Johnny Mathis

MARK TROYER

Mark serves a very important function, that of controller for Johnny’s companies. You will rarely see Mark on the road at concerts because he is always busy at the company offices in Burbank taking care of the finances. Mark has the distinction of being on staff for...

GEORGE RUSSEL

George Russell was Johnny’s long time friend and promotions manager. “Chances Are” if you’re listening to Johnny on the radio, George had a hand in it. Around 1960, “I was at Columbia for about a year when I decided I was too young to die. I then became an independent...

ED BLAU

Mr. Blau grew up in the Bronx and, as a young man, graduated from Harvard Law School and served as an Air Force officer. His career in the entertainment industry began with the MCA talent agency in New York where he worked closely with the legendary Lew Wasserman. He...

DIANNA POLING

Dianna and two friends settled in Burbank in 1987. Just by luck, her first week in California she found a job working temporarily, then part-time and soon, full-time for our favorite singer. After working for Johnny and Rojon Productions for over 23 years, Dianna...

LEE RICKMERS

The person responsible the lush sounds the audience hears of Johnny, his musicians and orchestra Lee Rickmers. “I started with Mathis in 1988 as a monitor mixer. That is just for the people on stage to hear themselves. I did that till the position was absorbed by the...
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