Live by Request: Johnny Mathis
1998 American TV series or program
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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.
- Jodi Hurwitz
- Andy Kadison
- Mark McEwen
| Live by Request: Johnny Mathis | |
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DVD cover | |
| 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 | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jodi Hurwitz |
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| Production locations | Sony Music Studios, New York City |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Network | A&E Network |
| 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