Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1935-09-30 (Age: 91)
Place of Birth
Gilmer, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography (22)
Johnny Mathis At The BBC
2025
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World
2023
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Just Getting Started
2017
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014
'51 Dons
2014
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
2011
Johnny Mathis - Gold
2007
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004Johnny Mathis: Live By Request
2001
