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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self
1992
Johnny Mathis - Gold
as Himself
2007
A Certain Smile
as Johnny Mathis
1958
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
Lizzie
as Piano Singer
1957
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
as Self
2014
The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World
as Self
2023
Johnny Mathis: Live By Request
as Himself
2001
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2019
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
as Self
2011
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
as Self
2014
The Natalie Cole Special
as Himself
1978
Just Getting Started
as Johnny Mathis
2017
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
as Self
2004
'51 Dons
as Narrator
2014
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self
2024
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1992
TV Appearances
American Bandstand
as Self
1957
Top of the Pops
1964
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
Cilla
as Self
1968
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Johnny Mathis
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Presenting Susan Anton
1979
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992