Front:
Viy Smarely
my
Mathis
Back:
JOHNNY MATHIS
BIRTHDAY: 1938. HOME TOWN:
San Francisco. EDUCATION:College.
HOBBIES: Track, basketball. BACK-
GROUND: Top school athlete -- high
jump, hurdles. Discovered in San
Francisco nightclub by ex-Columbia
exec George Avakian. Night clubs,
TV, films.
Biography Courtesy of Billboard Music Week.