Music legend Johnny Mathis is stylish as ever at 88 years old.
DailyMail.com spotted the crooner looking relaxed as he wore a sporty Ralph Lauren Polo letterman jacket, green slacks, white sneakers and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap.
At one point, the Texas-born singer waved to the camera as he walked with a friend while running errands in Los Angeles.
And it doesn’t seem like he’s slowing down anytime soon as he recently performed at a Christmas concert in Chicago singing his smash hit Twelfth Of Never and even went on tour last year.
DailyMail.com spotted Johnny Mathis, 88, out with a friend while running errands in Los Angeles. At one point, the Texas-born singer waved at the camera
The legendary crooner wore a sporty Ralph Lauren Polo letterman jacket, green slacks, white sneakers and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap
The Grammy Hall of Famer is still going strong after nearly eight decades in the industry, and recently performed at a Christmas concert in Chicago
DailyMail.com spotted the crooner looking relaxed as he walked with a friend in his adopted home of Los Angeles
At the height of his fame Mathis was widely compared to other iconic easy listening greats such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett and he is listed as the third best selling artist of the 20th century.
Mathis is pictured performing during his ‘The Voice of Romance’ tour in Atlanta in October 2023
The superstar crooner sold 360 million records worldwide over his famed career that dates back to the mid-1950s and has a reported net worth of $400 million.
After realizing his son’s talent at a young age, Mathis’s father, who worked in vaudeville as a singer and pianist, encouraged him to pursue music by buying him an upright piano.
At 13, he got to study under the tutelage of voice teacher Connie Cox after accepting him as her student in exchange for work around her house in the late 1940s.
He ended up honing his craft with Cox for six years, learning vocal scales and exercises, voice production, classical and operatic singing.
In a show of respect and gratitude, Mathis took to social media back in May 2018 and shared a photo of Cox, along with a message about how instrumental she was in helping teach him about singing and music as a whole.
‘Here is a rare photo of Connie Cox, the wonderful teacher that helped young Johnny fine tune his vocal skills, trading chores at her studio for vocal lessons,’ he wrote in the caption on X – formerly Twitter. ’62 years later he still sings her praises daily. Thank goodness for teachers like her! #TeacherAppreciationDay.’
At the height of his fame Johnny was widely compared to other iconic easy listening greats such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett and he is listed as the third best selling artist of the 20th century
Mathis is pictured performing in 1965 on The Red Skelton Hour. After realizing his son’s talent at a young age, Mathis’s father encouraged him to pursue music by buying him an upright piano
Mathis has had five of his albums on the Billboard charts simultaneously, an achievement equaled by only three other singers that included Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow and Prince
While many people have described his style as a romantic singer, Mathis’s catalog of music includes standard pop, Latin American, soul, R&B, show tunes, Tin Pan Alley, soft rock, blues, country, and even a little disco in the late 1970s.
During his illustrious career that dates back to 1956, Mathis has recorded a staggering 73 studio albums, 10 of which achieved sales of 500,000 units to earn him Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Six of his compilation albums also went Gold, while six went Platinum after reaching sales of one million copies.
Mathis has had five of his albums on the Billboard charts simultaneously, an achievement equaled by only three other singers – Sinatra, Barry Manilow and Prince.
In 2003, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded him with the Lifetime Achievement Award. This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees to performers who have made creative contributions of outstanding artist significance to the field of recording.
Mathis has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for three separate recordings, which included Chances Are (1998), Misty (2002), It’s Not For Me To Say (2008).
