Song · Johnny Mathis
“Misty” by Johnny Mathis
From the album Heavenly (1959)
“Misty” by Johnny Mathis appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1959 on the album Heavenly. Its best result is #1292 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,049 indie & aaa song of all time.
Johnny Mathis tucked "Misty" onto Heavenly, his 1959 album, and later that year his recording rose to number 12 on the US pop singles chart. The tune had already been around for five years by then. Pianist Erroll Garner wrote it as an instrumental in the old 32-bar shape and recorded it on July 27, 1954, for his album Contrasts; Johnny Burke came along afterward and gave it words.
Mathis made it his. It became one of his signature songs, the kind a crooner carries with him for good, and his recording now sits in the Grammy Hall of Fame alongside Garner's original.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1292 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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