Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful!


Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful! is a television concert by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was recorded on October 27, 2006, at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City and aired that December on most PBS stations. In addition to singing some of his biggest hits, he covers tracks from his live albums, songs from Brazil, and two exclusives that have never appeared on a Mathis album. Interview clips with Mathis were inserted at intervals throughout the concert along with live performance excerpts from programs such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Andy Williams Show.
The concert was released on DVD on February 27, 2007, with the title Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, which is also the title of a separate compilation album of his that was released in 2006. The DVD bonus materials include a tour of Mathis's Los Angeles home, a photo gallery, and additional performances from the concert, including a medley of hits by Henry Mancini that has three more exclusives and another Brazilian number.

DVD track listing

  1. Opening and Overture
  2. "In the Morning"
  3. Hits Medley
a. "It's Not for Me to Say"
b. "Chances Are"
c. "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
  1. A Lot of Good Memories: interview segment including performance excerpt of
"Bluesette" from The Andy Williams Show
  1. "Let Go "
  2. "To the Ends of the Earth"
  3. What I Did for Love: excerpt from a live performance of
"What I Did for Love" in 1975
  1. Kismet Medley
a. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"
b. "Stranger in Paradise"
  1. "Secret Love"
  2. Success Came Quickly: interview segment including performance excerpt of
"Maria" from 1977
  1. "Misty"
  2. The Holy Trinity: interview segment
  3. "99 Miles from L.A."
  4. "The Twelfth of Never"
  5. My Craft: interview segment beginning with performance excerpt of
"Pieces of Dreams" from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1978
  1. "A Certain Smile"
  2. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late: interview segment including performance excerpt of
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" from 1978 that was performed with Deniece Williams
  1. Brazilian Medley
a."Manhã de Carnaval"
b. "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)"
  1. "Pure Imagination" : screen shared with end credits

Bonus Features

; Bonus performances:
  1. Mancini Medley
a. "Two for the Road"
b. "Charade"
c. "Days of Wine and Roses"
d. "Moon River"
  1. "It's All in the Game"
  2. "Let Me Be the One"
  3. "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)"
  4. "Young and Foolish"
  5. "Sands of Time"
  6. "Felicidade"
  7. "Pure Imagination" : full-screen version of closing number
  8. "Toyland"
  • Take 6 does not perform on this track as the packaging indicates
; Tour of Johnny's Los Angeles home
; Photo gallery