Johnny Mathis
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.
Filmography (50 titles)
Johnny Mathis At The BBC
2025
MovieI Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self · 2024
The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World
Self · 2023
7.5MovieMy Music: A Classic Christmas
Self (archive footage) · 2019
7.1MovieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Singer (archive footage) · 2019
4.9MovieJust Getting Started
Johnny Mathis · 2017
7.3MovieKilling Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
Self · 2014
7.0MovieNat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Self · 2014
8.0Movie'51 Dons
Narrator · 2014
MovieRuth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Self · 2011
MovieJohnny Mathis - Gold
Himself · 2007
8.3ShowCriminal Minds
Himself · 2005
MovieThe 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
Self · 2004
Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
2004
Johnny Mathis: Live By Request
Himself · 2001
7.8ShowSabrina, the Teenage Witch
Johnny Mathis · 1996
7.4ShowMuppets Tonight
Self · 1996
7.0MovieRay Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
MovieDavid Foster's Christmas Album
Self · 1993
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self · 1992
MovieA Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1992
5.4ShowThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 1992
MovieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self · 1990
8.0ShowThe Simpsons
Johnny Mathis (voice) · 1989
5.3ShowWogan
Self · 1982
6.2MovieThe Muppets Go Hollywood
Self · 1979
10.0ShowPresenting Susan Anton
1979
The Natalie Cole Special
Himself · 1978
7.5ShowMike Yarwood In Persons
1976
7.5ShowNuméro un
Self · 1975