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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired worldwide for her deeply personal, intimate approach to singing.
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June Deniece Chandler (born June 3, 1950 in Gary, Indiana), known by her stage name Deniece "Niecy" Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. Williams, whose music has been influenced by Soul and Funk, is known for her hits such as "Let's Hear It for the Boy", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", and for her many vocal duets with Johnny Mathis.
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (Db3 to Db6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
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Howard Hughes
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Miles Davis
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Mitch Miller
Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R; man and record company executive. Miller was one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of Artists and Repertoire at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as an accomplished player of the oboe and English horn, and recorded several highly regarded classical albums featuring his instrumental work, but he is best remembered as a conductor, choral director, television performer and recording executive.
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Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.
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Ray Ellis
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Regina Belle
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Mathis, Johnny Filmography
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
- Johnny Mathis Live: Wonderful, Wonderful! (2006)
- The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006)
- El disco del año 06 (2006)
- Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie (2004)
- Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004)
- I Love a 1970's Christmas (2000)
- Live by Request: Johnny Mathis (1998)
- The Songs of Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words (1997)
- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
- Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
- Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade (1993)
- David Foster's Christmas Album (1993)
- Dying for a Smoke (1992)
- American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (1992)
- Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992)
- The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (1992)
- The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (1991)
- Christmas in Washington (1991)
- A Conversation with Dinah (1989)
- The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989)
- Mancini and Friends (1987)
- In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern (1987)
- American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985)
- Olympic Gala (1984)
- Marvin Hamlisch: They're Playing My Song (1981)
- The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979)
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
- A Salute to American Imagination (1978)
- Get Happy (1973)
- American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary (1973)
- The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972)
- Monsanto Presents Mancini (1971)
- Sing und swing (1969)
- It's What's Happening, Baby! (1965)
- Celebrity Party (1963)
- The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962)
- The Frances Langford Show (1960)
- The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958)
- A Certain Smile (1958)
- Lizzie (1957)
He was the fourth of seven children born to Clement and Mildred Mathis. His father performed briefly in vaudeville and exposed all of the Mathis siblings to music. Before he entered his teens, young John received vocal lessons from Connie Cox in exchange for performing chores around her home. When he entered San Francisco State College he originally had planned to become a physical education instructor. At San Francisco State he broke classmate and basketball great 'Bill Russell (I)' (qv)'s high jump record. While in college he began performing at a small local bar called The International Settlement, where he met performers 'Maya Angelou' (qv) and 'Joan Weldon' (qv). Later performances at a club called The Blackhawk caught the attention of Columbia Records producer 'George Avakian' (qv). When Avakian called for Mathis to make his first recording, the young singer and then college track star had to make a unique decision: whether to record or to tryout for the 1956 Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. He chose to make his first single "Wonderful, Wonderful". To date he has recorded over 100 albums with sales in excess of 180.0 million. More than 60 of his albums have been certified gold and/or platinum. "Johnny's Greatest Hits" (1958) remained on Billboard's pop album charts for 490 weeks. "Heavenly" remained on the pop charts for 295 weeks. An avid golfer and gourmet cook, Mathis continues to record and perform at the world's most prestigious venues and has earned a permanent place in American music history.
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- Stranger In Paradise
- There Goes My Heart
- You Belong To Me
- True Love
- All Alone Am I
- Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
- Warm And Tender
- All The Things You Are
- A Man And A Woman
- Speak Softly Love
- Where Do I Begin? ( Love Story)
- A Time For Us
- Theme From "Summer Of '42" (The Summer Knows)
- I'll Never Fall In LOve Again
- What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
- Warm
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (With Deniece Williams)
- My Love For You
- Chances Are
- Misty
- Warm (recorded 1957)
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- When I Am With You
- A Certain Smile
- Twelfth Of Never
- All The Time
- It's Not For Me To Say
- Come To Me
- I Look At You
- Wild Is The Wind
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- Gina
- Maria
- Tonight
- My Funny Valentine
- Just the Two of Us
- You Make Me Feel Brand New
- Walk On By
- Hey Girl
- Closer I Get to You
- Where is the Love
- All This Love
- Always
- We're in This Love Together
- How 'bout Us
- Always and Forever
- A Night to Remember
- Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- A Marshmallow World
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
- We Need a Little Christmas
- Frosty the Snowman
- Merry Christmas
- Sleigh Ride
- Winter Wonderland
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- A Certain Smile
- I'm Stone in Love With You
- Misty
- Gone Gone Gone
- Chances Are
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Friends in Love
- Maria
- My Love for You
- On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
- Prelude to a Kiss
- The Twelfth of Never
- Wild Is the Wind
- Unbreak My Heart
- You're All I Need to Get By
- When a Child Is Born
- Feelings
- Fly Me to the Moon
- The Look of Love
- (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
- Someone
- Isn't It Romantic
- Love Is Here to Say
- Day by Day
- Dindi
- Theres a Kind of Hush
- This Cant Be Love
- Cottage for Sale
- Almost Like Being in Love
- The Rainbow Connection
- Over the Rainbow (With Ray Charles)
- Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- Chances Are
- No Love (but Your Love)
- The Twelfth of Never
- Wild Is the Wind
- Teacher, Teacher
- A Certain Smile
- Sleigh Ride
- My Funny Valentine
- Misty
- Small World
- Maria
- Dancing on the Ceiling
- Stairway to the Stars
- Gina
- What Will My Mary Say
- The Sweetheart Tree
- On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
- The Look of Love
- A Time for Us
- The Look of Love
- Heavenly
- Chances Are
- Wonderful, Wonderful
- The More I See You
- It's Not For Me To Say
- Up, Up and Away
- Spanish Eyes
- Where or When
- Twelfth of Never
- This Guy's In Love WIth You
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- Baby, Baby, Baby
- That's All
- Sweet Lorraine
- Tenderly
- Winter Wonderland
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
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- Blue Christmas
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
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- O Holy Night
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- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
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- When Sunny Gets Blue
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- It Could Happen to You
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- I Heard a Forest Praying
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- A Certain Smile
- You'll Never Know
- More Than You Know
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- Someone
- Killing Me Softly With Her Song
- How Deep Is Your Love
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- We've Only Just Begun
- With You I'm Born Again
- Mandy
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- I Only Have Eyes for You
- I'm Stone in Love With You
- The Way We Were
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
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- When I Need You
- Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
- Without You
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
- The Most Beautiful Girl
- A Man and a Woman
- When Will I See You Again?
- Misty
- The Twelfth of Never
- The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)
- Christmas Is...
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Jingle Bells
- Ave Maria
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Christmas Day
- The First Noel
- When a Child Is Born
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Sounds of Christmas
- Chances Are
- Love Look Away
- Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)
- The Twelfth of Never
- My Funny Valentine
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- Prelude to a Kiss
- Life Is a Song Worth Singing
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- Good Night, Dear Lord
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- May the Good Lord
- Bless and Keep You
- The Rosary
- One God
- Deep River
- Where Can I Go?
