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Biography

b. 28 Sept 1933, Maud, Tx, USA. Never to end up being confused along with his more lucrative namesake, this Johnny Mathis is really a nation singer-songwriter. He made an appearance on theBig ‘D’ Jamboree, Dallas, but shifted to Shreveport and produced his debut in the Louisiana Hayride in 1953. The next season, he and Jimmy Lee Fautheree documented as Jimmy And Johnny and obtained lots 3 US nation chart hit along with his tune ‘If You Don’t SOMEONE ELSE Will’. During his times at Shreveport, Mathis caused Johnny Horton and co-wrote some tracks with him including ‘I’ll GET IT DONE Everytime’. Horton also documented a few of Mathis’ tracks. Although Mathis made an appearance in the Grand Ole Opry, he previously no solo graph strikes after ‘Make sure you SPEAK TO My Center’ in 1963. The next year that tune became a high 10 strike for Ray Cost and, 16 years afterwards, charted once again for Freddy Fender. His tracks have been documented by many superstars, including George Jones, Faron Youthful, Charley Satisfaction and Engelbert Humperdinck. Mathis had written and documented both nation and gospel materials through the entire 70s, 80s and 90s. In Feb 1999 he experienced a massive heart stroke which curtailed his music profession.

Quick Facts

Died September 27, 2011, Cornersville, Tennessee, United States

Nationality American

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0558922

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000108075

#	Fact
1	As usual, still performing at prestigious venues throughout the United States. [2004]
2	Recording duet with Ray Charles for Charles' upcoming compact disc album of duets. [2004]
3	He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1501 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
4	Has the distinction of having an album - "Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits" on the Billboard charts for longer than any other album in history: 490 weeks, or the equivalent of 9-1/2 years.
5	Went to high school with Lee Meriwether.
6	An avid golfer, he hit his fifth hole-in-one at the 176 yard, 16th hole at the Riviera Country Club in April 2004.
7	Referenced in the song 'The Call of the Wild (Merengue)' by David Byrne on his 1989 album, 'Rei Momo'.
8	Mathis has had a string of hits, all on Columbia records, stretching from the 1950s through the 1980s and beyond. Hit singles include "It's Not For Me to Say," "Chances Are," "Wonderful! Wonderful!," "A Certain Smile," "Misty," "Gina," "What Will Mary Say?," and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (Duet with Denise Williams). Hit albums include "Wonderful! Wonderful!," "Open Fire, Two Guitars," "Johnny's Greatest Hits," "Heavenly," "Faithfully," "Warm," "Merry Christmas," and "Up, Up, and Away."
9	Was a featured vocalist on the Grammy nominated (2004 awards) album "XXL" by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Composer-arranger-pianist-saxophonist-band leader Gordon Goodwin has remained a longtime friend of Mathis and was once his former pianist.
10	Won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award on 23 February 2003.
11	As of 2004, he has had the longest stay of any popular artist with Columbia Records to date, having recorded for them almost exclusively since 1956.
12	Track and Field Tournament at San Francisco State University, the Johnny Mathis Invitational, is named in his honour.
13	Just two years after his first recordings, his 1958 record album "Johnny's Greatest Hits" (Columbia Records) started the "Greatest Hits" trend for recording artists and record companies; every record company thereafter began to release "Greatest Hits" albums for their recording artists.
14	One of the most financially ingenious artists in the recording industry, Mathis has full responsibility and creative control of the production of his recordings through Jon Mat Records, Inc. where he chooses his own songs, producers, etc. while Columbia Records remains responsible for distribution.
15	Jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi, who composed the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and many other "Charlie Brown" TV specials was the featured pianist and then-unknown talent on Mathis' demonstration recordings for Columbia Records in 1956.
16	A shrewd financial investor, Mathis owns a Post Office in Wisconsin that he leases to the United States Postal Service.
17	Early in his career, his then manager Helen Noga attempted to develop a feature film about the life of Black/Peruvian Indian saint Martin de Porres with Mathis portraying the Afro-Peruvian title role. This project, however, never reached fruition.

