Wonderful Wonderful Johnny Mathis Quiz

Answer: 1935

On September 30, 1935, Mildred Mathis gave birth to the fourth of seven children, John.

Answer: Texas

Johnny Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas. His mother Mildred worked as a housekeeper and father Clem was a chauffeur and handyman. The family later moved to San Francisco.

Answer: true

13-year-old Johnny studied for six years with Connie Cox, where his vocal training included opera.

Answer: Lizzie

"Lizzie" was a 1957 movie about a woman with multiple personalities, one of which was sending threatening notes to one of the others.

"Playboy After Dark" was a television series in 1969. Johnny Mathis appeared in two episodes as a singer.

Johnny couldn't have been in "The Saint and the Singer"; it was a silent film released in 1914.

"Play Misty for Me", a 1971 film, starred Clint Eastwood as a DJ who had a casual affair with a fan who kept requesting Mathis' "Misty" to be played for him. The fan was obsessive and rather homicidal...

Answer: false

Johnny was invited to try out for the 1956 Olympic track team but instead went to New York to make his first recordings for Columbia records.

Answer: Cooking

Habilitat's "Celebrity Cookbook" includes some of Johnny's recipes. Johnny's own book is "Cooking for You Alone" - published in 1981 by TEC Publishers in Fullerton CA. It's almost impossible to find, and allegedly one sold on e-Bay for over $100, but if you hear of one for sale at a reasonable price, please let me know!

Answer: false

Sorry girls, but he has finally come out and admitted he swings the other way, so to speak. However, there were two paternity suits in the 1960s. Records were sealed, so it is not publicly known whether he fathered any children. Then too, in those days it would have been professional suicide to admit to homosexuality, and many gay men did marry and father children in order to fit in with 'normal' life.

Answer: 490

This record stood until 1973, when broken by Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon", and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Answer: Mercury

Johnny's time with Mercury began with the 1963 album "Sounds of Christmas" (followed by two more albums for Columbia). His other Mercury albums were 1964's "Tender is the Night", "This is Love" and "Wonderful World of Make Believe", 1965's "Love is Everything", "Ole" and "Sweetheart Tree", 1966's "Shadow of Your Smile" and "So Nice", and 1967's "Johnny Mathis Sings".

He returned to Columbia in 1967 and recorded the rest of his over 100 albums.

Answer: Howard Hughes

The hilltop house in Hollywood Hills was built by Howard Hughes. In Johnny's own words, "I love the house that I've been living in for over 40 years. I really am a homebody and I still love to play golf." (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_25_107/ai_n15686637)