How Do You Keep The Music Playing? is a profoundly elegant, deeply cinematic, and masterfully tailored vocal jazz and traditional pop masterpiece by the legendary American ballad icon Johnny Mathis, released in 1993 by Columbia Records. Standing as a magnificent, high-fidelity conceptual tribute dedicated entirely to the brilliant, Oscar-winning songwriting songbook of French composer Michel Legrand and lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, this studio document captures Mathis completely immersing his signature velvet-toned vibrato into sweeping, ultra-romantic arrangements. Spanning nearly 47 minutes across 11 tracks, the album showcases Mathis delivering a masterclass in emotional depth and structural grace, navigating complex modal melodies with effortless maturity. The beautifully paced tracklist features exquisite, definitive interpretations of cinematic masterpieces including The Windmills Of Your Mind, the brooding romance of What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life, and the heartbreakingly tender On My Way To You. Bookended by a stunning introductory vignette and a definitive full-length reading of the iconic title track How Do You Keep The Music Playing, this rare archival document stands as an absolute mandatory cornerstone and a prized collector's treasure for global purists of modern traditional pop vocal history, sophisticated orchestral soul, and the timeless Legrand songbook heritage.

In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington is a profoundly elegant, sophisticated, and masterfully tailored vocal jazz masterpiece by the legendary American pop-traditional and ballad icon Johnny Mathis, released in 1990 by Columbia Records. Standing as a magnificent, high-fidelity tribute album dedicated entirely to the timeless songbook of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, this studio document captures Mathis completely immersing his velvet-toned, operatic phrasing into a pristine late-night cool jazz setting. Spanning nearly 55 minutes across 18 tracks, the album expertly juxtaposes expansive, sweeping orchestral pop frameworks with intimate, small-group acoustic swing movements. Mathis delivers a masterclass in emotional restraint and structural grace, navigating complex modal chord shifts and deep melodic contours with effortless ease. The expansive tracklist is beautifully balanced, featuring exquisite vocal interpretations of Strayhorn's demanding Lush Life, the soaring title track In a Sentimental Mood, and the deeply spiritual Come Sunday, all seamlessly interwoven with short, high-velocity instrumental interludes of timeless themes like Caravan, Perdido, and Satin Doll. Exceptionally preserved in pristine lossless audio quality, this rare archival document stands as an absolute mandatory cornerstone and a prized collector's treasure for global purists of modern traditional pop vocal history, big band lore, and sophisticated mid-century cool jazz songbooks.

John Royce Mathis is an American singer. Starting his career with singles of standard music, Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century. He became highly popular as an album artist, with several of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts.

Collectables Records' various-artists compilation The Ultimate Christmas Album has been released both on its own and as a tie-in with a series of radio stations. There are identical editions of the album associated with KLUV, K-Earth 101 FM, and WCBS FM-101.1 in addition to this version, WJMK 104.3 Chicago. The word "ultimate" has been overused and misused in record releases to the point that it doesn't mean very much to see it on the cover of an album. Whether or not one considers this album to justify its title will have a lot to do with individual musical taste. If the potential consumer is a listener to one of the radio stations listed above, which are oldies stations devoted to playing pop/rock music of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, he or she may agree that the album is the ultimate in holiday music of that period.

The singularity of Dionne Warwick is defined by what the singer isn't as much as what she is. Although Warwick grew up singing in church, she is not a gospel singer. Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan are clear influences, but she is not a jazz singer. R&B is also part of her background, yet she is not really a soul singer, either, at least not in the sense that Aretha Franklin was. Sophisticated is a word often used to describe Warwick's musical approach and the music she sings, but she is not a singer of standards such as Lena Horne or Nancy Wilson. A pop singer of a sort with an aching yet detached alto voice, In all likelihood, Warwick could only have emerged out of the Brill Building environment of post-Elvis Presley, pre-Beatles pop in the early '60s. That's when she hooked up with Burt Bacharach and Hal David, songwriters and producers who tailored their unusually complicated songs for her distinctive instrument.

Christmas Time Is Here is a brand-new full-length album from The Voice of Christmas himself, Johnny Mathis. Marking his seventh decade of recording, Christmas Time Is Here features unforgettable classics such as “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “Auld Lang Syne,” and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” performed with Broadway superstar, Kristin Chenoweth. This album is yet another example of Johnny’s lasting music legacy, and the indelible impression he continues to have on everyone’s holiday season.