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: ...

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, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The song is featured on Mathis' new Christmas album, titled Christmas Time ...

It was 1957 when 21-year-old Johnny Mathis recorded the romantic ballad “Chances Are.” When the legendary singer performs at Shea’s Performing Arts Center on April 15 – more than 60 years later – it’s ...

Everyone knows his ready-for-Valentine’s Day ballads, his Christmas albums and other elements from his illustrious music career. But not everybody knows his sports background. Here’s a primer on both ...

Jul. 9—Chances are, every time velvet-voiced Johnny Mathis takes center stage during his current U.S. tour, the atmosphere could turn misty. Sure, some devoted Mathis fans might swoon teary-eyed with ...

There's a classic scene in "Diner," an early '80s buddy picture set in 1959, where two friends are debating the merits of Frank Sinatra vs. Johnny Mathis in a diner booth. Steve Guttenberg's character ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The mesmerizing Mathis was surrounded by a cheering audience (it’s a huge ...

BILOXI, Mississippi -- It was 67 years ago Johnny Mathis received the phone call that would change his life -- and the course of popular music history -- forever. A 19-year-old track & field star at ...

The man responsible for one of the most romantic voices in song is calling it a career. Johnny Mathis, the easy listening hitmaker for nearly seven decades, has announced his retirement at the age of ...

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 ...