Once in a While (Johnny Mathis album)

Once in a While
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 1988
RecordedDecember 1987–March 1988
Studio
Genre
Length39:23
LabelColumbia
ProducerPeter Bunetta
Rick Chudacoff
Preston Glass
Robert Kraft
Johnny Mathis chronology
The Hollywood Musicals
(1986)
Once in a While
(1988)
In the Still of the Night
(1989)
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Once in a While is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 23, 1988, by Columbia Records and found him returning to the practice of covering contemporary hits but also mixing in lesser-known songs already recorded by other artists along with a few new ones ("Daydreamin'", "From a Whisper to a Scream", "Two Strong Hearts").

Although the album did not make it onto Billboard magazine's Top Pop Albums chart, the song "I'm on the Outside Looking In" did reach number 27 during its 12 weeks on the magazine's list of the 40 Hot Adult Contemporary songs of the week in the US that began in the issue dated July 2 of that year.