Johnny Mathis - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head / Close To You / In Person: Recorded Live At Las - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2010 two CD collection. The last and most successful ballad singer to emerge from the late '50s, Johnny Mathis boasts a career that spans over 50 years and he is still as popular as ever. Features a mixture of hits, singles and album tracks including 'Wonderful, Wonderful', 'It's Not for Me to Say' and his first number one 'Chances Are'. with more than 350 million records sold worldwide Johnny Mathis has stood the test of time outlasting many other artists. Jasmine.

Next up in Mr Bongo's Groove Merchant Records reissue series, sees an outing for a much-loved and heavily sampled funk/soul/blues album by Junior Parker. Originally issued under the title The Outside Man on Capitol Records in 1970 with an alternative cover, this reissue replicates the Groove Merchant titled Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On featuring the car cover released in 1971.The Mississippi-born, Memphis-based blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter Junior Parker (aka Little Junior Parker) had a stellar career in music. Since the early 1950s he released records on labels such as Duke, Mercury, United Artists Records and more. Sadly though, Parker died at the young age of 39 during surgery on November 18, 1971.Originally released under the alternate title a year before his untimely death, Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On is drenched in Parker's trademark buttery vocals and soulful grooves, swaggering between smokey blues, raw funk outings and orchestrated soul ballads (with sublime arrangements by Horace Ott).The album also features three Beatles cover versions in the form of 'Taxman', 'Lady Madonna' and 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. For 'Taxman', Parker completely reinterprets the song taking into a New Orleans funk realm, a sample of which was used as the main hook line on Cypress Hill's classic 'I Wanna Get High'. Elsewhere, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is flipped into a tripped-out, psychedelic soul-swamp blues ballad, whilst 'Lady Madonna' is given a funky blues makeover.As shown with Cypress Hill's use of 'Taxman', since the '70s Parker's legacy has been immortalised for future generations through the deep well of samples that his music has become a source of. Tracks from Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On have been sampled by some of the biggest names out there, such as A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow and de la Soul.A seriously smoot

Johnny Mathis - InchThe Very Best OfInch brings together 60 of the legendary vocalist's finest recordings across three CDs, celebrating one of the most distinctive and enduring voices in popular music. With his effortless blend of romance and impeccable phrasing, Mathis became one of the biggest-selling artists of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Featuring timeless classics including Chances Are, The Twelfth Of Never, Wonderful! Wonderful!, Misty, It's Not For Me To Say and Wild Is The Wind, this superb collection captures Johnny Mathis at the height of his vocal powers, making it the perfect introduction for new listeners and an essential addition for long-time fans