- Eli Eli
- Kol Nidre
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Ave Maria (Bach)
- Let Your Heart Remember
- I Will Walk Away
- Every Beat of My Heart
- Why Goodbye
- Like No One in the World
- One More Night
- Let Me Be the One
- Welcome Home
- Sometimes Love's Not Enough
- Could It Be Love This Time
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- Gina
- Never Say Never
- Emotion
- What Will My Mary Say
- Free
- You're All I Need to Get By
- Love Them From Romeo and Juliet
- Silly
- Love Won't Let Me Wait
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- It's Gonna Take a Miracle
- I Just Found Out About Love
- Call Me
- You Are Beautiful
- Come to Me
- No Love (But Your Love)
- Let's Love
- Tonight
- Friends in Love
- My Funny Valentine
- The Best of Everything
- Teacher, Teacher
- My Love for You
- Starbright
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- Life Is a Song Worth Singing
- Someone
- Don't Give Up on Us
- Goodbye to Love
- Gone, Gone, Gone
- Midnight Blue
- Solitare
- The Hungrey Years
- Alone Again (Naturally)
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- Without You
- It's Too Late
- Laughter, in the Rain
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
- Everything Is Beautiful
- The Most Beautiful Girl
- Betcha by Golly Wow
- Just the Way You Are
- And I Love You So
- Song of Joy
- Life Is a Song Worth Singing
- You Light Up My Life
- How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Introduction)
- The Summer Knows
- Something New in My Life
- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
- The Way She Makes Me Feel
- I Was Born in Love With You
- On My Way to You
- After the Rain
- The Windmills of Your Mind
- Summer Me, Winter Me
- How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
A Personal Collection: The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis
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- Silent Night
- Silver Bells
- Winter Wonderland
- Sleigh Ride
- White Christmas
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- A Marshmallow World
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
- The Christmas Waltz
- We Need a Little Christmas
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- The Most Beautiful Girl
- The Look of Love
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- Misty
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- Sunny
- Evergreen
- This Guy's in Love With You
- Go Away Little Girl
- Better Together (feat. Regina Belle)
- You Brought Me Love (feat. Patti Austin)
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (feat. Deniece Williams)
- It's All in the Game (feat. Take 6)
- Love Won't Let Me Wait (feat. Deniece Williams)
- You're a Special Part of Me (feat. Angela Bofill)
- The Last Time I Felt Like This (feat. Jane Olivor)
- Friends in Love (feat. Dionne Warwick)
- In the Still of the Night (feat. Take 6)
- You're All I Need to Get By (feat. Deniece Williams)
- Who's Counting Heartaches (feat. Dionne Warwick)
- You Saved My Life
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Chances Are
- When a Child Is Born
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- The Last Time I Felt Like This
- Stop, Look and Listen to Your Heart
- With You I'm Born Again
- Three Times a Lady
- She Believes in Me
- I Will Survive
- Evergreen
- When I Need You
- Sweet Surrender
- How Deep Is Your Love
- We're All Alone
- Misty
- I'd Rather Be Here With You
- If It's Magic
- The Sounds of Christmas
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- A Marshmallow World
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- The Secret of Christmas
- Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Carol of the Bells
- Christmas Is a Feeling in Your Heart
- Hallelujah Chorus
- Overture: A Musical Tribute to Duke Ellington
- Lush Life
- Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) / I Didn't Know About You
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (instrumental)
- In a Sentimental Mood
- What Am I Here For
- I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (instrumental)
- Something to Live For
- Solitude
- Perdido (instrumental)
- Prelude to a Kiss
- In a Mellow Tone
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Satin Doll (instrumental)
- Come Sunday
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- Caravan (instrumental)
- Day Dream
- Heavenly
- Hello, Young Lovers
- A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
- A Ride on a Rainbow
- More Than You Know
- Something I Dreamed Last Night
- Misty
- Stranger in Paradise
- Moonlight Becomes You
- They Say It's Wonderful
- I'll Be Easy to Find
- That's All
- Life Is a Song Worth Singing
- I'm Coming Home
- I'd Rather Be Here With You
- And I Think That's What I'll Do
- I'm Stone in Love With You
- Stop, Look and Listen to Your Heart
- Foolish
- I Just Want to Be Me
- Sweet Child
- A Baby's Born
- Stop Look and Listen to Your Heart
- Love Won't Let Me Wait
- Break Up to Make Up
- Chances Are
- Friends in Love
- Time After Time
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- I'm Stone in Love With You
- When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'
- Touch By Touch
- When a Child Is Born
- Winter Wonderland
- Jingle Bell Rock
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Sleigh Ride
- Silver Bells
- The Christmas Song
- White Christmas
- Little Drummer Boy
- O Holy Night
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- What Child Is This
- The First Noel
- Carol of the Bells
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- Chances Are
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Misty
- Wild Is the Wind
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- Maria
- The Twelfth of Never
- Small World
- Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star Is Born")
- Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet"
- What Will My Mary Say
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- A Certain Smile
- (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
- Didn't We
- Gina
- Simple
- Love Won't Let Me Wait (Duet with Deniece Williams)
- The Best Is Yet To Come
- Lead Me To Your Love
- You're A Special Part Of Me (Duet with Deniece Williams)
- Love Never Felt So Good
- Priceless
- One Love
- Right Here And Now
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- What I Did for Love
- You Light Up My Life
- 99 Miles to L.A.
- When a Child Is Born
- Just the Way You Are
- With You I'm Born Again
- Gone Gone Gone
- The Best Days of My Life
- The Last Time I Felt Like This
- Would You Like to Spend the Night With Me
- As Time Goes By
- The Best Days of My Life
- Gone, Gone, Gone
- The Bottom Line
- The Last Time I Felt Like This
- Begin the Beguine
- How Can I Make It on My Own
- There You Are
- We're in Love
- Look of Love
- Heavenly
- Chances Are
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- More I See You
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Up, Up and Away
- Spanish Eyes
- Where or When
- Twelfth of Never
- This Guy's in Love With You
- Time for Us
- I'm Coming Home
- Stop Look and Listen to Your Heart
- I'd Rather Be Here With You
- Foolish
- I'm Stone in Love With You
- And I Think That's What I'll Do
- Life Is a Song Worth Singing
- A Baby's Born
- Sweet Child
- I Just Wanted to Be Me
- Killing Me Softly With Her Song
- Aubrey
- And I Love You So
- Break Up to Make Up
- Arianne
- Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
- Wildflower
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
- Sing
- Good Morning Heartache
- Show and Tell
- The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)
- Speak Softly Love (Love Theme From "The Godfather")
- The Summer Knows (Theme From "Summer of '42")
- Brian's Song (The Hands of Time)
- Since I Fell for You
- Without You
- Betcha by Golly Wow
- Life and Breath
- I Need You
- (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
- Life Is What You Make It
- Say a Little Prayer
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- The Look of Love
- Don't Go Breakin' My Heart
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Never My Love
- Moon River
- Walk on By
- Venus
- Love Is Blue (L' Amour Est Bleu)
- Those Were the Days
- Little Green Apples
- The End of the World
- This Guy's in Love With You
- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
- Light My Fire
- Every Time I Dream of You
- The World I Used to Know
- You Make Me Think About You
- Turn Around Look at Me
- Saturday Sunshine
- Lovers in New York
- Eleanor Rigby
- Sunny
- Who Can I Turn To?
- Strangers in the Night
- (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
- Somewhere My Love
- Who Can Say
- I Wish You Love
- The Second Time Around
- Wake the Town and Tell the People
- Moment to Moment
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- Michelle
- Yesterday
- Something's Coming
- A Taste of Honey
- I'm in Love for the Very First Time
- Quiet Nights
- (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco
- On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
- Melinda
- Come Back to Me
- The Impossible Dream
- I Will Wait for You
- What the World Needs Now Is Love
- Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here
- Elusive Butterfly
- So Nice (Samba De Verao)
- Dulcinea
- What Now My Love
- Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)
- The Music That Makes Me Dance
- I Dream of You
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads
- A Wonderful Day Like Today (From: "The Roar of the Greasepaint... The Smell of the Crowd')
- Arrivederci Roma
- Clopin Clopant
- This Is Love
- I'll Close My Eyes
- The Very Thought of You
- Danny Boy
- The Sweetheart Tree (From: "The Great Race")
- Symphony
- The Skye Boat Song (Scotch Folk Song)
- Autumn Leaves
- Mirage (From "Mirage")
- What Will My Mary Say
- Unaccustomed as I Am
- Sweet Thursday
- There You Are
- Wasn't the Summer Short?
