Rapture (Johnny Mathis album)
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Rapture is the seventeenth album released by singer Johnny Mathis
. It was his fourteenth original studio album with three compilations of hit singles having been released by the singer at this point.
. Costa was a fine arranger who had already scored a number of singles for Mathis. During his career he worked with many high profile singers in addition to Mathis, notably Frank Sinatra
, Dinah Washington
, Sarah Vaughan
and Barbra Streisand
.
: "My Darling, My Darling
" from the score of the 1948 Broadway musical "Where's Charley?
" and "Moments Like This". 'Stella By Starlight
" was the haunting theme from the 1944 film "The Uninvited
". The highly effective collaboration between Alan Jay Lerner
and Kurt Weill
resulted in the lovely "Here I'll Stay" while Sigmund Romberg
and Leo Robin
wrote the beautiful "Lost In Loveliness." The only Tin Pan Alley
standard on the album is the perennial favourite "Stars Fell On Alabama
". From Broadway
comes "You've Come Home" from the 1960 musical "Wildcat
" which starred Lucille Ball
. It was the second song from that score recorded by Mathis; he had included "Hey, Look Me Over" from the show on his previous album "Live It Up!
."
Johnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
. It was his fourteenth original studio album with three compilations of hit singles having been released by the singer at this point.
Overview
Returning to the successful all ballad album format that had proven highly successful, Mathis is heard under the musical direction of Don CostaDon Costa
Don Costa was an American pop music arranger and record producer, best known for his work with Frank Sinatra.-Career:...
. Costa was a fine arranger who had already scored a number of singles for Mathis. During his career he worked with many high profile singers in addition to Mathis, notably Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...
, Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
.
Track listing
- "Rapture" - 3:20
- "Love Me As Thought There's No Tomorrow" - 3:08
- "Moments Like This" - 2:50
- "You've Come Home" - 3:58
- "Here I'll Stay" - 4:20
- "My Darling, My DarlingMy Darling, My Darling"My Darling, My Darling" is a popular song.It was written by Frank Loesser. The song was published in 1948.It was originally introduced by Byron Palmer and Doretta Morrow in the Brodway musical Where's Charley?...
" - 3:45 - "Stars Fell On AlabamaStars Fell on Alabama"Stars Fell on Alabama" is the title of a 1934 jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with lyrics by Mitchell Parish.- History :One of the earliest recordings was by the Guy Lombardo orchestra, with his brother Carmen doing a vocal. This version was recorded on August 27, 1934, and issued by Decca...
" - 3:24 - "I Was Telling Her About You" - 3:38
- "Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)" - 3:20
- "The Love Nest" - 3:05
- "Lost In Loveliness" - 4:19
- "Stella By StarlightStella By Starlight"Stella by Starlight" is a jazz standard written by Victor Young and featured in The Uninvited, a 1944 film released by Paramount Pictures. Originally played in the film as an instrumental theme song without lyrics, it was turned over to Ned Washington, who wrote the lyrics for it in 1946...
" - 3:33
Billboard Album Chart
This was Mathis' sixteenth consecutive charting album peaking at #12 on the Billboard album chart in its original release.Highlights
Song highlights on this album include two by Frank LoesserFrank Loesser
Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for...
: "My Darling, My Darling
My Darling, My Darling
"My Darling, My Darling" is a popular song.It was written by Frank Loesser. The song was published in 1948.It was originally introduced by Byron Palmer and Doretta Morrow in the Brodway musical Where's Charley?...
" from the score of the 1948 Broadway musical "Where's Charley?
Where's Charley?
Where's Charley? is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by George Abbott. The story was based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. The musical debuted on Broadway in 1948 and was revived on Broadway and in the West End...
" and "Moments Like This". 'Stella By Starlight
Stella By Starlight
"Stella by Starlight" is a jazz standard written by Victor Young and featured in The Uninvited, a 1944 film released by Paramount Pictures. Originally played in the film as an instrumental theme song without lyrics, it was turned over to Ned Washington, who wrote the lyrics for it in 1946...
" was the haunting theme from the 1944 film "The Uninvited
The Uninvited (1944 film)
The Uninvited is a 1944 American supernatural mystery/romance film directed by Lewis Allen. It is based on the Dorothy Macardle novel Uneasy Freehold.Charles Lang was nominated for a 1945 Academy Award for Best Black and White Cinematography.-Plot:...
". The highly effective collaboration between Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...
and Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
resulted in the lovely "Here I'll Stay" while Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg was a Hungarian-born American composer, best known for his operettas.-Biography:Romberg was born as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Gross-Kanizsa during the Austro-Hungarian kaiserlich und königlich monarchy period...
and Leo Robin
Leo Robin
Leo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and...
wrote the beautiful "Lost In Loveliness." The only Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...
standard on the album is the perennial favourite "Stars Fell On Alabama
Stars Fell on Alabama
"Stars Fell on Alabama" is the title of a 1934 jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with lyrics by Mitchell Parish.- History :One of the earliest recordings was by the Guy Lombardo orchestra, with his brother Carmen doing a vocal. This version was recorded on August 27, 1934, and issued by Decca...
". From Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
comes "You've Come Home" from the 1960 musical "Wildcat
Wildcat (musical)
Wildcat is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and music by Cy Coleman.The original production opened on Broadway in 1960, starring a 48-year-old Lucille Ball in her only Broadway show.-Background and production:...
" which starred Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...
. It was the second song from that score recorded by Mathis; he had included "Hey, Look Me Over" from the show on his previous album "Live It Up!
Live It Up! (Johnny Mathis album)
Live It Up! is the sixteenth album released by singer Johnny Mathis. It was his thirteenth original studio album with three compilations of hit singles having been released by the singer at this point.-Overview:...
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