Sings the Standards

Performer: Johnny Mathis
Producer: Dan Rivard (Compilation)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Director: Percy Faith. Arrangers: Danny Costa; Glenn Osser. Sings the Standards includes Mathis' renditions of classics like "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," "It's De-Lovely," "Stars Fell on Alabama," "How High the Moon" and "I Won't Dance." ~ Keith Farley

Although Johnny Mathis got his start as a jazz singer, his velvety 1956 hit "Wonderful, Wonderful" set the course for the rest of his career as a smooth pop crooner and key supplier of make-out music. He maintained a steady career course over the following decades, and in the late '70s enjoyed a renewed popularity, scoring a few high-charting duets with Deniece Williams. One of the most popular recording artists of all time, Mathis has reputedly sold over 350 million records, and his 1958 greatest-hits collection--the first compilation of its kind--stayed on the U.S. charts for almost 10 years. Past his 50th year in show business, Mathis was still recording and performing, his special brand of silky pop balladeering never quite falling out of favor.

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