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: ...

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 ...

Long known as both “The Voice of Romance” and “The Voice of Christmas,” singer Johnny Mathis tied both worlds together during a concert appearance last weekend just outside Chicago on stage at ...

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 ...