Mathis Magic

Mathis Magic
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1979[1]
RecordedJune 5, 1979
July 9, 1979
July 23, 1979
September 5, 1979[1]
StudioA&M, Hollywood[2]
GenreVocal[3]
Length41:03
LabelColumbia
ProducerJack Gold[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
The Best Days of My Life
(1979)
Mathis Magic
(1979)
Tears and Laughter
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BillboardRecommended[4]

Mathis Magic is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 17, 1979,[1] by Columbia Records and contained an equal balance of new material and songs associated with other artists.

Although this album did not make any appearances on Billboard magazine's Top LPs & Tapes chart, it did reach number 59 during a four-week run on the UK album chart.[5] On December 31 of that year the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units in the UK.[6]

On January 27, 2015, Funkytowngrooves gave Mathis Magic its first pressing on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being Mathis's Columbia release from March 1978, You Light Up My Life.[7]

  1. ^ a b c (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. ^ a b (1979) Mathis Magic by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 36216.
  3. ^ "Mathis Magic - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard. 1979-10-06. p. 74.
  5. ^ "Johnny Mathis - Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. ^ "BPI search results". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  7. ^ "You Light Up My Life/Mathis Magic". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

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