The following is an excerpt from the chapter "Songs for the Season: The Christmas Albums" from Jakob Baekgaard's Misty: The Music of Johnny Mathis (Sonicbond Publishing, 2022). Songs for the Season: ...

Johnny Mathis is retiring from live performing. On Wednesday, March 26, Mathis’ Facebook account announced that the 89-year-old crooner will stop performing live, due to “age and memory issues, which ...

Johnny Mathis has cancelled forthcoming gigs and announced his retirement from touring at the age of 89. The veteran artist shared that he was suffering from "memory issues" (according to the UK’s Sun ...

The veteran singer's retirement follows seven decades of touring. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Johnny Mathis has announced he’s retiring from live stage performances due to “age and memory issues ...

BILOXI, Mississippi -- It was 67 years ago Johnny Mathis received the phone call that would change his life -- and the course of popular music history -- forever. A 19-year-old track & field star at ...

Legendary singer Johnny Mathis has announced his retirement from touring due to memory issues as he approaches his 90th birthday. The 89-year-old crooner will perform his final concert on May 18, at ...

Includes fresh insights from Johnny Mathis as well as his producers and arrangers and traces Mathis’s musical journey from the past to the present. Few singers have been able to change with the times ...