Johnny Mathis

91, from Gilmer, Texas, USA

Artwork for Just Getting StartedImage of Johnny Mathis

Biography

Johnny Mathis is an American singer of popular music, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts. Guinness world records and music charts historian Paul Gambaccini confirms Mathis record sales have surpassed well over 360 million worldwide. This makes Johnny Mathis the 3rd biggest selling artist of the 20th century after Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra (as for 2018).

Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes traditional pop, Brazilian, Spanish, soul, rhythm and blues, soft rock, show tunes, blues, country, and even a few disco songs for his album Mathis Magic in 1979. Mathis has also recorded six albums of Christmas music.

In 2014, Mathis was inducted into the Great American Songbook Hall Of Fame. In 2017, Mathis' alma mater San Francisco State University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Mathis attended San Francisco State for three semesters before withdrawing in 1956 to pursue his music career.

Timeline

2025Aged 90

2024Aged 89

  • Poster for I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

    Self

2019Aged 84

  • Poster for Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Self - Singer (archive footage)

  • Poster for My Music: A Classic Christmas

    Self (archive footage)

2017Aged 82

  • Poster for Just Getting Started

    Johnny Mathis

2014Aged 79

  • Poster for '51 Dons

    Narrator

  • Poster for Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark

    Self

  • Poster for Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story

    Self

2011Aged 76

  • Poster for Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television

    Self

2007Aged 72

  • Poster for Johnny Mathis - Gold

    Himself

1995Aged 60

  • Poster for Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

    (Unknown)

1993Aged 58

  • Poster for David Foster's Christmas Album

    Self

1990Aged 55

  • Poster for You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    Self

1984Aged 49

1979Aged 44

  • Poster for The Muppets Go Hollywood

    Self

1978Aged 43

1958Aged 23

  • Poster for A Certain Smile

    Johnny Mathis

1957Aged 22

  • Poster for Lizzie

    Piano Singer