Light as air and comfortable as velvet, Johnny Mathis' timeless voice renders romance with rare sensitivity. The Texas-born singer emerged in the mid-'50s as a classy pop crooner, eventually finding wider success as a sought-after interpreter of standards. Behold his supremely poised phrasing on “Chances Are,” and his sighing devotion against cascading strings on “Wild Is the Wind” and “Wonderful! Wonderful!” He's also an ace at duets, rivalling Ray Charles' tender touch on “Over the Rainbow” and digging deep with Dionne Warwick on the piano-kissed power ballad “Friends In Love.”