That clip is from way back--you can tell by his hair style, and how young he looks-plus he menioned the 4 week long tour doing 2 concerts a night. He also mentioned the Appreciation Society, which had actually folded up, and was now The Mathis Connection.
At that time, I did not travel all over--it was too far and I could not get all that time off work, but I did do 6 concerts in Brighton and Bournemouth, plus 5 days of London concerts-2 in a day--I can even remember standing at the back, in one concert , as it was so full. I do not know how he felt, but after 5 days of 2 concerts a day we did not know where we were-was it an interval, or between concerts, or was it time to go home !!!
Great and unforgettable memories !!!
JOHNNY MATHIS
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Don't you miss all those shows that featured our favourite singers as guests?
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Just heard that Johnny Mathis was interviewed for tv--"The Nations favourite Christmas song" on 6.30 pm Sat 22nd Dec on ITV1, repeated on Christmas morning at 11.10 am.
This is a new interview and will only be aired in the Uk.
This is a new interview and will only be aired in the Uk.
Mariana
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On March 1, 2013, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters honored singer Johnny Mathis at its celebrity luncheon in Sportsmen's Lodge. PPB President Chuck Street presented Johnny with the Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award after some of Johnny's friends told about their experiences together. Dionne Warwick and Deniece Williams attended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnmhqKzesVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnmhqKzesVs
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That's good and glad to see you posting Terence, are you ok?
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I am fine Karl. Thanks for asking.
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Yea! Hi Terrence!!
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Hi Eman. Congratulations to Johnny Mathis.
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Well done to Johnny Mathis. One from that era of greats who are still around. 
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It looks a good tour too for this year in the U.S.
Johnny Mathis 57th Anniversary Concert Schedule
Thursday
April 4, 2013
Albany, NY
Palace Theatre
Saturday
April 6, 2013
Atlantic City, NJ
Caesars Atlantic City - Circus Maximus
Friday
April 19, 2013
Cincinnati, OH
Proctor & Gamble Hall at Aronoff Center
Sunday
April 21, 2013
Springfield, OH
Kuss Auditorium
Friday
May 3, 2013
Englewood, NJ
Bergen Performing Arts Center
Sunday
May 5, 2013
Red Bank, NJ
Count Basie Theatre
Friday
May 17, 2013
Westbury, NY
Theatre at Westbury
Saturday
May 18, 2013
Westbury, NY
Theatre at Westbury
Friday
June 7, 2013
Louisville, KY
The Kentucky Center - Whitney Hall
Sunday
June 9, 2013
Carmel, IN
Center for the Performing Arts - The Palladium
Saturday
June 22, 2013
Pala, CA
Pala Casino - Event Center
Friday
July 5, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday
July 6, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday
July 27, 2013
Reno, NV
Silver Legacy Casino
Saturday
Sept 21, 2013
Modesto, CA
Gallo Center for the Arts
Friday
Nov 15, 2013
Branson, MO
The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre
Saturday
Nov 16, 2013
Branson, MO
The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre
Johnny Mathis 57th Anniversary Concert Schedule
Thursday
April 4, 2013
Albany, NY
Palace Theatre
Saturday
April 6, 2013
Atlantic City, NJ
Caesars Atlantic City - Circus Maximus
Friday
April 19, 2013
Cincinnati, OH
Proctor & Gamble Hall at Aronoff Center
Sunday
April 21, 2013
Springfield, OH
Kuss Auditorium
Friday
May 3, 2013
Englewood, NJ
Bergen Performing Arts Center
Sunday
May 5, 2013
Red Bank, NJ
Count Basie Theatre
Friday
May 17, 2013
Westbury, NY
Theatre at Westbury
Saturday
May 18, 2013
Westbury, NY
Theatre at Westbury
Friday
June 7, 2013
Louisville, KY
The Kentucky Center - Whitney Hall
Sunday
June 9, 2013
Carmel, IN
Center for the Performing Arts - The Palladium
Saturday
June 22, 2013
Pala, CA
Pala Casino - Event Center
Friday
July 5, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday
July 6, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday
July 27, 2013
Reno, NV
Silver Legacy Casino
Saturday
Sept 21, 2013
Modesto, CA
Gallo Center for the Arts
Friday
Nov 15, 2013
Branson, MO
The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre
Saturday
Nov 16, 2013
Branson, MO
The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre
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Johnny Mathis tours almost constantly in the US--although he has cut down a lot, and does not do more than 2 concerts in one place generally. Despite his age he shows no signs of wanting to stop.
