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: ...

*While Christmas shopping recently, I paused while listening to a hauntingly beautiful song recorded by the incomparable Johnny Mathis. It’s called “Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)” and it’s ...

Singer Johnny Mathis, 85, discovered music at a time before rock and roll existed. The man nicknamed “The Voice of Romance,” in recognition of the smooth but sensitive vibrato-laden approach he’s ...

The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in October 1993 by Columbia Records and included selections ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Music legend Johnny Mathis joins WGN Radio’s ...

Johnny Mathis was just two years into his career as a recording artist when in 1958 he released his hit album “Merry Christmas,” a perennial Christmas classic to this day. Since then, Mathis has ...

Johnny Mathis’ upcoming concert at the River Spirit Casino Resort isn’t quite a homecoming show (he was born about 100 miles south of the Oklahoma border in Gilmer, Texas), but it is a Christmas show, ...

Johnny Mathis was just two years into his career as a recording artist when in 1958 he released his hit album “Merry Christmas,” a perennial Christmas classic to this day. Since then, Mathis has ...

Johnny Mathis was just two years into his career as a recording artist when in 1958 he released his hit album “Merry Christmas,” a perennial Christmas classic to this day. Since then, Mathis has ...