{"id":52731,"date":"2023-08-11T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/?p=52731"},"modified":"2023-08-25T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:40:46","slug":"johnnys-new-album-christmas-time-is-here-out-10-13-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/johnnys-new-album-christmas-time-is-here-out-10-13-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny’s NEW Album “Christmas Time Is Here” Out 10\/13\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

**JOHNNY MATHIS CELEBRATES THE SEASON<\/span>
\nWITH<\/span> <\/b><\/span>CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE**<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

New Album Available October 13th<\/span> is Mathis\u2019 Seventh Holiday Release<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

10-Track Album includes holiday favorites<\/b><\/span> <\/b>and a New Duet with Broadway Superstar Kristin Chenoweth<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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August 11, 2023 (New York, NY)<\/b> – It\u2019s 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<\/span> Johnny\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/i><\/span>, his album <\/span>Merry Christmas<\/i><\/span> produced magical recordings of seasonal favorites like \u201cSleigh Ride,\u201d \u201cWinter Wonderland\u201d and many more, which have become perennial favorites heard<\/span> around the world every Holiday Season.<\/span><\/p>\n

On October 13th – Johnny Mathis<\/span> returns with <\/span>Christmas Time is Here<\/i><\/span>, a brand<\/span>–<\/span>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.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas Time is Here<\/i><\/span> will be available on CD and digital, plus festively colored vinyl released through Real Gone Music. Pre-order the album today<\/span> HERE <\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(*<\/span> Find your “local” International Indie Music Store<\/span> HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <\/strong>a<\/span><\/span>nd your specific Amazon.com region<\/span> HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span>)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2019s digital EP <\/span>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<\/i><\/span>, which found Johnny in peak form as the world\u2019s premier interpreter of holiday standards. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas Time is Here<\/i><\/span> includes, \u201cHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,\u201d \u201cBlue Christmas,\u201d a remake of Johnny\u2019s No. 1 U.K. single \u201cWhen a Child is Born,\u201d \u201cChristmas Time is Here\u201d (the timeless favorite from the beloved<\/span> TV special <\/span>A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i><\/span>), \u201cMerry Christmas, Baby,\u201d \u201cO Little Town of Bethlehem\u201d and a spirited take on \u201cSanta Claus is Coming to Town\u201d featuring Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth (<\/span>Wicked<\/i><\/span>, <\/span>You\u2019re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, <\/i><\/span>Schmigadoon!<\/i><\/span>) as Johnny\u2019s duet partner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through an extraordinary career stretching across nearly seven decades, Mathis has continued<\/span> making spirits bright with album<\/span> after<\/span> album of Christmas classics. After 1958\u2019s <\/span>Merry Christmas<\/i><\/span> (certified 5x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America – RIAA), 1963\u2019s <\/span>Sounds of Christmas<\/i><\/span>, was the first on his own Global Records label. The platinum-certified Give Me Your Love for Christmas<\/i> followed in 1969, and 1986\u2019s <\/span>Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis<\/i><\/span> featured unforgettable versions of \u201cIt\u2019s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.\u201d 2002\u2019s <\/span>The Christmas Album<\/i><\/span> kept Mathis ringing in the season, while 2013\u2019s GRAMMY-nominated <\/span>Sending You a Little Christmas<\/i><\/span> found Mathis collaborating with Billy Joel, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Vince Gill, Amy Grant and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sessions for <\/span>Christmas Time is Here<\/i><\/span> took place at Hollywood\u2019s famed Capitol Recording Studio <\/span>(the final album recorded at the iconic Tower location before the studio closed for extensive renovations) <\/span>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 <\/span>Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville<\/i><\/span> (2010) and <\/span>Sending You a Little Christmas<\/i><\/span>, along with tracks by Michael McDonald, Linda Ronstadt and Carole King.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas Time is Here<\/i><\/span> is filled with all the warmth and magic that makes every Christmas – and every Johnny Mathis Christmas album – so special and timeless.<\/span><\/p>\n

* * * * *<\/span><\/p>\n

www.johnnymathis.com<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

www.columbiarecords.com<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

www.legacyrecordings.com<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

**JOHNNY MATHIS CELEBRATES THE SEASON WITH CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE** New Album Available October 13th is Mathis\u2019 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\u2019s impossible to imagine celebrating Christmas without the music of Johnny Mathis. In 1958, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52731"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52826,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52731\/revisions\/52826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}