Johnny Mathis
Celebrating 63 years as “The Voice of Romance” and Columbia Records’ Longest-Signed Artist!
Best-known for his supremely popular hits like “Chances Are,” “It’s Not For Me To Say,” “Misty”, and “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” Mathis has recorded close to 80 albums, 6 Christmas albums, and has sold millions of records worldwide. During his extensive career he has had 3 songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, achieved 50 Hits on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart, and still ranks as the all-time #6 album artist in the history of Billboard’s pop album charts. He has received 5 Grammy Nominations, and in 2003 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In addition to all this Johnny & his music have appeared in numerous films & TV shows, including Lizzie, The Tonight Show, Silver Linings Playbook, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Family Ties, Mad Men, The Simpsons, and Criminal Minds just to name a few.
So what’s next for Johnny? “I don’t think about retiring. I think about how I can keep singing for the rest of my life. I just have to pace myself.” – Johnny Mathis