I have several friends who will be going out this year--the Westbury and Branson concerts are always popular--plus any around the San Fransisco area.
I have several friends who will be going out this year--the Westbury and Branson concerts are always popular--plus any around the San Fransisco area.
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It's a Wonderful, Wonderful World for Johnny Mathis
by Robert Sokol
San Francisco Examiner, July 1, 2013
If you ask him how he's doing, John Mathis -- which is how he introduces himself
-- is likely to say, "Wonderful!" The legendary singer, appearing this weekend
at Davies Symphony Hall, uses the word a lot, but only twice in a row when he's
singing his 1957 hit song.
To Mathis, still having an active career at 77 is "wonderful." Playing golf is
"wonderful." Cooking for himself is "wonderful." Fronting the San Francisco
Symphony will be "wonderful."
It could start to sound a little saccharine, but to hear it from Mathis is to
connect with a genteel, genial and genuinely optimistic worldview.
He attributes his vocal longevity to good technique and training. As a teenager,
Mathis studied with an opera coach. "She did not necessarily want me to sing
opera," he recalls, "but she taught me how my voice worked -- the physical part
-- so that I could have a long career."
Over that long career, he's been singing some of his signature songs such as
"Chances Are," "Misty" and "Wonderful, Wonderful" for more than 50 years. He
doesn't mind. He knows they are expected when he performs, though he admits
"they've lost some of their 'preciousness,' and now I treat them like loving
little vignettes."
Despite all his clean living and solid training, time does take some toll and
Mathis admits he'll "skim over" a note here or there. "People get the idea and
maybe give you an A-minus for effort."
A typical day for Mathis starts at 4:30 a.m. with exercise and cooking before
lots of golf. It's been his routine since the turn of the last century.
"Sometimes it's a bit of a drag," he says, "but it really keeps me in a good
frame of mind to know that I'm doing something other than just vocalizing."
The Grammy winner grew up in San Francisco and, not surprisingly, he describes
it as "the most wonderful life a young person could have. It offered everything
I could want." That included the opportunity to visit jazz clubs and learn from
some of the greats of that time.
"My dad and I would go and listen to folks like Louis Armstrong. The venues were
very small and unsophisticated. I remember just sitting and talking to Oscar
Peterson. I was 13 years old. We would be there on a Sunday afternoon while Ella
Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan would be rehearsing. It was" -- wait for it! --
"wonderful!"
by Robert Sokol
San Francisco Examiner, July 1, 2013
If you ask him how he's doing, John Mathis -- which is how he introduces himself
-- is likely to say, "Wonderful!" The legendary singer, appearing this weekend
at Davies Symphony Hall, uses the word a lot, but only twice in a row when he's
singing his 1957 hit song.
To Mathis, still having an active career at 77 is "wonderful." Playing golf is
"wonderful." Cooking for himself is "wonderful." Fronting the San Francisco
Symphony will be "wonderful."
It could start to sound a little saccharine, but to hear it from Mathis is to
connect with a genteel, genial and genuinely optimistic worldview.
He attributes his vocal longevity to good technique and training. As a teenager,
Mathis studied with an opera coach. "She did not necessarily want me to sing
opera," he recalls, "but she taught me how my voice worked -- the physical part
-- so that I could have a long career."
Over that long career, he's been singing some of his signature songs such as
"Chances Are," "Misty" and "Wonderful, Wonderful" for more than 50 years. He
doesn't mind. He knows they are expected when he performs, though he admits
"they've lost some of their 'preciousness,' and now I treat them like loving
little vignettes."
Despite all his clean living and solid training, time does take some toll and
Mathis admits he'll "skim over" a note here or there. "People get the idea and
maybe give you an A-minus for effort."
A typical day for Mathis starts at 4:30 a.m. with exercise and cooking before
lots of golf. It's been his routine since the turn of the last century.
"Sometimes it's a bit of a drag," he says, "but it really keeps me in a good
frame of mind to know that I'm doing something other than just vocalizing."
The Grammy winner grew up in San Francisco and, not surprisingly, he describes
it as "the most wonderful life a young person could have. It offered everything
I could want." That included the opportunity to visit jazz clubs and learn from
some of the greats of that time.
"My dad and I would go and listen to folks like Louis Armstrong. The venues were
very small and unsophisticated. I remember just sitting and talking to Oscar
Peterson. I was 13 years old. We would be there on a Sunday afternoon while Ella
Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan would be rehearsing. It was" -- wait for it! --
"wonderful!"
