Biography

One of the last and most popular in a long line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the rock-dominated 1960s, Johnny Mathis concentrated on romantic readings of jazz and pop standards for the ever-shrinking adult contemporary audience of the '60s and '70s. Though he debuted with a flurry of singles chart activity, he later made it big in the album market, where over 60 of his LPs made the charts. While he concentrated on theme-oriented albums of show tunes and traditional favorites during the '60s, he began incorporating soft rock by the '70s, and remained a popular concert attraction well into the '90s. ~ John Bush

Top Tracks

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• 99 Miles From L.a.

• A Certain Smile

• A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

• All I Want Is Forever

• Always

• And I Love You So

• April In Paris

• Autumn In Rome

• Because You Loved Me

• Begin The Beguine

• Chances Are

• Come To Me

• Dindi

• Embraceable You

• Friends In Love

• Frosty The Snowman

• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

• Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

• Heavenly

• How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?

• How High The Moon

• I Say A Little Prayer

• I'm Coming Home

• I'm Stone In Love With You

• In Other Words (fly Me To The Moon)

• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

• It Might As Well Be Spring

• It's De-lovely

• It's Impossible

• It's Not For Me To Say

• I've Got The World On A String

• I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

• Just The Two Of Us

• Let It Be Me

• Life Is A Song Worth Singing

• Long Ago (and Far Away)

• Love Won't Let Me Wait

• Make The World Go Away

• Merry Christmas

• Misty

• My Funny Valentine

• On A Clear Day (you Can See Forever)

• Over The Rainbow

• Prelude To A Kiss

• Sleigh Ride

• Small World

• Softly, As I Leave You

• Someone

• Southern Nights

• Stairway To The Stars

• Star Eyes

• Stop, Look, Listen (to Your Heart)

• Stranger In Paradise

• Sunny

• That's What Friends Are For

• The Best Is Yet To Come

• The Christmas Song (chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

• The Last Time I Felt Like This

• The Look Of Love

• The Look Of Love [from Casino Royale]

• The Morningside Of The Mountain

• The Twelfth Of Never

• There's A Kind Of Hush

• Tonight

• Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

• Un-break My Heart

• Up, Up And Away

• What The World Needs Now Is Love

• When Sunny Gets Blue

• When You Wish Upon A Star

• Where Is The Love

• Wild Is The Wind

• Wild Is The Wind [from Wild Is The Wind]

• Wonderful! Wonderful!

• Wonderful, Wonderful

• Yesterday When I Was Young

• You Are Beautiful

• You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

• You Light Up My Life

• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

• You're A Special Part Of My Life

• You're All I Need To Get By

• You've Got A Friend

Discography

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• Let It Be Me: Mathis In Nashville

  Columbia

  2010

• A Night to Remember

  Columbia

  2008

• Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album

  Columbia

  2005

• Mathis on Broadway

  Sony Music Distribution

  2000

• Because You Loved Me: Songs of Diane Warren

  Columbia / Sony Music Distribution

  1998

• All About Love

  Columbia

  1996

• How Do You Keep the Music Playing

  Columbia

  1993

• In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington

  Columbia

  1990

• In the Still of the Night

  Columbia

  1989

• Once in a While

  Columbia

  1988

• Hollywood Musicals

  Columbia

  1986

• Johnny Mathis Live

  Columbia

  1985

• A Special Part of Me

  Columbia

  1984

• The Best Days of My Life

  Columbia

  1979

• You Light Up My Life

  Columbia

  1978

• Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

  Columbia

  1977

• Mathis Is

  Columbia

  1977

• I Only Have Eyes for You

  Columbia

  1976

• When Will I See You Again

  Columbia

  1975

• Feelings

  Columbia

  1975

• Killing Me Softly with Her Song

  Columbia

  1973

• In Person - Recorded Live at Las Vegas

  Columbia

  1972

• The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)

  Digital Sound

  1972

• Love Story

  Columbia

  1971

• Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert

  Columbia

  1970

• Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

  Columbia

  1970

• Love Is Blue

  Columbia

  1968

• Johnny Mathis Sings

  Mercury

  1967

• So Nice

  1966

• The Wonderful World of Make Believe

  1964

• Johnny

  Legacy / Columbia

  1963

• Romantically

  1963

• A Portrait of Johnny

  1961

• Heavenly

  Columbia

  1959

• Open Fire, Two Guitars

  Columbia

  1959

• Good Night, Dear Lord

  Legacy / Sony Music Distribution

  1958

• Swing Softly

  Hallmark Recordings

  1958

• Warm

  Columbia

  1957

• Wonderful Wonderful

  Hallmark Recordings

  1957

• Johnny Mathis [Columbia]

  Legacy

  1957