#johnny mathis

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Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee at Johnny Mathis's star studded Cocoanut Grove opening, Jan 1964

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🎶 The First Noel - Johnny Mathis

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Johnny Mathis (as himself) in A CERTAIN SMILE (1958) directed by Jean Negulesco

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Johnny Mathis photographed by Bob Willoughby, 1958

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Johnny Mathis - The Twelfth Of Never. 1957 song that went to #9 in the US. It was the B side to 'Chances Are'.

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i do love a good double album cover design, very chic very cute

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Look what I found, friends 😭

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Johnny Mathis

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 30 September 1935  

Ethnicity: African American, Native American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, actor, athlete

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Johnny Mathis (1935-) solo Songs: "The Twelfth of Never," "Misty" Propaganda: none

Peter Gabriel (1950-) Genesis - lead vocals; solo Songs: "Solsbury Hill," "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" Propaganda: none

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Happy birthday, Johnny Mathis

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Clint Eastwood, Maggie Johnson, and Johnny Mathis

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The song ''misty'' was originally credited to Erroll Garner Trio in 1954, but re-recorded with an orchestral arrangement by Mitch Miller for his album Other Voices that came out 3 years later in 1957.

Ella Fitzgerald also came out with a version in 1960. I'll touch on her song more later.

In 1963, a cover of "Misty" by Lesley gore released on her debut album "I'll Cry If I Want To." where her Hit singles like "It's my party." (the famous chorus from this was in Melanie Martinez's "pity party".2015) and "Judy's turn to cry." also featured on the album.

This song can be so beautiful yet so creepy.

In Miller's version, it sounds so dreamy and it gives me the sense of longing for some you know who isn't good for you but you're just so hazy and in awe of their being to see the signs that this may lead you down a "misty path".

But when I hear Gore's version, it sounds like a creepy obsessed lover who knows what they're doing is bad but, they are just so in love and infatuated with their crush or partner that it drives them absolutely mad and over protective. Going through obsessive love disorder

Which also leads me to believe that would be used in movies like Fear (1996) & love letters (1983).

More recently Laufey covered the song too in her 2023 album Bewitched. Laufey's and Fitzgerald's takes on the song give me the feeling of just gazing out at the window ,all cozied up looking at the beautiful trees inviting fall in to change the color of their leaves.

i truly love all versions of this song so if you have listened to it (or if this blog persuade you enough to go and listen to it) let me know what you think or which version you like the most leave a comment.

As always, I hope you all have a good day and smiled at least once today!

-L.H

(heres Johnny's version)

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The first album to bear the term "greatest hits", Johnny's Greatest Hits was first released in March 1958 by Columbia Records. It features eleven previously released Johnny Mathis' singles – none of them released on an album before – and a new song of his, "I Look at You".

The compilation was very successful, reaching the top of the Billboard 200 and holding the record for most consecutive weeks on the chart until Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon came around.