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.
In the end music won. His first album Johnny Mathis: A New Sound In Popular Song was jazzbased and sold only moderately well. Vice-president of Columbia Records Mitch Miller suggested switching to ballads and the Johnny Mathis sound - soft, romantic with lush orchestration - was born.