Johnny Mathis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 September 1935 · Gilmer, Texas, USA
Johnny Mathis is an American singer of popular music, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts. Guinness world records and music charts historian Paul Gambaccini confirms Mathis record sales have surpassed well over 360 million worldwide. This makes Johnny Mathis the 3rd biggest selling artist of the 20th century after Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra (as for 2018). Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes traditional pop, Brazilian, Spanish, soul, rhythm and blues, soft rock, show tunes, blues, country, and even a few disco songs for his album Mathis Magic in 1979. Mathis has also recorded six albums of Christmas music. In 2014, Mathis was inducted into the Great American Songbook Hall Of Fame. In 2017, Mathis' alma mater San Francisco State University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Mathis attended San Francisco State for three semesters before withdrawing in 1956 to pursue his music career.
Known for
Johnny Mathis At The BBC
2025
8.0'51 Dons
2014
Johnny Mathis - Gold
2007
Johnny Mathis: Live By Request
2001
The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World
2023
The Natalie Cole Special
1978
Acting 24
- 2025Johnny Mathis At The BBC
- 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self
- 2023The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World as Self
- 2019My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Singer (archive footage)
- 2017Just Getting Started as Johnny Mathis
- 2014Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story as Self
- 2014Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark as Self
- 2014'51 Dons as Narrator
- 2011Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television as Self
- 2007Johnny Mathis - Gold as Himself
- 2004The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest as Self
- 2004Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
- 2001Johnny Mathis: Live By Request as Himself
- 1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
- 1993David Foster's Christmas Album as Self
- 1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self
- 1992A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
- 1984Olympic Gala
- 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- 1978The Natalie Cole Special as Himself
- 1958A Certain Smile as Johnny Mathis
- 1957Lizzie as Piano Singer