Robert Scott, a representative for Mathis, told USA Today in March that the singer’s memory issues do not impact his ...

Legendary pop singer Johnny Mathis will soon unplug the microphone and take his final bow. Mathis, 89, revealed that he is retiring from live performances after touring the globe for seven decades ...

Johnny Mathis earned the honorific "the Voice of Romance" for a reason. For more than 60 years, he’s applied his classic croon — warm, rich and velvety — to a succession of love songs and slow jams.

Johnny Mathis, master of the velvet vibrato, exercises with a personal trainer at 5:30 in the blasted morning every weekday that he's not on perpetual tour of America's midsize cities and casinos.

A fire destroyed iconic singer Johnny Mathis’ Hollywood Hills mansion Monday night. Mathis, an 80-year-old crooner known for pop hits such as “Misty” and “Chances Are,” learned the 5:30 p.m. blaze had ...

Early Sunday evening, before an impressive lineup of musicians stepped onto the stage to pay tribute to Johnny Mathis, the legendary singer relaxed into a banquette at Herb Albert’s Vibrato Grill in ...

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Mathis topped the Billboard 200 twice, with the game-changing Johnny's Greatest Hits and the aptly-titled Heavenly. By Paul Grein Johnny Mathis, who in the 1950s created an enduring niche as a singer ...

Johnny Mathis is retiring from live performing. On Wednesday, March 26, Mathis’ Facebook account announced that the 89-year-old crooner will stop performing live, due to “age and memory issues, which ...

Singer Johnny Mathis, 85, discovered music at a time before rock and roll existed. The man nicknamed “The Voice of Romance,” in recognition of the smooth but sensitive vibrato-laden approach he’s ...

Ed Gordon talks with balladeer Johnny Mathis about his long and storied career. Mathis has enjoyed a string of number-one pop hits in the past four decades. We, of course, will continue to cover the ...

Pop icon Johnny Mathis is ready for his final curtain call. The Grammy-winning singer, 89, will be retiring from the stage this summer due to his elderly age and declining memory, Mathis' team ...