 CBS - S 62829 EIN ABEND MIT JOHNNY MATHIS Side 1: Tonight - The twelfth of never - Wild is the wind - Star bright - Wonderful, wonderful - Hey love - Secret love Side 2: The story of our love - Chances are - When Sunny gets blue - I look at you - No man can stand alone - All the time - Maria |
 FONTANA - 682 056 TL JOHNNY MATHIS - MORE JOHNNY'S GREATEST HITS Side 1: A certain smile - Call me - To be in love - Teacher teacher - Strairway to the sea - Let's love Side 2: Someone - Very much in love - You are everything to me - Let it rain - The flame of love - This heart of mine |
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JOHNNY MATHIS - THE EARLY YEARS Side 1: Changes are - It's not for me to say - The twelfth of never - Fly me to the moon (in other words) - That's all Side 2: Tenderly - Maria - It's only a paper moon - You'll never know - Hello young lovers Side 3: Misty - A certain smile - I've grown accustomed to her face - Small world - Mu funny Valentine Side 4: Wonderful ! wonderful ! - Stella by starlight - That old black magic - Faithfully - Embraceable you |
 CBS - 88087 JOHNNY MATHIS - GREATEST HITS Side 1: Ave Maria - Kol Nidre - Eli Eli - Deep river - The rosary - Ave Maria Side 2: Venus - Maria - Misty - The hadow od your smile - Strangers in the night - A man and a woman Side 3: Love story - Tonight - I will wait for you - Somewhere, my love - The windmills of your mind Side 4: They long to be close to you - Raindrops keep fallin' on my head - The look of love - Bridge over troubled water - I'm coming home |
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MATHIS (ARTIST BIOGRAPHY) John Royce Mathis (b. September 30, 1935), known popularly as Johnny Mathis, is an American Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter of popular music. Mathis was born fourth of seven children in Gilmer, Texas to Clem and Mildred Mathis. The family moved when he was young to San Francisco, California on Post Street, in the famous Fillmore district where he was raised. His father worked for a time in vaudeville, and when he saw the budding talent in his son, the elder Mathis bought an old upright piano for US$25 to encourage his efforts. At thirteen, Mathis was taken to Connie Cox, a San Francisco Bay Area voice teacher, who accepted him as a student in exchange for work he would do around her house. He studied with Cox for six years, learning vocal scales and exercises, voice production, classical and operatic skills.He remains one of the few popular singers who has received years of professional voice training that included opera. At George Washington High School, Mathis was well known, not only for his singing abilities, but also as a star athlete. On the track and field team, he was a high jumper and hurdler, and on the basketball team, he earned four athletic letters. In 1954, Mathis enrolled at San Francisco State University on a scholarship with the intention of becoming an English and physical education teacher. Mathis remains an important part of San Francisco State University's sports history—in 1954 he broke future basketball great Bill Russell's high jump record by jumping 6 ft 5 in (1.96 meters). He was spotted by Helen Noga, owner of The Black Hawk club, at a jam session and she became his manager. In September 1955, after Noga landed Mathis a job singing weekends at Ann Dee’s 440 Club, she ruthlessly pursued jazz producer George Avakian, who she found out was on vacation in the Bay Area. Avakian came to see him sing, and sent the now famous telegram to Columbia Records: Have found phenomenal 19-year old boy who could go all the way. Send blank contracts. Mathis now had to decide whether to go to the Olympic tryouts, to which he had been invited, or to keep an appointment in New York to make his first recordings, which were subsequently released in 1956. With his father's advice, Mathis opted for a recording career and the rest is history. His first album Johnny Mathis: A New Sound In Popular Song was a slow selling jazz album, but Mathis stayed in New York to play the clubs. His second album was produced by Columbia records vice-president and producer Mitch Miller, who defined the Mathis sound - he preferred him to sing soft, romantic ballads. In late 1956, Mathis recorded two of his most popular songs - "Wonderful! Wonderful!" and "It's Not For Me To Say." That year MGM signed Mathis to sing the latter song in the 1957 film Lizzie, and shortly afterward he made his second film appearance for 20th Century Fox singing the title song in A Certain Smile -he had small acting roles in both movies as a bar singer. This early cinematic visibility in two successful movies gave him mass exposure. Next was his appearance on the very popular Ed Sullivan Show in 1957 and this helped to seal his stardom. Critics called him the velvet voice. Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his vast discography includes jazz, traditional pop, Brazilian and Spanish music, Soul, R&B, soft rock, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley standards, some blues and country songs, and even a few disco tunes for his album Mathis Magic (1979). Mathis continues to perform but from 2000 onwards has limited his concert engagements to fifty to sixty appearances per year. He still records occasionally and his latest album Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album (2004) has been enthusiastically received by critics and music buyers. Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, who heard over 2000 singers on his show, said: "Johnny Mathis is the best ballad singer in the world." He appeared on the NBC Tonight Show with Jay Leno as a guest on March 29th, 2007 performing the classic "Shadow of Your Smile" with Saxophonist Dave Koz.
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