\nMathis 60th & 61st Anniversary Tour Dates 2016-2017 Announced<\/b><\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\nColumbia Records and Legacy
\nRecordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce an
\nongoing 60th Anniversary celebration of the enduring musical achievements of
\nJohnny Mathis (who first signed with Columbia in 1955)
\nwith
\ndefinitive catalog and archival releases set for 2017 and beyond.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0Columbia\/Legacy has been working
\nclosely with the artist on the curation of his Columbia Records catalog,
\npouring through the label’s deep archive of studio and live material, restoring
\nand remastering tracks for digital release.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Johnny Mathis 60th anniversary While 2016 marked the official 60th \u00a01958 proved Merry Christmas<\/i><\/b>, \u00a0With 60+ years as traditional pop We have some exciting news Mathis Fans. \u00a0See the official PR Release below for all the details, with more to come! Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records Celebrating 60+ Years of the Magic of Johnny Mathis with Essential Releases Planned for 2017 \u00a02016 Marks 60th Anniversary of Mathis’ First Columbia Records Contract and Release of Artist’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[1],"tags":[106,67,53,61],"class_list":["post-6423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-60th-anniversary","tag-columbia-records","tag-johnny-mathis","tag-legend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnnymathis.com\/wp2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nproject kicked off in September 2015 when Columbia\/Legacy celebrated the legendary singer\u2019s original signing with Columbia & his 80th<\/sup>
\nbirthday with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles<\/i><\/b>,
\na definitive four disc anthology bringing together, for the first time, every
\nMathis recording which was first issued for the singles market, as well as
\ntracks released exclusively on compilations.<\/p>\n
\nanniversary of the release of the singer’s groundbreaking debut album, Johnny
\nMathis (“A New Sound in Popular Song”)<\/i><\/b>, 2017 signals 60
\nyears since Johnny Mathis’s breakout year: 1957, when an unbroken string of
\nBillboard charting singles– “Wonderful! Wonderful!” (#14),
\n“It’s Not for Me to Say” (#5), “Chances Are” (#1),
\n“The Twelfth of Never” (#9), “No Love (But Your Love)”
\n(#21) and “Wild Is the Wind” (#22)–secured his reputation as AM
\nradio’s Voice of Romance while setting the standard for traditional pop music
\nfor decades to come. <\/p>\n
\nto be a watershed year for Johnny Mathis who enjoyed the release of
\ntwo game-changing Columbia Records blockbusters: Johnny’s Greatest
\nHits<\/i><\/b> and Merry Christmas<\/i><\/b>. Johnny’s Greatest Hits<\/i><\/b>, considered
\nthe first “greatest hits” collection ever created by the music
\nindustry, spent an unprecedented 490
\nconsecutive weeks (nine-and-a-half years) on the Billboard Top 100
\nalbum charts, earning him place in the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n
\nan essential seasonal perennial, established
\nMathis as a warm and familiar holiday presence on home and car radios around
\nthe world, eventually achieving a 5xs
\nmulti-platinum RIAA certification. To this day, few recording artists are
\nmore associated with the sound and spirit of the Christmas season than Johnny
\nMathis. <\/p>\n
\nmusic’s Voice of Romance (and Sound of Christmas), Johnny Mathis is still going strong as a recording artist and a
\nmust-see live performer. The Johnny Mathis 60th & 61st Anniversary
\nConcert Schedule has been posted at http:\/\/www.johnnymathis.com\/MathisTour.php<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"