I'll Buy You A Star

I'll Buy You a Star is the fourteenth album released by Johnny Mathis. It is the twelfth original studio album recorded by him (two hit singles compilations "Johnny's Greatest Hits" and "More Johnny's Greatest Hits" were among his album releases to this point). I'll Buy You a Star is the first of two album collaborations with legendary arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle. The involvement of Riddle, who had previously worked with such musical heavyweights as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, and Peggy Lee shows the stature of Mathis in the music world in 1961. As with his previous album, Johnny's Mood, Mathis chose to record a collection of songs ranging from standards and film songs through to less well known...