Johnny Mathis, 89 Years Old, Final Song of the Final Concert Let’s Celebrate Johnny Stories? Favorites?

Gorgeous voice - and quite sexy when he was young.

R1, Yes, I had a major crush on him.

Johnny revolutionized an earlier version of non-threatening Blackness that made White audiences comfortable

So sexy.

My parents and their friends whispered about Johnny Mathis being "funny," back in the day. No matter, they loved him.

She was no Jolson.

Discussion from an earlier thread

[quote]Johnny revolutionized an earlier version of non-threatening Blackness that made White audiences comfortable

The idiot at R3 has never heard of Nat King Cole with number one hits in the early 1950s, The number 1 song of 1952. Or Billie Eckstein with gold records in the 1940s. Cab Calloway selling a million recordings in the 1930s. The Ink Spots. The Platters. The Mills Brothers not to mention the great big bands of Count Basie and Duke Ellington:.... all popular with white audiences before Johnny Mathis.

I always liked "It's Not For Me to Say"

Johnny in 1960.

JOHNNY MATHIS in San Francisco (1960).

Will the Playgirl nudes ever be released?

Yes. Til the 12th of never.

r11, He was erect the entire photoshoot, and Playgirl didn't publish full erections, at least at that time they didn't...

Geez, he still sounds great in that clip. He's a treasure.

If anyone deserves a Kennedy Center Honor, it is Johnny Mathis. But, he won't get one from TACO.

r8 You going to be ok?

He was great on Mrs. Maisel.

To nominate Johnny for a Kennedy Center Honor, go to the bottom of this page. I've been nominating Johhny and Liza for years now, and won't give up.