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Family Ties	1983-1989	TV Series singer - 149 episodes

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Sleigh Bells Ring	2016	TV Movie performer: "Sleigh Ride"
Supernatural	2016	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Aquarius	2015	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Simpsons	2003-2015	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Goldbergs	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Normal Heart	2014	TV Movie performer: "Chances Are"
Rob the Mob	2014	performer: "Dream, Dream, Dream"
Call the Midwife	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Behind the Candelabra	2013	TV Movie performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas"
A Case of You	2013	performer: "It's Not for Me to Say"
American Dad!	2013	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2010-2012	TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Silver Linings Playbook	2012	performer: "Misty"
Desperate Housewives	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs	2011	TV Movie documentary performer: "When a Child is Born"
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	2011	performer: "Sleigh Ride Vocal"
New Girl	2011	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Top Gear	2010	TV Series performer - 1 episode
20 to 1	2010	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me	2009	TV Movie documentary performer: "Laura"
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story	2009	Documentary performer: "Things I Might Have Been"
I Love You Phillip Morris	2009	performer: "Chances Are"
EastEnders	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mad Men	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Towelhead	2007	performer: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
Crazy Love	2007/I	Documentary performer: "Let's Love"
Zodiac	2007	performer: "It's Not For Me To Say"
7th Heaven	2006	TV Series performer - 1 episode
American Masters	2005	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Las Vegas	2004	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Malcolm in the Middle	2004	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Family Man	2000	performer: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Donnie Brasco	1997	performer: "How Deep is Your Love" 1977
Jingle All the Way	1996	performer: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	1995	performer: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	1994	performer: "Misty" 1962
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	performer: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
Bébé's Kids	1992	performer: "Moonlight Becomes You"
Sjans	1992	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Doogie Howser, M.D.	1992	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Cheers	1984-1991	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael	1990	performer: "Misty"
Goodfellas	1990	performer: "It's Not for Me to Say"
Chances Are	1989	performer: "CHANCES ARE", "WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL"
Everybody's All-American	1988	performer: "It's Not for Me to Say"
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon	1988	performer: "I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY GOODBYE", "CHANCES ARE"
In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern	1987	TV Movie performer: "Dearly Beloved", "Yesterdays", "Make Believe"
Tin Men	1987	performer: "It's Not for Me to Say"
Crime Story	1986	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Gremlins	1984	performer: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
Family Ties	1982	TV Series performer: "Without Us"
Asa Branca - Um Sonho Brasileiro	1980	performer: "My Love for You"
Falling in Love Again	1980	performer: "Yesterday's Dreams"
WKRP in Cincinnati	1980	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Magic of David Copperfield II	1979	TV Special performer: "Chances Are"
Top of the Pops	1976-1979	TV Series performer - 9 episodes
The 51st Annual Academy Awards	1979	TV Special documentary performer: "The Last Time I Felt Like This"
Same Time, Next Year	1978	performer: "The Last Time I Felt Like This"
Christmas 76	1976	TV Special performer: "Eres tu"
Dinah!	1976	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Walking Tall	1973	performer: "Walking Tall"
The 44th Annual Academy Awards	1972	TV Special performer: "Life Is What You Make It"
Monsanto Presents Mancini	1971/I	TV Special performer: "Lovers in New York"
The Ed Sullivan Show	1968	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Biggest Bundle of Them All	1968	performer: "Most Of All There's You"
Shindig!	1965	TV Series performer - 1 episode
It's What's Happening, Baby!	1965	TV Special performer: "Wild is the Wind"
The 34th Annual Academy Awards	1962	TV Special performer: "Love Theme from El Cid The Falcon and the Dove"
The Best of Everything	1959	performer: "The Best of Everything"
A Certain Smile	1958	performer: "A Certain Smile"
The 30th Annual Academy Awards	1958	TV Special performer: "Wild Is the Wind"
Wild Is the Wind	1957	performer: "Wild Is the Wind"
Lizzie	1957	performer: "It's Not For Me To Say", "Warm and Tender"