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San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2013
Almost 60 years ago, Johnny Mathis, a star athlete from San Francisco' s George Washington High School and then a high jumper and hurdler at San Francisco State, had a big decision to make: He could pursue an invitation to try out for the U.S. Olympic Team, or he could fly to New York for meetings with executives at Columbia Records.
The fact that Mathis, now 77, is pop music royalty indicates he was wise to leave the high jumping behind him. Still silky of voice and suave of style, Mathis returns to his hometown Friday and Saturday for performances with the San Francisco Symphony. On the phone from his Hollywood Hills home, Mathis talked about his roots and his longevity.
Q: What was it like growing up in San Francisco?
A: Wonderful. As a young person, I heard music that absolutely influenced me for years to come. I worked in Ann's 440 Club and heard a female impersonator named T.C. Jones. I was exposed to all these extraordinary lifestyles that San Francisco can afford to people. It made all the difference in my personality and the music I eventually recorded. I'm so proud of growing up in San Francisco. I had an education before I was able to vote.
Q: Why have you never lived here since then?
A: I always wanted to, but once I got a foothold in my recording career, I had to be in Southern California or New York. So I have to be content to visit.
Q: Other than talent and hard work, to what do you attribute your nearly 60-year career?
A: Each person I've met along the way has influenced me, guided me, helped me, given me the benefit of their musicianship. There are so many gifted arrangers and musicians and producers, and I had to make myself available and have enough of an open kind of personality to not only meet them on their terms but go a little further in our relationships and work together.
Q: What's next for you?
A: I just finished a new album in Nashville. It's a Christmas album with some of my favorite people -- Vince Gill and his wife, Amy Grant; Billy Joel; Gloria Estefan. Singing with other people is one of my favorite things to do.
Q: What about a movie or a book about your life?
A: I hope I'm long dead before they make the movie. A book? Maybe. But I'm so busy doing what I love to do. I'm very relaxed in performance now. I used to have such stage fright because of the vocal pyrotechnics. But it's about the essence of the songs now. I got rid of a lot of the high notes and do it with more feeling, so it's more fun now.
Almost 60 years ago, Johnny Mathis, a star athlete from San Francisco' s George Washington High School and then a high jumper and hurdler at San Francisco State, had a big decision to make: He could pursue an invitation to try out for the U.S. Olympic Team, or he could fly to New York for meetings with executives at Columbia Records.
The fact that Mathis, now 77, is pop music royalty indicates he was wise to leave the high jumping behind him. Still silky of voice and suave of style, Mathis returns to his hometown Friday and Saturday for performances with the San Francisco Symphony. On the phone from his Hollywood Hills home, Mathis talked about his roots and his longevity.
Q: What was it like growing up in San Francisco?
A: Wonderful. As a young person, I heard music that absolutely influenced me for years to come. I worked in Ann's 440 Club and heard a female impersonator named T.C. Jones. I was exposed to all these extraordinary lifestyles that San Francisco can afford to people. It made all the difference in my personality and the music I eventually recorded. I'm so proud of growing up in San Francisco. I had an education before I was able to vote.
Q: Why have you never lived here since then?
A: I always wanted to, but once I got a foothold in my recording career, I had to be in Southern California or New York. So I have to be content to visit.
Q: Other than talent and hard work, to what do you attribute your nearly 60-year career?
A: Each person I've met along the way has influenced me, guided me, helped me, given me the benefit of their musicianship. There are so many gifted arrangers and musicians and producers, and I had to make myself available and have enough of an open kind of personality to not only meet them on their terms but go a little further in our relationships and work together.
Q: What's next for you?
A: I just finished a new album in Nashville. It's a Christmas album with some of my favorite people -- Vince Gill and his wife, Amy Grant; Billy Joel; Gloria Estefan. Singing with other people is one of my favorite things to do.
Q: What about a movie or a book about your life?
A: I hope I'm long dead before they make the movie. A book? Maybe. But I'm so busy doing what I love to do. I'm very relaxed in performance now. I used to have such stage fright because of the vocal pyrotechnics. But it's about the essence of the songs now. I got rid of a lot of the high notes and do it with more feeling, so it's more fun now.
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I have just heard that Johnny Mathis will be coming back to Uk to do more concerts, I am not sure yet, where or when--could possibly next spring---i believe the tickets will be on sale soon.
I was convinced after the last 3 tours, that he would not return to UK--but I was so wrong !!!
I was convinced after the last 3 tours, that he would not return to UK--but I was so wrong !!!
Mariana