biography
| name: |
Mathis, Johnny
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popular name of John Royce Mathis
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1935– )
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| biography:
| Popular singer, born in San Francisco, California, USA. He sang in a college jazz band and later won a recording contract and engagements at prestigious New York clubs after an audition in San Francisco in 1955. His suave ballad singing helped him survive the dominance of rock in the popular music industry, and he remained a successful nightclub performer in the USA and Britain. With Dionne Warwick he recorded a favourite hit, ‘Friends in Love’ (1982). |
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