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Simpsons	2015	TV Series	Johnny Mathis
A City of the King	1971	TV Movie	Innkeeper
The Red Skelton Hour	1965	TV Series	Johnny Appleworm
Lizzie	1957		Piano Singer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
Paper Airplane	2017	TV Series very special thanks pre-production
I Love You Phillip Morris	2009	thanks
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Leslie Uggams Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
Allen Ludden's Gallery	1969	TV Series	Himself
Sing und swing	1969	TV Movie	Himself
Night-Club	1968	TV Series	Himself - Musician
The Kraft Music Hall	1968	TV Series	Himself
The Woody Woodbury Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
Dee Time	1967	TV Series	Himself
International Cabaret	1966-1967	TV Series	Himself
The Jackie Gleason Show	1967	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Hollywood Palace	1964-1967	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Jede Stimme zählt	1966	TV Movie	Himself - Musician
The Dean Martin Show	1966	TV Series	Himself
The Andy Williams Show	1964-1966	TV Series	Himself
Shindig!	1965	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Eamonn Andrews Show	1965	TV Series	Himself
It's What's Happening, Baby!	1965	TV Special	Himself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium	1964-1965	TV Series	Himself
Here's Edie	1964	TV Series	Himself
New American Bandstand 1965	1957-1964	TV Series	Himself
Celebrity Party	1963	TV Special	Himself
Juke Box Jury	1962	TV Series	Himself - Surprise Guest
Here's Hollywood	1960-1962	TV Series	Himself
The 34th Annual Academy Awards	1962	TV Special	Himself - Performer
About Faces	1960	TV Series	Himself
The Frances Langford Show	1960	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1959	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show	1959	TV Series	Himself
The Juke Box Jury	1959	TV Series	Himself
The All-Star Christmas Show	1958	TV Movie	Himself
The Garry Moore Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
A Certain Smile	1958		Himself
This Is Your Life	1958	TV Series	Himself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	1957-1958	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
The Big Record	1957-1958	TV Series	Himself
The 30th Annual Academy Awards	1958	TV Special	Himself - Performer
The Eddie Fisher Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
The George Gobel Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
The Julius LaRosa Show	1957	TV Series	Himself
The Last Old Master		Documentary post-production	Himself
Tavis Smiley	2010-2015	TV Series	Himself
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark	2014	Documentary	Himself
'51 Dons	2014	Documentary	Narrator
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story	2014	TV Movie	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1993-2013	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
The View	2013	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Alan Titchmarsh Show	2013	TV Series	Himself
Teens Wanna Know	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song	2012	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Christmas Number One Story	2012	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Nat King Cole Generation Hope: Johnny Mathis	2011	Short	Himself
Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Daybreak	2011	TV Series	Himself
Unsung	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me	2009	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2006	TV Series	Himself
Johnny Mathis Live: Wonderful, Wonderful!	2006	TV Special
The 4th Annual TV Land Awards	2006	TV Special	Himself
Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie	2004	Documentary	Himself
Weekend Today	2002	TV Series	Himself
Today	2002	TV Series	Himself
Live by Request: Johnny Mathis	1998	TV Special documentary	Himself
Muppets Tonight	1998	TV Series	Himself
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	1997	TV Series	Himself
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's	1997	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Songs of Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words	1997	TV Movie	Himself
1995 Miss North America Pageant	1995	TV Special	Himself - Performer (Miss America Tribute)
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder	1995	TV Movie	Himself
Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade	1993	TV Special	Himself
David Foster's Christmas Album	1993	TV Special	Himself
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'	1992	TV Movie	Himself
Vicki!	1992	TV Series	Himself
American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special	1992	TV Movie	Himself
One on One with John Tesh	1991-1992	TV Series	Himself
The 34th Annual Grammy Awards	1992	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Dying for a Smoke	1992	Video documentary	Himself
Christmas in Washington	1991	TV Movie	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1965-1990	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Musical Guest
American Masters	1990	TV Series documentary	Himself
