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John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music.
Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts.
Johnny Mathis has sold 350 million records worldwide as confirmed by Guinness Chart Historian Paul Gambaccini.
Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes jazz, traditional pop, Brazilian music, Spanish music, soul music, rhythm and blues, soft rock, Broadway theatre, Tin Pan Alley standards, some blues and country songs, and even a few disco songs for his album Mathis Magic in 1979.
Mathis also recorded five albums of Christmas music.
In a 1968 interview, Mathis cited Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, and Bing Crosby among his musical influences.GrammysIn 2003, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded Mathis the Lifetime Achievement Award.
This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artist significance to the field of recording.Grammy Hall of FameJohnny Mathis was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."OtherIn 1978, his hit duet "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from the film Same Time, Next Year was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Mathis and Olivor sang the song at the Academy Awards ceremony, in his second performance at the Oscars.
In 2007, Mathis was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
On March 1, 2013, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters honored Mathis with the Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award, presented at a luncheon at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.