JOHNNY MATHIS - MARIA

MARIA

JOHNNY MATHIS

SONGWRITERS: LEONARD BERNSTEIN & STEPHEN SONDHEIM

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FAITHFULLY

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1959

Faithfully is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on December 21, 1959, by Columbia Records and continues his trend toward covering ballads alongside an orchestra. While his previous LPs usually offered one or two songs that had not been previously recorded, that number on this project leaped to five, and although the other seven selections were established by other artists, even some of those were lesser-known, such as Jeri Southern's number 30 pop hit "You Better Go Now" and the title song from the 1953 film The Blue Gardenia.

Maria

The most beautiful sound I ever heard

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria

All the beautiful sounds of the world

In a single word

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria

Maria, Maria

Maria

I just met a girl named Maria

And suddenly that name

Will never be the same to me

Maria,

I just kissed a girl named Maria

And suddenly I found

How wonderful a sound can be

Maria,

Say it loud and there's music playing

Say it soft and it's almost like praying

Maria

I'll never stop saying

Maria

Say it loud and there's music playing

Say it soft and it's almost like praying

Maria

I'll never stop saying

Maria

The most beautiful sound I ever heard

Maria.