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John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer. He is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century. [2] [3] Starting his career with singles of standard music, Mathis became highly popular as an album artist, with several of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts.
Johnny Mathis looks back on his life in music, from singing jazz in San Francisco to hit songs as iconic as "Chances Are" and that scene in "Diner." 'I think I sing like my dad.' Johnny Mathis ...
John Mathis was born in Maud, Texas, United States. [3] He played on Louisiana Hayride from 1953 to 1960, as a solo artist and as a member of the musical duo Jimmy & Johnny (with Jimmy Lee Fautheree). [3] Mathis left the group to go solo in the middle of the 1950s, leaving Fautheree's brother, Lynn, to fill his shoes.
The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection is a box set by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in 1993 by Columbia Records and gave an overview of his career with four CDs containing 86 tracks that he selected himself. [4]
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You Light Up My Life is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis, released on March 13, 1978, [1] by Columbia Records.While this LP includes three new songs ("All I Ever Need", "I Wrote a Symphony on My Guitar", and the hit pairing with Deniece Williams, "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"), it doesn’t stray too far from the format of his albums of recent years in covering established ...
That's What Friends Are For is an album by American singers Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, released in July 1978 on Columbia Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart in the United States, and No. 16 on the UK Albums chart.
Johnny Mathis has recorded 73 studio albums, 10 of which achieved sales of 500,000 units and were awarded Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. [1] Six of his compilation albums also accomplished this, and of these 16 Gold albums, six eventually went Platinum by reaching sales of one million copies. [ 1 ]