Dionne and Friends	1990	TV Series	Himself
Ebony/Jet Showcase	1989	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1989	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music	1989	TV Movie	Himself
A Conversation with Dinah	1989	TV Series	Himself (1991)
Soul Train	1974-1988	TV Series documentary	Himself / Himself - Guest
Solid Gold	1980-1988	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Host / Himself - Co-host
In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern	1987	TV Movie	Himself
Mancini and Friends	1987	TV Movie	Himself
Wogan	1986	TV Series	Himself
American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration	1985	TV Special	Himself
Ryan's Hope	1985	TV Series	Himself
Olympic Gala	1984	TV Special documentary	Himself - Song Performer
Salute!	1983	TV Series	Himself
Oh Madeline	1983	TV Series	Himself
The Glen Campbell Music Show	1982	TV Series	Himself
Marvin Hamlisch: They're Playing My Song	1981	TV Movie	Himself
Numéro 1	1975-1981	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Host
Tomorrow Coast to Coast	1981	TV Series	Himself
The John Davidson Show	1981	TV Series	Himself
Stars	1980	TV Series	Himself
The Val Doonican Music Show	1978-1980	TV Series	Himself
Mike Yarwood in Persons	1979	TV Series	Himself
Top of the Pops	1978-1979	TV Series	Himself
The Muppets Go Hollywood	1979	TV Special	Himself
The 51st Annual Academy Awards	1979	TV Special documentary	Himself - Performer
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour	1979	TV Series	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1967-1979	TV Series	Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Vocalist / Himself
The 6th Annual American Music Awards	1979	TV Special	Himself
Live Wednesday	1978	TV Series	Himself
A Salute to American Imagination	1978	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Les rendez-vous du dimanche	1978	TV Series	Himself
The Wolfman Jack Show	1976	TV Series	Himself
The Midnight Special	1973-1976	TV Series	Himself
The Diahann Carroll Show	1976	TV Series	Himself
Dinah!	1975-1976	TV Series	Himself
La hora de...	1976	TV Series	Himself
BBC Show of the Week	1974	TV Series	Himself
The Merv Griffin Show	1974	TV Series	Himself
Le grand échiquier	1972-1973	TV Series	Himself
Get Happy	1973	TV Movie	Himself
The Hollywood Squares	1969-1973	TV Series	Himself - Guest Appearance
Top à...	1972-1973	TV Series	Himself
American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary	1973	TV Movie	Himself
The 44th Annual Academy Awards	1972	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Stars on Sunday	1971-1972	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
The Pet Set	1971	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Ice Palace	1971	TV Series	Himself - Guest Host
Die Drehscheibe	1971	TV Series	Singer
Monsanto Presents Mancini	1971/I	TV Special	Singer
Vera Lynn	1971	TV Series	Himself
Flip	1971	TV Series	Himself
The David Frost Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1957-1970	TV Series	Singer / Himself - Singer / Himself
Playboy After Dark	1969-1970	TV Series	Singer
The Joey Bishop Show	1968-1969	TV Series	Himself
Della	1969	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By	2015	TV Movie
Inside Edition	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1976	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
El disco del año 06	2006	TV Movie	Himself
A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show	2005	Video	Himself
I Love a 1970's Christmas	2000	TV Special documentary
TV Ano 50	2000	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2	1991	TV Special	Himself
Top of the Pops	1975-1979	TV Series	Himself
Christmas 76	1976	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Numéro 1	1976	TV Series	Himself

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2015	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	For the album "Sending You a Little Christmas."
2011	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	For the album "Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville."
2006	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	For the album "Isn't It Romantic."

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If you really want to learn about a person, play a round of golf with him or her. You'll learn how they treat their dog, their husband or wife, and their children. You'll learn how they react to missed opportunities, because that's all golf is--a lot of missed opportunities.

For the first 20 years of my life, I think, I sang standing with my eyes closed and my fists clenched. Mostly it didn't bother the people in the audience, but it did bother the critics, so much that I got horrible reviews, terrible. They said 'He has no stage presence', 'He's shy', 'He doesn't know what to do between songs', 'He fidgets', 'When he sings, he closes his eyes and just goes off and...' Those reviews bothered me a great deal. But I lived with it. And then finally one day all the reviews became positive. And I hadn't changed at all, it's just that they finally decided that they liked what I was doing.

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