Live by Request: Johnny Mathis
Live by Request: Johnny Mathis is a live television concert by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that aired on May 28, 1998, on the A&E Network as part of its Live by Request series. According to the television industry magazine Broadcasting & Cable, the network "recorded its best ratings ever--a 2.3 rating/1.6 million homes according to Nielsen Media Research"[1]—for the broadcast.
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Genre | Vocal |
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Directed by | Lawrence Jordan |
Presented by | Mark McEwen |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
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Executive producer(s) | Jodi Hurwitz |
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Production location(s) | Sony Music Studios, New York City |
Running time | 90 minutes |
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Original network | A&E Network |
Original release | May 28, 1998 |
The set included "Why Did I Choose You", a song from the 1965 Broadway musical version of The Yearling[2] that has never appeared on a Mathis album. Another rarity in the show is "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", which made its first appearance as a Mathis recording on his Ultimate Hits Collection compilation that was released just five weeks earlier, on April 21.
The concert was released on DVD on December 18, 2001.[3]
DVD track listing
- Program Start
- "Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh)
- "Chances Are" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman)
- "I'm Coming Home" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner)
- "A Certain Smile" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster)
- "Moment to Moment" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
- "It's Not for Me to Say" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman)
- "Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest)
- "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster)
- "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins)
- "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
- "Why Did I Choose You" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
- "To the Ends of the Earth" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman)
- "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
- "99 Miles from L.A." (Hal David, Albert Hammond)
- "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)
- "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)" (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell)
- Credits
Notes
- "Look at him.(Arts & Entertainment Network highly rated for production of Live by Request musical program)". Broadcasting & Cable. 1998-06-01. p. 12.
- "The Yearling". ibdb.com. The Broadway League. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Live by Request [Video/DVD] - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 February 2015.