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: ...

During an interview, The Monkees‘ Micky Dolenz said he drew influence from Johnny Mathis’ “Misty.” He said the song changed his life and inspired his work. Listeners in the United States and the ...

Johnny Mathis may be 78 chronologically, but his vocal cords still have the range of a 20-year-old, and he proved it with a magical multi-octave performance at PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre ...

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, ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — It’s time to get a little “Misty”: Johnny Mathis, the singer who has entertained audiences since the 1950s, is retiring from touring, his team announced Wednesday. “As many of you may ...

Chances are, when velvet-voiced Johnny Mathis takes center stage at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket on May 28, the atmosphere could turn Misty. Sure, some devoted Mathis fans might swoon ...

Singer Johnny Mathis poses for a portrait in Los Angeles in 2014. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP) (Omar Vega) There's no Johnny Mathis without Christmas. The singer's first holiday collection was ...

Johnny Mathis, master of the velvet vibrato, exercises with a personal trainer at 5:30 in the blasted morning every weekday that he's not on perpetual tour of America's midsize cities and casinos.

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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 ...