- That's the Way it Is
- Gina
- Marianna
- I Love Her That's Why
- I'll Never Be Lonely Again
- One Look
- Quiet Girl
- The Sounds of Christmas
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- A Marshmallow World
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Have Reindeer, Will Travel
- The Secret of Christmas
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- The Carol of the Bells
- Christmas Is a Feeling in Your Heart
- Hallelujah Chorus
- Faithfully
- Tonight (From West Side Story)
- Nobody Knows (How Much I Love You)
- One Starry Night
- Follow Me
- You Better Go Now
- Secret Love
- Maria (From West Side Story)
- Where Do You Think You're Going
- And This Is My Beloved
- Where Are You?
- Blue Gardenia
- Small World (From the Broadway Production Gypsy)
- Someone
- Very Much in Love
- You Are Everything to Me
- Let It Rain
- The Flame of Love
- A Certain Smile (From a Certain Smile)
- Call Me
- You Are Beautiful (From Flower Drum Song)
- Teacher, Teacher
- Stairway to the Sea
- Let's Love
- Chances Are
- All the Time
- The Twelfth of Never
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- When I Am With You
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Come to Me
- Wild Is the Wind
- Warm and Tender
- No Love (But Your Love)
- I Look at You
- Will I Find My Love Today
- Looking at You
- Let Me Love You
- All Through the Night
- It Could Happen to You
- That Old Black Magic
- Too Close for Comfort
- In the Wee Hours of the Morning
- Year After Year
- Early Autumn
- You Stepped Out of a Dream
- Day in Day Out
- Misty
- (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
- A Time for Us (Love Theme From 'Romeo and Juliet')
- The Twelfth of Never
- The Look of Love
- This Guy's in Love With You
- When Will I See You Again
- I'm Stone in Love With You
- Me and Mrs Jones
- The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)
- Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany)
- Moon River
- Feelings
- How Deep Is Your Love
- When a Child Is Born (feat. Gladys Knight)
- Killing Me Softly With Her Song
- Evergreen (Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born')
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Walk on By
- Love Theme From 'the Godfather'
- (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Danke Schoen
- It's Impossible
- Moon River
- When a Child Is Born
- You Light Up My Life
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Don't Give Up on Us
- I Say a Little Prayer
- What I Did for Love
- Theme From 'Summer of '42' (The Summer Knows)
- Laughter in the Rain
- Stardust
- We've Only Just Begun
- The Way We Were
- You Stepped Out of a Dream
- Taking a Chance on Love
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- True Love
- Whistling Away the Dark
- Time After Time
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- I Had the Craziest Dream
- Long Ago and Far Away
- Crazy World
- Moonlight Becomes You / It Could Happen to You / But Beautiful
- Laura
- What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life
- Wonderful, Wonderful
- Brian's Song
- Chances Are
- On a Clear Day
- Small World
- This Heart of Mine
- Misty
- Teacher Teacher
- Dancing on the Ceiling
- It's Not for Me to Say
- I Married an Angel
- A Certain Smile
- Chances Are
- Its Not for Me to Say
- Wonderful Wonderful
- Stop Look and Listen to Your Heart
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- Small World
- Evergreen
- Break Up to Make Up
- The 12th of Never
- Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet
- Taking a Chance on Love
- Didn't We
- Misty
- Open Fire
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- In the Still of the Night
- Embraceable You
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Tenderly
- When I Fall in Love
- I Concentrate on You
- Please Be Kind
- You'll Never Know
- I'm Just a Boy in Love
- My Funny Valentine
- The Impossible Dream
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother
- May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You
- Lean on Me
- Life Is a Song Worth Singing
- The Rosary
- No Man Can Stand Alone
- Ave Maria
- What the World Needs Now Is Love
- Memory
- Good Night, Dear Lord
- You Light Up My Life
- Where Can I Go?
- Smile
- Somewhere
- Eli, Eli
- The Sound of Music
- Deep River
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
- Danny Boy
- I'm on the Outside Looking In
- It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
- Two Strong Hearts
- Once in a While
- Fallen
- Daydreamin'
- From a Whisper to a Scream
- Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
- Just Like You
- Love Brought Us Here Tonight
- You're All I Need to Get By
- Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
- You're a Special Part of My Life
- Ready or Not
- Me for You, You for Me
- Heaven Must Have Sent You
- Just the Way You Are
- That's What Friends Are For
- I Just Can't Get Over You
- Touching Me With Love
- Wonderful Wonderful
- The Twelfth of Never
- Misty
- Chances Are
- Night & Day
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- Hello Youg Lovers
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Begin the Beguine
- Awonderful Day Like Today
- Embraceable You
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Feelings
- Stranger in Paradise
- In the Still of the Night
- Send in the Clowns
- That's What Friends Are For
- Too Much, Too Little Too Late
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Street of Dreams
- Wonderful!, Wonderful!
- It's Not for Me to Say [from Lizzie]
- Chances Are
- Twelfth of Never
- Certain Smile [from a Certain Smile]
- Deep River
- Can't Get Out of This Mood
- Misty
- Small World [from Gypsy]
- When I Fall in Love
- Maria [from West Side Story]
- Tonight {From West Side Story}
- How to Handle a Woman [from Camelot]
- Stairway to the Stars
- Love Look Away
- Sweet Thursday
- Stella by Starlight
- Unaccustomed as I Am
- Gina
- What Will My Mary Say
- Every Step of the Way
- September Song
- Unforgettable (Sweet Lorraine)
- Nature Boy
- Orange Coloured Sky
- Too Young
- Medley: Johnny Mathis (Route 66, for Sentimental Reasons...)
- Stardust
- Unforgettable Medley: Natalie Cole (Straighten Up and Fly Right...)
- To the Ends of the Earth
- That Sunday (That Summer)
- Duet: Johnny & Natalie (Let There Be Love, When I Fall in Love)
- Unforgettable
- Happy Holiday
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- Deck the Hall
- White Christmas
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- He Is Born
- Silent Night
- Away in a Manger
- God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
- Joy to the World
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Chances Are
- The Twelfth of Never
- Wild Is the Wind
- A Certain Smile
- Hello, Young Lovers
- Stranger in Paradise
- Small World
- Gina
- Starbright
- Misty
- My Funny Valentine
- I'm Glad There Is You
- My One and Only Love
- Jingle Bell Rock
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- My Favorite Things
- Give Me Your Love for Christmas
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Calypso Noel
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Christmas Day
- The Lord's Prayer
- Evie
- Misty
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Chances Are
- Maria
- My Love for You
- Tonight
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- A Certain Smile
- Midnight Cowboy
- Love Is Blue
- A Time for Us
- Gina
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
- It's Not for Me to Say
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- Chances Are
- The Twelfth of Never
- Wild Is the Wind
- A Certain Smile
- Misty
- Maria
- Stranger in Paradise
- Stardust
- The Sweetheart Tree
- Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)
- I'm Coming Home
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- Friends in Love
- Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)
- 99 Miles From L.A. (Live From London)
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Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:15
- Published: 22 Jun 2008
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
[Video] Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born (Wiggy St Helens UK 2006)
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__When_A_Child_Is_Born
Johnny Mathis Misty
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 24 Dec 2007
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
From the 1973 Mireille Mathieu Special, France, Johnny sings Misty.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis_Misty
Johnny Mathis - A Certain Smile (HQ)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Published: 31 Jan 2012
- Updated: 01 Apr 2012
Here we have "Johnny Mathis" with his song "A Certain Smile" which was released in 1958 and i believe it made number 4 here in the UK charts. This song was made for the film of the same name that came out 1957 i think.what a great song this is and what a fantastic voice Johnny has.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__A_Certain_Smile_HQ
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:11
- Published: 10 Apr 2008
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
one of Johnny Mathis' biggest hits.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Chances_Are
Johnny mathis & Deniece williams-Too Much Too Little To Late
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:34
- Published: 18 Apr 2007
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
Beautyfull song of the duet Mathis/Williams
http://wn.com/Johnny_mathis_Deniece_williams-Too_Much_Too_Little_To_Late
Johnny Mathis - "Moon River" & "The Sweetheart Tree" (Shindig 1965)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:30
- Published: 26 Dec 2011
- Updated: 05 Apr 2012
Johnny Mathis and Our Young Generation - "The Sweetheart Tree" and "Moon River" (Shindig! December 25, 1965)
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Moon_River_The_Sweetheart_Tree_Shindig_1965
Johnny Mathis - Misty (Original Stereo)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 13 Jan 2012
- Updated: 13 Apr 2012
"Misty" was composed in 1954 by jazz pianist Errol Garner and was first recorded by him as an instrumental. Johnny Burke later added lyrics and the song was popularly recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1959 with Glenn Osser arranging and conducting the orchestra. "Misty" went to #12 on the pop charts for Mathis during October of 1959 and would become one of his signature songs. Both the Garner instrumental and the Mathis vocal recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Misty_Original_Stereo
Johnny Mathis - Misty - Live 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:46
- Published: 27 Feb 2012
- Updated: 19 Mar 2012
Johnny Mathis Misty 2012 Tour
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Misty__Live_2012
Johnny Mathis - Take Good Care Of Her
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Published: 28 Mar 2012
- Updated: 15 Apr 2012
Johnny recorded "Take Good Care Of Her" for Columbia Records in 1973. It was released only as a single 45 rpm, with the flip side of "Walking Tall" from the film of the same name. My most sincere thanks to Bob Ramos who put this video together for me.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Take_Good_Care_Of_Her
Johnny Mathis - I've Got The World On A String
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:23
- Published: 15 Mar 2012
- Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Johnny Mathis sings "I've Got The World On A String" on a 1973 Television Special called: Get Happy - The Music of Harold Arlen. Johnny Mathis went to New York in January of 1973 to tape this TV Special, along with Jack Lemmon, Cass Elliot, Diahann Carroll, Dinah Shore, Doc Severinsen, and Harold Arlen. Notice that in his costume, John wears his heart on his sleeve. Cute!
