13/66 for the album The Shadow of Your Smile, rel. 3/66
  17. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" – 2:39
  18. *rec. 5/31/66 for the album So Nice, rel. 9/16/66
  19. "People" from Funny Girl – 3:08
  20. *rec. 12/9/64 for the album Love Is Everything, rel. 3/5/65

    Personnel