Like his other early singles, this was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. Ray Conniff is credited as arranger, but the song's composer, Robert Allen, was in charge of the basic piano arrangement. Allen teamed with lyricist Al Stillman on several other songs for Mathis. This was Mathis' first #1 hit single and was include on his compilation Johnny's Greatest Hits, which is regarded as the original Greatest Hits album. The album spent a whopping 490 weeks on the Billboard chart and held the record for the longest run until it was surpassed by Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon at 491 weeks in 1983. (Dark Side eventually notched more than 880 weeks total.)
This received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.
Like his other early singles, this was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. Ray Conniff is credited as arranger, but the song's composer, Robert Allen, was in charge of the basic piano arrangement. Allen teamed with lyricist Al Stillman on several other songs for Mathis. This was Mathis' first #1 hit single and was include on his compilation Johnny's Greatest Hits, which is regarded as the original Greatest Hits album. The album spent a whopping 490 weeks on the Billboard chart and held the record for the longest run until it was surpassed by Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon at 491 weeks in 1983. (Dark Side eventually notched more than 880 weeks total.)
This received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.
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