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__I've_Got_The_World_On_A_String
Johnny Mathis - "Maria" & "Tonight Tonight" (Shindig 1965)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:00
- Published: 26 Dec 2011
- Updated: 17 Mar 2012
Johnny Mathis - "Maria" & "Tonight Tonight" (both songs from "West Side Story") -- [Shindig! December 25, 1965]
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Maria_Tonight_Tonight_Shindig_1965
Johnny Mathis - Hits Medley and We've Only Just Begun - Canada 1978
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:58
- Published: 14 Mar 2012
- Updated: 29 Mar 2012
Another segment from this great concert - the Hits Medley include It's Not For Me To Say, Twelfth of Never, A Certain Smile, When Sunny Gets Blue, Chances Are and Wonderful, Wonderful
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Hits_Medley_and_We've_Only_Just_Begun__Canada_1978
Johnny Mathis sings "Last Dance" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:25
- Published: 23 Jan 2012
- Updated: 06 Apr 2012
Johnny Mathis sings "Last Dance" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show Geraldine JMSC Page
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis_sings_Last_Dance_on_The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show
Johnny Mathis - Small World & My Foolish Heart
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:50
- Published: 01 Mar 2012
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Johnny Mathis sings "Small World" Medley in concert, August 1983.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Small_World_My_Foolish_Heart
Johnny Mathis - Last Night When We Were Young
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 18 Mar 2012
- Updated: 30 Mar 2012
Johnny Mathis sings "Last Night When We Were Young" on the TV Special Get Happy - The Music of Harold Arlen, January 1973.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Last_Night_When_We_Were_Young
Johnny Mathis -You Make Me Feel Brand New - Live 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:53
- Published: 27 Feb 2012
- Updated: 04 Apr 2012
Johnny Mathis You Make Me Feel Brand New 2012 Tour
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis_-You_Make_Me_Feel_Brand_New__Live_2012
Johnny Mathis "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:45
- Published: 13 Oct 2008
- Updated: 14 Apr 2012
Form his 1977 album "16 Most Requested" "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" is a popular song published in 1970, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was introduced in the movie Love Story. The song has been covered many times. Andy Williams recorded the biggest hit version (#9 on the US pop chart, #1 on the adult contemporary chart for four weeks). The song would also be recorded successfully by Lai himself with a full orchestra, and by Henry Mancini (US #13), Tony Bennett, Rick Astley, Johnny Mathis, Shirley Bassey, and Nana Mouskouri. Williams performed the song with Miss Piggy in an episode of The Muppet Show. There is also a Romanian cover of this song, by Aurelian Andreescu, as well as a French one by Mireille Mathieu. N.EX.T also covered this song in an instrumental version, in their album The Return of Next, Part 2.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis_Where_Do_I_Begin_Love_Story
Johnny Mathis - It's A Beautiful Evening And Misty - Canada 1978
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:46
- Published: 21 Mar 2012
- Updated: 06 Apr 2012
Two more gems from this classic concert!
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__It's_A_Beautiful_Evening_And_Misty__Canada_1978
Johnny Mathis - Remember
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:36
- Published: 08 Feb 2012
- Updated: 29 Mar 2012
Life is just a memory. This series of photos represents just some of the many memories of my 40-year real connection to Johnny Mathis and his organization. From my years with Rojon Productions, first in Hollywood, then in Burbank, through the various Johnny-related events and experiences, the fan club I directed, the newsletters I wrote, the fan mail I answered, the souvenir books I produced for him, the big anniversary parties I arranged for him, the memorabilia I organized for him, the archives I maintain for him ..... along with the privileges and special gifts I have enjoyed because of him. Think of all that life can be. Thank you, Johnny Mathis. My gratitude to Bob Ramos for his work on this video. The Johnny Mathis recording of "Remember" was first released on his album ME & MRS. JONES, in 1973.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Remember
Johnny Mathis - Maria (Original Stereo)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:46
- Published: 20 Nov 2011
- Updated: 09 Apr 2012
"Maria" was composed by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim in 1956 for the Broadway musical "West Side Story". Johnny Mathis recorded this stunning version of "Maria" in November of 1959.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__Maria_Original_Stereo
Johnny Mathis - West Side Story Medley - Canada 1978
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:18
- Published: 05 Apr 2012
- Updated: 13 Apr 2012
The West Side Story Medley brought to an end the Edmonton, Canada, concert - pure Mathis Magic!
http://wn.com/Johnny_Mathis__West_Side_Story_Medley__Canada_1978
Chances Are - Johnny Mathis (Ukulele Cover)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:48
- Published: 09 Mar 2012
- Updated: 22 Mar 2012
Make sure to wait for my special message at the very end 2:41. :) LOL Here is the sister-song to one I posted yesterday. This song, Chances Are has always been one of my favorites performed by the wonderful Johnny Mathis. But it was a bit hard to play for me. Many thanks to John Pak for sharing the chords to this song. I found it was too advanced for me in parts, so I had to wing it (haha) and I played it with capo on 1st fret. I hope you still like it. Let me know what you think. Thanks for putting up with all of my posts and for taking a listen. I truly appreciate more than you know. Happy Weekend friends!
