The Impossible Dream (Johnny Mathis album)


The Impossible Dream is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the summer of 1969 by Columbia Records at the same time as another Mathis compilation, People. Both releases include ten tracks from albums that he recorded during his time with Mercury Records between 1963 and 1967.
The Impossible Dream made it first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LPs chart in the issue dated August 16, 1969, and got as high as number 163 during its four weeks there.
People and The Impossible Dream were released for the first time on compact disc on June 9, 2009, as two albums on one CD.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – 3:01
  2. *rec. 5/31/66 for the album So Nice, rel. 9/16/66
  3. "Strangers in the Night" – 3:30
  4. *rec. 10/31/66 for the album Johnny Mathis Sings, rel. 3/10/67
  5. "So Nice" – 3:06
  6. *rec. 7/7/66 for the album So Nice, rel. 9/16/66
  7. "The Very Thought of You" – 3:49
  8. *rec. 5/8/65 for the album The Sweetheart Tree, rel. 9/30/65
  9. "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – 2:43
  10. *rec. 8/27/65 for the album The Shadow of Your Smile, rel. 3/66

    Side two

  11. "Moment to Moment" from Moment to Moment – 2:23
  12. *rec. 1/12/66 for the album The Shadow of Your Smile, rel. 3/66
  13. "Somewhere My Love " – 3:30
  14. *rec. 10/31/66 for the album Johnny Mathis Sings, rel. 3/10/67
  15. "Go Away Little Girl" – 3:18
  16. *rec. 12/10/64 for the album Love Is Everything, rel. 3/5/65
  17. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:54
  18. *rec. 10/31/66 for the album Johnny Mathis Sings, rel. 3/10/67
  19. "The Impossible Dream " from Man of La Mancha – 3:44
  20. *rec. 5/31/66 for the album So Nice, rel. 9/16/66

    Personnel