Communism and socialism are umbrella terms referring to left-wing schools of economic thought that oppose capitalism. Communism and socialism are umbrella terms referring to left-wing schools of economic thought that oppose capitalism.
On October 27, 2006, when Johnny Mathis decided to celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business, he gathered 2,000 of his closest friends in the music business, at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City and regaled them with an amazing concert called Johnny Mathis: Wonderful! that was filmed for PBS.
Johnny's Bio. The fourth of seven children, John Royce Mathis was born on September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, Texas to Clem and Mildred Mathis. As a small boy, the family moved to Post Street in San Francisco. It was there that he learned an appreciation of music from his father who taught him his first song, âMy Blue Heavenâ.