V. RARE JOHNNY MATHIS XMAS 78 "WINTER WONDERLAND/SLEIGH RIDE" FONTANA H165 E+/M-
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£ 51 Sold For
Aug 26, 2012 Sold Date
Aug 16, 2012 Start Date
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SUPERB JOHNNY MATHIS CHRISTMAS DOUBLE-SIDER  ON A VERY RARE UK FONTANA 78

  

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Johnny Mathis - Winter Wonderland

ABOUT THIS SONG:-  "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmas time pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard (composer) and Richard B. Smith (lyricist). Richard was reportedly inspired to write the song after seeing Honesdale's Central Park covered in snow. Mr. Smith had written the lyrics while in the West Mountain Sanitarium, being treated for tuberculosis. The original recording was by Richard Himber and his Hotel Ritz-Carlton Orchestra on RCA Bluebird in 1934. At the end of a recording session with time to spare, it was suggested that this new tune be tried with an arrangement provided by the publisher. This excellent "studio" orchestra included many great New York studio musicians including the legendary Artie Shaw. Due to its seasonal theme, "Winter Wonderland" is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere, although the holiday itself is never mentioned in the lyrics. There is a mention of "sleigh-bells" several times, implying that this song refers to the Christmas period.

John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born in Gilmer, Texas, September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music.Starting his career with singles of Standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts and Guinness World Record music chart historian Paul Gambacinni, confirms "Johnny Mathis has sold well over 350 Million Records Worldwide".

One of the last and most popular in a line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the rock-dominated 1960s, Johnny Mathis concentrated on the romantic side of jazz and pop standards for the adult contemporary audience of the '60s and '70s. Mathis later made it big in the album market, where a dozen of his LPs hit gold or platinum. While he concentrated on theme-oriented albums of show tunes and traditional favorites during the '60s, he began incorporating soft rock by the 1970s and remained a popular concert attraction well into the 1990s.

Unsurprisingly, given his emphasis on long sustained notes and heavy vibrato, Mathis studied with an opera coach prior to his teenage years, and was almost lured into the profession.



UK FONTANA H 165 10" 78rpm   SHELLAC

CONDITION - EX+/M-

A SIDE:-  WINTER WONDERLAND

B SIDE:-  SLEIGH RIDE 

THIS RECORD GOT TO No 17 IN THE UK CHARTS  ENTERING  19 DEC 1958 AND STAYING THERE FOR 3 WEEKS

 

A CLASSIC JOHNNY MATHIS 78 IN GREAT CONDITION

 

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