http://wn.com/Chances_Are__Johnny_Mathis_Ukulele_Cover
Johnny Mathis - Our Day Will Come - Canada 1978
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:17
- Published: 03 Apr 2012
- Updated: 07 Apr 2012
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Q. My wife is a big Johnny Mathis fan with “Misty” being her favorite song. For years she has insisted that it’s the original version and that Mathis wrote it. I think not, but don’t know the facts. — Martin Z. A. Johnny Mathis’ version certainly was a gigantic hit in 1959, but it was not the...(size: 6.0Kb)
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Johnny Mathis's holiday heaven and hell
10 Nov 2011
The Daily Telegraph
Johnny Mathis, the singer, on playing golf with Jack Nicklaus and a disasterous Caribbean fishing trip. Image 1 of 2 For a good holiday, Johnny Mathis needs "good company, a golf course nearby and the sun has to shine" Photo: REX FEATURES Image 1 of 2...(size: 21.1Kb)
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Johnny Mathis will stop at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino (1 Prairie Meadows Drive, Altoona) to play a show on November 4. The show will be at 7:30 pm. Tickets for the event are $44 to $84 and are available through Ticketmaster online. Johnny Mathis is one of the top-selling...(size: 5.2Kb)
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Johnny Mathis to Perform Holiday Classics and Greatest Hits This December With a 32 Piece Orchestra in Oakland and Cupertino...(size: 2.7Kb)
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26 Sep 2011
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Rock Pop: Johnny Mathis Date: Friday 14th October 2011 Venue: LG Arena » Location: Birmingham Doors: 19:30:00 til Event short url:...(size: 0.9Kb)
'Chances Are' Johnny Mathis' velvet voice is coming to Lehman Performing Arts Center in the Bronx
19 May 2011
New York Daily News
Legendary crooner Johnny Mathis is just as excited as his legions of loyal fans to be coming to Lehman Performing Arts Center this Saturday. "I'm still absolutely amazed that I have a career in music and people still like my music," Mathis said this week, in an interview from his home in Hollywood,...(size: 2.4Kb)
The Examiner
Two-time Grammy Hall of Famer, legendary singer Johnny Mathis will make a special performance in Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in The Bronx Saturday, May 21st at 8pm. The famed singer/songwriter known for his rich, velvety voice will perform his popular tunes and ballads, and will be...(size: 7.5Kb)
| name | Johnny Mathis |
|---|---|
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | John Royce Mathis |
| birth date | September 30, 1935 |
| origin | Gilmer, Texas, United States |
| genre | Pop, soul, easy listening |
| occupation | Singer, songwriter, actor |
| years active | 1956–present |
| label | Columbia, Mercury |
| website | www.JohnnyMathis.com }} |
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, 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. According to ''Guinness Book of World Records'' writer and historian Paul Gambacini, Johnny Mathis has sold 350 million records worldwide.
Early life
Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas, the fourth of seven children of Clem Mathis and his wife, Mildred Boyd, an African-American. Their family moved to San Francisco, California, settling on 32nd Ave. in the Richmond District, where he grew up. His father had worked in vaudeville, and when he saw his son's talent, he bought an old upright piano for US$25 and encouraged his efforts. Mathis began learning songs and routines from his father; his first song being "My Blue Heaven." Mathis started singing and dancing for visitors at home, and at school and church functions.When Mathis was thirteen, Connie Cox, a voice teacher, accepted him as her student in exchange for his work around her house. He studied with Cox for six years, learning vocal scales and exercises, voice production, classical and operatic skills. He is one of the few popular singers who received years of professional voice training that included opera. The first band Mathis would sing with was formed by fellow high school student Merl Saunders. Mathis eulogized him in October, 2007 at his funeral, to thank him for giving him his first chance as a singer.
Mathis was a star athlete at George Washington High School. He was a high jumper and hurdler, and played on the basketball team, earning four athletic letters. In 1954, he enrolled at San Francisco State University on a scholarship, intending to become an English and physical education teacher.
Music career
He was spotted at a jam session by Helen Noga, former head cocktail waitress and co-owner of The Black Hawk Club at 200 Hyde Street in San Francisco and The DownBeat Club along with her husband John, and Guido Caccienti. She became his manager. The clubs attracted the world's finest jazz musicians, including Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Billie Holiday. John Noga and Guido Caccienti had opened the Black Hawk in the fall of 1949 for $10,000. In September 1955, after Noga landed Mathis a job singing weekends at Ann Dee's 440 Club, she ruthlessly pursued jazz producer George Avakian, who she found out was on vacation in the Bay Area. Avakian came to see him sing, and subsequently sent a telegram to Columbia Records noting: ''Have found phenomenal 19-year old boy who could go all the way. Send blank contracts''.At San Francisco State, Mathis had gained fame as a high jumper and in early 1956, he had been asked to attend the trials for the 1956 Olympic teams that would travel to Melbourne, Australia that summer. Mathis now had to decide whether to go to the Olympic tryouts, or to keep an appointment in New York to make his first recordings, which were subsequently released in 1956. With his father's advice, Mathis opted for a recording career.
His first album ''Johnny Mathis: A New Sound In Popular Song'' was a slow-selling jazz album, but Mathis stayed in New York to play the clubs. His second album was produced by Columbia records vice-president and producer Mitch Miller, who defined the Mathis sound - he preferred him to sing soft, romantic ballads, initially pairing him with arranger/conductor Ray Conniff, and later, Ray Ellis, Glenn Osser and Robert Mersey. In late 1956, Mathis recorded two of his most popular songs - "Wonderful! Wonderful!" and "It's Not For Me To Say." That year MGM signed Mathis to sing the latter song in the 1957 film ''Lizzie'', and shortly afterward he made his second film appearance for 20th Century Fox singing the song "A Certain Smile" in the film of the same name. He had small acting roles in both movies as a bar singer. This early cinematic visibility in two successful movies gave him mass exposure. Next was his appearance on the very popular ''Ed Sullivan Show'' in 1957, which helped to boost his profile. Critics called him ''the velvet voice.'' He also appeared at this time on ABC's ''The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom'', as did other black entertainers Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey.
In summer of 1958, Mathis left San Francisco with the Nogas, who sold their interest in the Black Hawk club that year to Max Weiss, secretary-treasurer of San Francisco's avant-garde Fantasy Records, and moved to Beverly Hills where the Nogas purchased a home in which Mathis lived with them, their daughter Beverly, and their granddaughter, at 806 North Elm Drive at the corner of Elm and Sunset Boulevard, built in 1931 by the Max Factor family and later owned by Mabel C. Birdwell and Lillian and Ben Young, for about $99,500, which the Nogas later sold to singer Dionne Warwick in the summer of 1973 for around $359,500. Helen Noga, looking to expand her operations into production, financing, and publishing, also founded and funded Philles Records in 1961 with Phil Spector, with Lester Sills handling the business side of sales and promotion, which launched the Crystals in September 1961. Using money from Liberty Records, Noga was bought out by Spector in 1962 for around $60,000. Mathis had two of his biggest hits in the years 1962 and 1963, with "Gina" (#6) and "What Will Mary Say" (#9). In October 1964, Mathis sued Noga to void the management arrangement, which Noga fought with a counterclaim in December 1964. Mathis purchased a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, that was originally built by billionaire Howard Hughes in 1946, and later owned by hotel owner Hyatt R. Von Dehn and Oilman Robert Calhoun, and where he still maintains a residence.
After splitting from Noga, Mathis established Jon Mat Records, Inc., incorporated in California May 11, 1967 to produce his recordings (previously, he created Global Records, Inc. to produce his Mercury albums), and Rojon Productions, Inc., incorporated in California September 30, 1964 to handle all of his concert, theater, showroom and television appearances, and all promotional and charitable activities. His new manager and business partner was Ray Haughn, who helped guide his career until his death in September 1984. Since that time, Mathis has taken sole responsibility for his career, operating from office suites at 1612 W Olive Avenue in Burbank. With the exception of a four-year break with Mercury Records in the mid-1960s, he has been with Columbia Records throughout his recording career.
Pieces of music from numerous Mathis albums continue to be used throughout motion pictures and television with great effect to impart nostalgia or mood themes, for example "Chances Are" memorably used during an alien visit in the 1977 film ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', and various numbers currently in the hit TV series ''Mad Men''.
Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes jazz, traditional pop, Brazilian and Spanish music, Soul, R&B;, soft rock, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley standards, some blues and country songs, and even a few disco tunes for his album ''Mathis Magic'' (1979). In 1980/81 Mathis recorded an album with Chic's Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, ''I Love My Lady'', which remains unreleased, the only official appearance of any material from the project being the inclusion of three tracks on a Chic box set in 2010. Mathis also remains associated with holiday music, having recorded nine Christmas albums. Mathis has the distinction of having the longest stay of any recording artist on the Columbia Record label, having been with the label from 1956 to 1963 and from 1968 to the present.
In 1958, ''Johnny’s Greatest Hits'' was released and was the first ever Greatest Hits album in the music industry. It began the Greatest Hits tradition copied by every record company. The 1981 release of his 25th Anniversary Album, a double LP, spent an unprecedented 491 consecutive weeks until 1990 (nine and a half years) on the Billboard top 100 album charts, earning him a place in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' . He has had five of his albums on the Billboard charts simultaneously, an achievement equaled by only two other singers, Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow. He released 200 singles and had 71 songs charted around the world. Recordings Historian Paul Gambacini confims Mathis recordings have sold well over 350 million worldwide and he is the 3rd most successful recording artist in the USA.
He has received three Grammy awards. In 1979, 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 Jane Olivor sang the song at the Oscar ceremony. This was his second performance at the Academy Awards. He has taped twelve of his own television specials and made over 300 television guest appearances with 33 of them being on The Tonight Show. Through the years his songs (or parts of them) have been heard in 100 plus television shows and films around the globe. His appearance on the ''Live by Request'' broadcast in May 1998 on the A&E; Network had the largest television viewing audience of the series. Also in 1989, Johnny sang the theme for the ABC daytime soap opera ''Loving''.
Mathis continues to perform but from 2000 onwards has limited his concert engagements to fifty to sixty appearances per year. In 2006, his schedule included a UK tour that included his annual Scottish golf vacation and attendance at the 2006 Ryder Cup, two stints at his favourite Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Tonight Show host Johnny Carson said: "Johnny Mathis is the best ballad singer in the world." He appeared on the NBC Tonight Show with Jay Leno as a guest on March 29, 2007 performing the classic "The Shadow of Your Smile" with saxophonist Dave Koz. Mathis returned to the UK Top 20 album chart in 2007 with the Sony BMG release "The Very Best of Johnny Mathis" and again in 2008 with the Columbia CD "A Night to Remember". Also in 2007, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
A performance by Mathis in Florida in 2009 netted him $65,000 in artist fees and royalties.
Personal life
In a 1982 ''Us Magazine'' article, Mathis was quoted as having said, "Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to." ''Us Magazine'' later retracted the statement. After more than 20 years of silence on the subject, Mathis revealed in an interview, in 2006, that his silence was due to death threats he received as a result of that 1982 article. On April 13, 2006, Mathis granted a podcast interview with ''The Strip'' in which he talked about the subject once again, and how some of his reticence to speak of the subject was partially generational.Despite missing the Olympic high jump trials, he has never abandoned his enthusiasm for sports and today is an avid golfer who has achieved six holes-in-one, and has hosted several Johnny Mathis Golf Tournaments in the United Kingdom and the USA. Since 1985 he has been hosting a charity golf tournament in Belfast sponsored by Shell corporation, and the annual Johnny Mathis Invitational Track & Field Meet has continued at San Francisco State University since it started in 1982.
In 1982 he published a cookbook, ''Cooking for You Alone''.
Mathis has undergone rehab for both alcohol and prescription drug addictions.
He has supported many organizations through the years, including the American Cancer Society, the March of Dimes, the YWCA and YMCA, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the NAACP.
Grammy history
Mathis received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 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 Fame
Johnny 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."{| class=wikitable |- | colspan=5 align=center | Grammy Hall of Fame Awards |- ! Year Recorded ! Title ! Genre ! Label ! Year Inducted |- align=center | 1957 | "It's Not for Me to Say" | Traditional Pop (Single) | Columbia | 2008 |- align=center | 1959 | "Misty" | Traditional Pop (Single) | Columbia | 2002 |- align=center | 1957 | "Chances Are" | Traditional Pop (Single) | Columbia | 1998 |- align=center |}
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||
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| 14 | - | - | — | ||
| 5 | - | - | — | ||
| 1 | - | 12 | — | ||
| 9 | - | - | — | ||
| 21 | - | - | — | ||
| 22 | - | - | — | ||
| 22 | - | - | — | ||
| 21 | - | - | — | ||
| 21 | - | - | 27 | ||
| 14 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 21 | - | - | — | ||
| - | - | - | 17 | ||
| 44 | - | - | — | ||
| 60 | - | - | 38 | ||
| 35 | - | - | 6 | ||
| 20 | - | - | — | ||
| 109 | - | - | — | ||
| 12 | - | 10 | 12 | ||
| 93 | - | - | — | ||
| 62 | - | - | 30 | ||
| 25 | - | - | 47 | ||
| 78 | - | - | — | ||
| 47 | - | - | 9 | ||
| 64 | - | - | — | ||
| 107 | - | - | — | ||
| 118 | - | - | — | ||
| 89 | - | - | — | ||
| 99 | - | - | — | ||
| 86 | - | - | — | ||
| 6 | 2 | - | — | ||
| 9 | 3 | 21 | 49 | ||
| 30 | 10 | - | — | ||
| 84 | - | - | — | ||
| 61 | - | - | — | ||
| 68 | 19 | - | — | ||
| 90 | - | - | — | ||
| 53 | 17 | - | - | ||
| 120 | - | - | — | ||
| 87 | - | - | — | ||
| 62 | 11 | - | — | ||
| 104 | 32 | - | — | ||
| 108 | 21 | - | — | ||
| 98 | 6 | - | — | ||
| 1966 | - | 17 | - | — | |
| - | 38 | - | - | ||
| - | 21 | - | - | ||
| - | 40 | - | - | ||
| 111 | 23 | - | — | ||
| - | 35 | - | — | ||
| - | 39 | - | — | ||
| - | 35 | - | — | ||
| 96 | 8 | - | — | ||
| - | 20 | - | — | ||
| - | 30 | - | — | ||
| - | 17 | - | — | ||
| - | 9 | - | — | ||
| - | 30 | - | — | ||
| 1971 | - | 32 | - | - | |
| 103 | 16 | - | - | ||
| - | 37 | - | - | ||
| - | 40 | - | - | ||
| - | 36 | - | - | ||
| 75 | 1 | 92 | - | ||
| 54 | 8 | 65 | — | ||
| 1974 | - | 35 | - | - | |
| - | 39 | - | - | ||
| - | 16 | - | 10 | ||
| - | 4 | - | - | ||
| - | 36 | - | - | ||
| - | 44 | - | - | ||
| - | 25 | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | 1 | ||
| - | 29 | - | - | ||
| - | 24 | - | - | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 47 | 16 | 10 | 45 | ||
| - | 15 | - | - | ||
| - | 37 | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | 15 | ||
| 1980 | - | - | 81 | - | |
| 1982 | 38 | 5 | 22 | — | |
| 106 | 14 | 32 | — | ||
| 81 | 6 | 43 | — | ||
| 1985 | - | 38 | - | - | |
| 1988 | - | 27 | - | - | |
| 1992 | - | - | 68 | - | |
| 2003 | - | 29 | - | - | |
NB. Duet partners: * - Gladys Knight, ** - Deniece Williams, *** - Jane Olivor, # - Paulette, ## - Dionne Warwick, ### - Regina Belle
Albums
Million sellers
Mathis' million selling discs include the singles "Wonderful Wonderful", "It's Not For Me To Say", "Chances Are" (over two million), "Misty" (over two million), "When A Child Is Born" and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (over two million). His million selling albums include ''Johnny's Greatest Hits'' (approaching five million), ''Merry Christmas'' (approximately six million), ''Heavenly'' (over two million), ''Give Me Your Love For Christmas'', ''All Time Greatest Hits'' (approaching two million) and ''You Light Up My Life'' (also over two million).
