Johnny Mathis’ upcoming concert at the River Spirit Casino Resort isn’t quite a homecoming show (he was born about 100 miles south of the Oklahoma border in Gilmer, Texas), but it is a Christmas show, ...
A decade later, Mathis is releasing his seventh holiday album Christmas Time is Here, out October 13. Named after the Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson-composed song of the same name for the 1965 ...
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 ...
Long known as both “The Voice of Romance” and “The Voice of Christmas,” singer Johnny Mathis tied both worlds together during a concert appearance last weekend just outside Chicago on stage at ...
Johnny Mathis was just two years into his career as a recording artist when in 1958 he released his hit album “Merry Christmas,” a perennial Christmas classic to this day. Since then, Mathis has ...
The concept of the “greatest hits” record is a surprisingly new invention. The world’s first greatest hits compilation was released on this day, March 15, 1958, by pop and jazz artist Johnny Mathis.
Sure, there’s no shortage of new Christmas albums being released in 2020. And some of these newbies, including Carrie Underwood’s “My Gift” and For King & Country’s “A Drummer Boy Christmas,” are ...