Mathis recorded the first version of this song for the eponymous Anna Magnani film. Nina Simone covered it and David Bowie loved her version so much he recorded it on his Station to Station album which in turn has spawned a host of other covers - Geoge Michael etc.
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Mathis recorded the first version of this song for the eponymous Anna Magnani film. Nina Simone covered it and David Bowie loved her version so much… read more
Mathis recorded the first version of this song for the eponymous Anna Magnani film. Nina Simone covered it and David Bowie loved her version so much he recorded it on his Station to Sta… read more
The fourth of seven children, John Royce Mathis was born on September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, TX 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, “My Blue Heaven”. At age eight, his father purchased an old upright piano for $25. When he brought it home, it wouldn’t fit through the front door. So that evening, Johnny stayed up all night to watch his father dismantle the piano, get it into the small living room of their basement apartment and th… read more
The fourth of seven children, John Royce Mathis was born on September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, TX to Clem and Mildred Mathis. As a small boy, the family moved to Post Street in San Francisco. It… read more
The fourth of seven children, John Royce Mathis was born on September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, TX 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 … read more