I've always liked him but I have to admit that for me his earliest stuff was best WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDERFUL (the album that didn't have "Wonderful Wonderful" on it) JOHNNY'S GREATEST HITS and OPEN FIRE, TWO GUITARS. There are a lot of other songs of his I've liked too of course. What an amazing run he's had. Mathis and Nat King Vole are still my favorite balledeers.
To me the most impressive thing was that he almost went to the 1956 Olympics as a high jumper. He decided on the music career instead.
Johnny Mathis's Greatest Hits is credited by Wikipedia as the first greatest hits album. I don't know about that but I know it was on the Billboard Top 100 Albums chart for nearly 500 (491) consecutive weeks.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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We saw him in concert a few months ago. He still has the pipes.
I've always liked him but I have to admit that for me his earliest stuff was best WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDERFUL (the album that didn't have "Wonderful Wonderful" on it) JOHNNY'S GREATEST HITS and OPEN FIRE, TWO GUITARS. There are a lot of other songs of his I've liked too of course. What an amazing run he's had. Mathis and Nat King Vole are still my favorite balledeers.
To me the most impressive thing was that he almost went to the 1956 Olympics as a high jumper. He decided on the music career instead.
Johnny Mathis's Greatest Hits is credited by Wikipedia as the first greatest hits album. I don't know about that but I know it was on the Billboard Top 100 Albums chart for nearly 500 (491) consecutive weeks.
Jeff
Also - and I can't believe Bill forgot to mention it - he's from Texas.
Jeff M.
This reminds me of that scene in Diner.
Eddie: "Who do you make out to? Mathis or Sinatra?"
[Pause]
Boogie: "Presley."
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