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Legacy
Recordings and Columbia Records Celebrating 60+ Years of the Magic of Johnny
Mathis with Essential Releases Planned for 2017
2016
Marks 60th Anniversary of Mathis’ First Columbia Records Contract and Release
of Artist’s Debut Album, Johnny Mathis (“A New Sound in Popular
Song”)
Johnny
Mathis 60th & 61st Anniversary Tour Dates 2016-2017 Announced
Columbia Records and Legacy
Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce an
ongoing 60th Anniversary celebration of the enduring musical achievements of
Johnny Mathis (who first signed with Columbia in 1955)
with
definitive catalog and archival releases set for 2017 and beyond.
Columbia/Legacy has been working
closely with the artist on the curation of his Columbia Records catalog,
pouring through the label’s deep archive of studio and live material, restoring
and remastering tracks for digital release.
The Johnny Mathis 60th anniversary
project kicked off in September 2015 when Columbia/Legacy celebrated the legendary singer’s original signing with Columbia & his 80th
birthday with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles,
a definitive four disc anthology bringing together, for the first time, every
Mathis recording which was first issued for the singles market, as well as
tracks released exclusively on compilations.
While 2016 marked the official 60th
anniversary of the release of the singer’s groundbreaking debut album, Johnny
Mathis (“A New Sound in Popular Song”), 2017 signals 60
years since Johnny Mathis’s breakout year: 1957, when an unbroken string of
Billboard charting singles– “Wonderful! Wonderful!” (#14),
“It’s Not for Me to Say” (#5), “Chances Are” (#1),
“The Twelfth of Never” (#9), “No Love (But Your Love)”
(#21) and “Wild Is the Wind” (#22)–secured his reputation as AM
radio’s Voice of Romance while setting the standard for traditional pop music
for decades to come.
1958 proved
to be a watershed year for Johnny Mathis who enjoyed the release of
two game-changing Columbia Records blockbusters: Johnny’s Greatest
Hits and Merry Christmas. Johnny’s Greatest Hits, considered
the first “greatest hits” collection ever created by the music
industry, spent an unprecedented 490
consecutive weeks (nine-and-a-half years) on the Billboard Top 100
album charts, earning him place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Merry Christmas,
an essential seasonal perennial, established
Mathis as a warm and familiar holiday presence on home and car radios around
the world, eventually achieving a 5xs
multi-platinum RIAA certification. To this day, few recording artists are
more associated with the sound and spirit of the Christmas season than Johnny
Mathis.
With 60+ years as traditional pop
music’s Voice of Romance (and Sound of Christmas), Johnny Mathis is still going strong as a recording artist and a
must-see live performer. The Johnny Mathis 60th & 61st Anniversary
Concert Schedule has been posted at http://www.johnnymathis.com/MathisTour.php
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