**CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE**

New Album Available TODAY !

Johnny & we all are so excited for you to enjoy this 7th holiday album, and the 79th original album in his discography!

Click to order online HERE

Click to find it at your local U.S. Indie Music Store HERE, or International stores HERE

And click to find it in your specific Amazon.com world region HERE

Johnny records the song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, March 2022

Producers Jay Landers (R) and Fred Mollin (L) discuss the music in studio, March 2022

Johnny wants to thank everyone for your kind birthday messages all through this September, supporting his music these many decades, AND for the touching birthday tributes at his recent Providence concert.  Its not often Johnny gets to be serenaded himself, and it sounded “Wonderful, Wonderful”!

Mathis Fans, you’re all the reason he’ll never stop singing.

**JOHNNY MATHIS CELEBRATES THE SEASON
WITH CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE**

New Album Available October 13th is Mathis’ Seventh Holiday Release

10-Track Album includes holiday favorites and a New Duet with Broadway Superstar Kristin Chenoweth

August 11, 2023 (New York, NY) – It’s impossible to imagine celebrating Christmas without the music of Johnny Mathis. In 1958, just three years into his tenure on Columbia Records and months after releasing the chart-topping Johnny’s Greatest Hits, his album Merry Christmas produced magical recordings of seasonal favorites like “Sleigh Ride,” “Winter Wonderland” and many more, which have become perennial favorites heard around the world every Holiday Season.

On October 13th – Johnny Mathis returns with Christmas Time is Here, a brand–new album from Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings (the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment). This merry collection features 10 newly recorded holiday tracks that capture the essence of the Yuletide season as only The Voice Of Romance can. 

Christmas Time is Here will be available on CD and digital, plus festively colored vinyl released through Real Gone Music. Pre-order the album today HERE *

(* Find your “local” International Indie Music Store HERE, and your specific Amazon.com region HERE.)

The new release, produced by longtime Mathis collaborators Jay Landers (Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Andrea Bocelli) and Fred Mollin (Kristin Chenoweth, Jimmy Webb, Natalie Cole, Billy Joel) expands upon last year’s digital EP Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, which found Johnny in peak form as the world’s premier interpreter of holiday standards.  

Christmas Time is Here includes, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Blue Christmas,” a remake of Johnny’s No. 1 U.K. single “When a Child is Born,” “Christmas Time is Here” (the timeless favorite from the beloved TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas), “Merry Christmas, Baby,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and a spirited take on “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” featuring Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Schmigadoon!) as Johnny’s duet partner.

Through an extraordinary career stretching across nearly seven decades, Mathis has continued making spirits bright with album after album of Christmas classics. After 1958’s Merry Christmas (certified 5x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America – RIAA), 1963’s Sounds of Christmas, was the first on his own Global Records label. The platinum-certified Give Me Your Love for Christmas followed in 1969, and 1986’s Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis featured unforgettable versions of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” 2002’s The Christmas Album kept Mathis ringing in the season, while 2013’s GRAMMY-nominated Sending You a Little Christmas found Mathis collaborating with Billy Joel, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Vince Gill, Amy Grant and more.

The sessions for Christmas Time is Here took place at Hollywood’s famed Capitol Recording Studio (the final album recorded at the iconic Tower location before the studio closed for extensive renovations) and Nashville, and found Mathis reuniting with Jay Landers (producer/executive producer/A&R) – whose work includes 13 albums with Mathis, 30 with Barbra Streisand and five with Bette Midler – as well as producer Fred Mollin, who collaborated with Mathis on Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville (2010) and Sending You a Little Christmas, along with tracks by Michael McDonald, Linda Ronstadt and Carole King.

Christmas Time is Here is filled with all the warmth and magic that makes every Christmas – and every Johnny Mathis Christmas album – so special and timeless.

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www.johnnymathis.com 

www.columbiarecords.com 

www.legacyrecordings.com

**Click the UNDERLINED Links Below to Read or Hear Each of Johnny’s Interviews**

Broken Record Podcast – Pushkin FM

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DECADES radio show with Joe E. Kramer – Dec. 17th Christmas Show! Johnny Mathis Spotlight segment starts at minute 51:17–

http://www.decadeswithjoeekramer.com/

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https://www.sacculturalhub.com/blog/exclusive-johnny-mathis-releases-new-christmas-ep-hits-the-road-with-holiday-shows-2/

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The Hollywood Reporter! Motion Picture & Television Fund Raises Over $800K During Telethon–

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/mptf-fund-2022-telethon-raises-800k-1235279636/

Johnny sends his heartfelt thanks to everyone who worked so hard on his tours this year, and all you Mathis Fans for supporting his music in person AND online! 

Its been another rough year for live music, but the sincere appreciation you’ve shown Johnny & his staff has made it a joyful labor of love.

No matter how you celebrate, whether with your family or chosen family, have a Healthy & Happy Holiday Season!