Robert Scott, a representative for Mathis, told USA Today in March that the singer’s memory issues do not impact his ...

Early Sunday evening, before an impressive lineup of musicians stepped onto the stage to pay tribute to Johnny Mathis, the legendary singer relaxed into a banquette at Herb Albert’s Vibrato Grill in ...

Chances are you have heard Johnny Mathis sing many times in your life. On the radio. The record player at Grandma’s house. At the movies or on TV. When you read his name just now, lyrics from his best ...

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, master of the velvet vibrato, exercises with a personal trainer at 5:30 in the blasted morning every weekday that he's not on perpetual tour of America's midsize cities and casinos.

Johnny Mathis earned the honorific "the Voice of Romance" for a reason. For more than 60 years, he’s applied his classic croon — warm, rich and velvety — to a succession of love songs and slow jams.

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A fire destroyed iconic singer Johnny Mathis’ Hollywood Hills mansion Monday night. Mathis, an 80-year-old crooner known for pop hits such as “Misty” and “Chances Are,” learned the 5:30 p.m. blaze had ...

Johnny Mathis will receive the 15th annual ELLA Award from the Society of Singers. The award, named after its first recipient, jazz great Ella Fitzgerald, honors entertainers for their professional ...

Singer Johnny Mathis, 85, discovered music at a time before rock and roll existed. The man nicknamed “The Voice of Romance,” in recognition of the smooth but sensitive vibrato-laden approach he’s ...

Ed Gordon talks with balladeer Johnny Mathis about his long and storied career. Mathis has enjoyed a string of number-one pop hits in the past four decades. We, of course, will continue to cover the ...