The following is an excerpt from the chapter "Songs for the Season: The Christmas Albums" from Jakob Baekgaard's Misty: The Music of Johnny Mathis (Sonicbond Publishing, 2022). Songs for the Season: ...
Includes fresh insights from Johnny Mathis as well as his producers and arrangers and traces Mathis’s musical journey from the past to the present. Few singers have been able to change with the times ...
Singer Johnny Mathis, 85, discovered music at a time before rock and roll existed. The man nicknamed “The Voice of Romance,” in recognition of the smooth but sensitive vibrato-laden approach he’s ...
At 86, singer Johnny Mathis would be within his rights to put down the microphone and call it quits. The much-loved vocalist first bewitched listeners in the 1950s with his chart-topping, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Music legend Johnny Mathis joins WGN Radio’s ...
Seventeen months after the original date, Johnny Mathis is coming back to town on Aug. 28. And 17 months isn’t a long time in the grand scheme of Mathis’ career, who signed with his current label, ...
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He's dabbled in various musical styles over the years, from Brazilian music to disco; his catalog also includes a half-dozen Christmas albums, an indication of just how long he’s been around. Mathis ...
What do the songs “Misty,” “Chances Are” and “It’s Not for Me to Say” all have in common? They’re all in the Grammy Hall of Fame, thanks to one John Royce “Johnny” Mathis, singer extraordinaire, ...
Four months after a fire destroyed his Hollywood Hills home of 56 years, Johnny Mathis sounds remarkably upbeat. "It wasn't burned down to the ground, but there was so much damage that they had to ...
Four months after a fire destroyed his Hollywood Hills home of 56 years, Johnny Mathis sounded remarkably upbeat. "It wasn’t burned down to the ground, but there was so much damage that they had to ...
Legendary singer Johnny Mathis has announced his retirement from touring due to memory issues as he approaches his 90th birthday. The 89-year-old crooner will perform his final concert on May 18, at ...