Bibliography
References
External links
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| name | Mary Tyler Moore |
|---|---|
| birth date | December 29, 1936 |
| birth place | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| occupation | Actress |
| years active | 1958–present |
| spouse | }} |
Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936) is an American actress, primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms. Moore is best known for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–77), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Laura Petrie (Dick Van Dyke's wife) on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1961–66). She also appeared in a number of films, most notably 1980's ''Ordinary People'', in which she played a role that was the polar opposite of the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Moore has also been active in charity work and various political causes, particularly around the issues of Animal rights and Diabetes mellitus type 1. Mary Tyler Moore has had health problems with diabetes, starting in the late 1960s and alcoholism, which was treated in the 1980s. In May 2011, Moore underwent elective brain surgery to remove a benign meningioma.
Early life
Mary Tyler Moore was born in the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, of Irish and English descent, to George Tyler Moore, a clerk, and his wife Marjorie Hackett. Her father was Roman Catholic and her mother a Catholic convert. Mary was the eldest of three siblings. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from England. Her paternal great-grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman Moore, owned the house which is now Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum. Moore's family moved to Los Angeles, when she was eight years old. She attended Saint Rose of Lima, a Catholic school in Brooklyn, followed by St. Ambrose School (Los Angeles) and the Immaculate Heart High School (Los Feliz).
Career
Television
At the age of 17, Moore aspired to be a dancer. She started her career as "Happy Hotpoint", a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV commercials during the 1950s series ''Ozzie and Harriet''. She filmed 39 TV commercials in five days, ultimately earning about $6,000 from her first job. Her time as "Happy Hotpoint" ended when it became difficult to conceal her pregnancy in the dancing elf costume. Moore modeled anonymously on the covers of a number of record albums and auditioned for the role of the older daughter of Danny Thomas for his long-running TV show, but was turned down. Much later, Thomas explained that "no daughter of mine could have that [little] nose."Moore's first regular television role was as a mysterious and glamorous telephone receptionist on ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''. To add to the mystique, only her voice was heard and her shapely legs appeared on camera. About this time, she guest-starred on John Cassavetes's NBC detective series ''Johnny Staccato''. In 1960, she guest starred in two episodes, "The O'Mara's Ladies" and "All The O'Mara's Horses", of the William Bendix-Doug McClure NBC western series, ''Overland Trail''. Several months later, she appeared in the first episode, entitled "One Blonde Too Many", of NBC one-season ''The Tab Hunter Show'', a sitcom starring the former teen idol as a bachelor cartoonist. In 1961, Moore appeared in several big parts in movies and on television, including ''Bourbon Street Beat'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''Surfside Six'', ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'', ''Steve Canyon'', ''Hawaiian Eye'', and ''Lock-Up''.
In 1961, Carl Reiner cast her in ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', an acclaimed weekly series based on Reiner's own life and career as a writer for Sid Caesar's television variety show, telling the cast from the outset that it would run no more than five years. The show was produced by Danny Thomas's company, and Thomas himself recommended her. He remembered Mary as "the girl with three names" whom he had turned down earlier. Moore's energetic comic performances as Van Dyke's character's wife, begun at age 24 (eleven years Van Dyke's junior), made both the actress and her signature tight capri pants extremely popular, and she became internationally famous. When she won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Laura Petrie, she said, "I know this will never happen again." Mary Tyler Moore recently stated on ''The Rachel Ray Show'' that she was actually 23 years old when she first starred on the Dick Van Dyke Show. She had told producers that she was 24 because she heard that initially Dick Van Dyke had stated that she might be too young for the part.
In 1970, after having appeared earlier in a pivotal one-hour musical special called "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman", Moore and husband Grant Tinker successfully pitched a sitcom centered on Moore to CBS. ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant, a character that would later be spun off into an hour-long dramatic series. The premise of the single working woman's life, alternating during the program between work and home, became a television staple. After six years of ratings in the top 20, the show slipped to number #39 during its seventh season. Producers argued for its cancellation because of its falling ratings, afraid that the show's legacy might be damaged if it were renewed for another season. To the surprise of the entire cast including Mary Tyler Moore herself, it was announced that they would soon be filming their final episode. After the announcement, the series finished strongly and the final show was the most watched show during the week it aired. The 1977 season would go on to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, to add to the awards it had won in 1975 and 1976. The series had become a touchpoint of the Women's Movement because it was one of the first to show, in a serious way, an independent working woman. After a brief respite, Moore threw herself into a completely different genre. She attempted two unsuccessful series in a row: ''Mary'', which featured David Letterman, Michael Keaton, Swoosie Kurtz and Dick Shawn in the supporting cast and lasted three episodes, which was re-tooled as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Hour'', a backstage show within a show, with Mary portraying a TV star putting on a variety show. To arouse curiosity and nostalgic feelings, Dick Van Dyke appeared as her guest, but the program was canceled within three months. About this time, she also made a one-off musical/variety special for CBS, titled ''Mary's Incredible Dream'', which featured John Ritter, among others. It did poorly in the ratings and, according to Moore, was never repeated and will likely never be aired again because of legal problems surrounding the show.
In the 1985–86 season, she returned to CBS in a series titled ''Mary'', which suffered from poor reviews, sagging ratings, and internal strife within the production crew. According to Moore, she asked CBS to pull the show, as she was unhappy with the direction of the program and the producers. She also starred in the short-lived ''Annie McGuire'' in 1988. In the mid-1990s, she had a cameo and a guest starring role as herself on two episodes of ''Ellen''. She subsequently also guest starred on Ellen DeGeneres's next TV show, ''The Ellen Show'', in 2001. In 2004, Moore reunited with her ''Dick Van Dyke Show'' castmates for a reunion "episode" called ''The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited''.
In August 2005, Moore guest-starred as Christine St. George, a high-strung host of a fictional TV show on three episodes of Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show''. Moore's scenes were shot on the same soundstage where ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' was filmed in the 1970s. Moore made a guest appearance on the season 2 premiere of ''Hot in Cleveland'', which stars her old co-star Betty White. This will mark the first time since 1977 that White and Moore have worked together since ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''.
Theatre
Moore appeared in several Broadway plays. She starred in ''Whose Life Is It Anyway'' with James Naughton, which opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on February 24, 1980 and ran for 96 performances, and in ''Sweet Sue'', which opened at the Music Box Theatre (transferred to the Royale Theatre) on Jan. 8, 1988 and ran for 164 performances. She was the star of a new musical version of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' in December 1966, but the show, titled ''Holly Golightly'', was a notorious flop that closed out-of-town before reaching Broadway. In reviews of performances in Philadelphia and Boston, critics "murdered" the play in which Moore claimed to be singing with bronchial pneumonia. During the 1980s, Moore and her production company produced five plays: ''Noises Off'', ''The Octette Bridge Club'', ''Joe Egg'', ''Benefactors'', and ''Safe Sex''. She appeared in previews of the Neil Simon play ''Rose's Dilemma'' at the off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club in December 2003 but quit the production after receiving a critical letter from Simon instructing her to "learn your lines or get out of my play". Moore had been using an earpiece on stage to feed her lines to the repeatedly rewritten play.
