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Johnny Mathis

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Man Who Signed Me to Columbia Records

I have no idea what someone like him would think of me, other than the fact that vocally I was completely different from his voice. The one who I was most in dimmed with, whatever the word is, was not cold. To me he was the beginning and the end of music. Because he was not only a singer but he was a great musician. And on occasion I would get his chance to see him while he was rehearsing. Occasionally I would have my buddy who was a piano player. He remembered that from the time I was about 13 years old. Beautiful. Hilarious.

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