*While Christmas shopping recently, I paused while listening to a hauntingly beautiful song recorded by the incomparable Johnny Mathis. It’s called “Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)” and it’s ...

The following is an excerpt from the chapter "Songs for the Season: The Christmas Albums" from Jakob Baekgaard's Misty: The Music of Johnny Mathis (Sonicbond Publishing, 2022). Songs for the Season: ...

A decade later, Mathis is releasing his seventh holiday album Christmas Time is Here, out October 13. Named after the Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson-composed song of the same name for the 1965 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Music legend Johnny Mathis joins WGN Radio’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Johnny Mathis is celebrating his 68th year in the music industry with a special holiday performance at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. On Dec. 7, the Grammy-nominated artist will sing his greatest ...

Scan through the current holiday album charts and you might have a hard time believing that we are indeed in 2023. That’s because so many of the top sellers — to this very day — remain Christmas ...