Movies
Moore made her film debut in 1961's ''X-15''. She subsequently appeared in a string of 1960s films (after signing an exclusive contract with Universal Pictures), including 1967's ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' with Julie Andrews and 1968's ''What's So Bad About Feeling Good?'' with George Peppard, and ''Don't Just Stand There!''.In 1969, she starred opposite Elvis Presley as a nun in ''Change of Habit''. Moore's future television castmate Ed Asner also appeared in that film (as a cop). After that film's disappointing reviews and reception at the box office, Moore returned to television, and did not appear in another feature film for eleven years. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1980's ''Ordinary People''. Other feature film credits include ''Just Between Friends'' and ''Flirting with Disaster''.
She has appeared in a number of television movies, including ''Like Mother, Like Son'', ''Run a Crooked Mile'', ''Heartsounds'', ''The Gin Game'' (based on the Broadway play; reuniting her with Dick Van Dyke), ''Mary and Rhoda'', ''Finnegan Begin Again''. and ''Stolen Babies'' for which she won an Emmy Award in 1993.
Author
Moore has written two memoirs. The first, ''After All'', released in 1995, in which she acknowledged that she is a recovering alcoholic. The next, ''Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes'', was released on April 1, 2009, and focuses on living with type 1 diabetes (St. Martin's Press; ISBN 10: 0312376316).
Personal life
Family
In 1955, aged 18, she married Richard Carlton Meeker whom Mary described as "the boy next door," and within six weeks was pregnant with her only child, Richard Jr. (born July 3, 1956). Coincidentally, he was known as "Richie," which was also the name of her TV son on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''. Meeker was also used as Laura's maiden name in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ("Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced" - Season 1/Episode 6), where Rob (an Army sergeant) meets Laura (a USO dancer) for the first time backstage on base. Meeker and Moore divorced in 1961. Moore married Grant Tinker, an NBC executive, in 1962, and in 1970 they formed the television production company MTM Enterprises, which created and produced the company's first television series, ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Moore and Tinker divorced in 1981. She married Dr. Robert Levine on November 23, 1983 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. They met when her mother was treated by him in New York on a weekend housecall after returning from a visit to the Vatican. In 1980, at the age of 24 Mary's son Richie died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, accidentally shooting himself in the head while handling a sawed-off shotgun. The gun was later taken off the market because of its "hair trigger". Just prior to his death, Moore had secured a job for him in the CBS mailroom.
Charity work
In addition to her acting work, Moore is the International Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. In this role, she has used her fame to help raise funds and raise awareness of diabetes mellitus type 1, which she has, almost losing her vision and at least one limb to the disease.In 2007, in honor of Moore's dedication to the Foundation, JDRF created the "Forever Moore" research initiative which will support JDRF's Academic Research and Development and JDRF's Clinical Development Program. The program works on translating basic research advances into new treatments and technologies for those living with type 1 diabetes.
She also adopted a Golden Retriever puppy from Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue in Hudson, Massachusetts. She is an animal rights activist and promoted her cause on the Ellen DeGeneres sitcom ''Ellen''. She has worked for animal rights for many years. She has worked with Farm Sanctuary to raise awareness about the cruelty of factory farming and to promote the compassionate treatment of farm animals.
She is also a co-founder of Broadway Barks, an annual animal adopt-a-thon held in New York City. Moore and friend Bernadette Peters work to make New York City a no-kill city and to promote adopting animals from shelters.
In honor of her father, George Tyler Moore, a life-long American Civil War enthusiast, in 1995 Moore donated funds to acquire an historic structure in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, for Shepherd College (now Shepherd University) to be used as a center for Civil War studies. The center, named the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War is housed in the historic Conrad Shindler house (ca. 1795), which is named in honor of her great-great-great-grandfather, who owned the structure from 1815–52. Moore also contributed to the renovation of the house used as headquarters during 1861–1862 by Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Use of the house had been offered to Jackson by its owner, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman Moore, commander of the 4th Virginia Infantry and a great-grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore.
Moore supports embryonic stem cell research. When President George W. Bush announced that he would veto the Senate's bill supporting the research, she said, "This is an intelligent human being with a heart, and I don't see how much longer he can deny those aspects of himself."
Politics
During the 1960s and 1970s, Moore could have been described more as a liberal or moderate liberal. However, during a 2011 interview with former castmate Ed Asner on the O'Reilly Factor, Asner stated that Moore became "much more conservative at late." In fact, Bill O'Reilly admits that Moore had been a major viewer of his show, which describes how her political views had leaned towards the right in recent years.
Honors
In 1984, she was awarded the ''Women in Film'' Crystal Award. In early May 2002, Moore was present as cable TV network TV Land dedicated a statue in downtown Minneapolis to the television character she made famous on ''Mary Tyler Moore''. The statue is in front of the Dayton's (now Macy's) department store, near the corner of 7th Street and Nicollet Mall. It depicts the iconic moment in the show's opening credits where Moore tosses her tam o'shanter in the air, in a freeze-frame at the end of the montage.
MTM Enterprises
Moore also founded MTM Enterprises, Inc. in 1969. This company produced ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and several other television shows and films. It also included a record label, MTM Records. MTM Enterprises later produced popular American sitcoms and drama television series such as ''Rhoda'' and ''Phyllis'' (both spin-offs from ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''), ''The Bob Newhart Show'', ''WKRP in Cincinnati'', ''Hill Street Blues'', and ''Newhart''. It was later sold to Television South, an ITV Franchise holder during the 1980s.
Filmography
Television
Film
| ! Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
| 1958 | ''Once Upon a Horse...'' | Dance Hall Girl | uncredited |
| 1961 | Pamela Stewart | ||
| 1967 | ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' | Miss Dorothy Brown | |
| 1968 | ''What's So Bad About Feeling Good?'' | Liz | |
| 1968 | ''Don't Just Stand There!'' | Martine Randall | |
| 1969 | ''Change of Habit'' | Sister Michelle Gallagher | Elvis Presley's last nonconcert movie |
| 1980 | ''Ordinary People'' | Beth Jarrett | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| 1982 | ''Six Weeks'' | Charlotte Dreyfus | |
| 1986 | ''Just Between Friends'' | Holly Davis | |
| 1996 | Pearl Coplin | Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1996 | '''' | Granny Rose | voice |
| 1997 | ''Keys to Tulsa'' | Cynthia Boudreau | |
| 1998 | ''Reno Finds Her Mom'' | Herself | |
| 2000 | ''Labor Pains'' | Esther Raymond | |
| 2002 | Mrs. Stark | ||
| 2009 | Mom |
References
External links
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Johnny Mathis "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)"
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Johnny Mathis "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)"
Form his 1977 album "16 Most Requested" "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" is a popular song published in 1970, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was introduced in the movie Love Story. The song has been covered many times. Andy Williams recorded the biggest hit version (#9 on the US pop chart, #1 on the adult contemporary chart for four weeks). The song would also be recorded successfully by Lai himself with a full orchestra, and by Henry Mancini (US #13), Tony Bennett, Rick Astley, Johnny Mathis, Shirley Bassey, and Nana Mouskouri. Williams performed the song with Miss Piggy in an episode of The Muppet Show. There is also a Romanian cover of this song, by Aurelian Andreescu, as well as a French one by Mireille Mathieu. N.EX.T also covered this song in an instrumental version, in their album The Return of Next, Part 2.
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Johnny Mathis - Remember
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Johnny Mathis - Remember
Life is just a memory. This series of photos represents just some of the many memories of my 40-year real connection to Johnny Mathis and his organization. From my years with Rojon Productions, first in Hollywood, then in Burbank, through the various Johnny-related events and experiences, the fan club I directed, the newsletters I wrote, the fan mail I answered, the souvenir books I produced for him, the big anniversary parties I arranged for him, the memorabilia I organized for him, the archives I maintain for him ..... along with the privileges and special gifts I have enjoyed because of him. Think of all that life can be. Thank you, Johnny Mathis. My gratitude to Bob Ramos for his work on this video. The Johnny Mathis recording of "Remember" was first released on his album ME & MRS. JONES, in 1973.
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