‘You Raise Me Up’ was written in 2001, when Norwegian composer, Secret Garden’s Rolf Lovland, approached Graham (who wrote Ireland’s last two Eurovision-winning songs Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids (1994) and The Voice (1996) – with an instrumental piece called ‘Silent Story’ and asked the Irish songwriter to put words to the melody. It’s part of our fabric of American history, American music.” Producer Babyface says of Mathis: “Johnny’s always had one of those voices you’ll never forget. ![]() ![]() This album of all new recordings also features Mathis’ classic take on contemporary hit songs from Whitney Houston, Pharrell Williams’ (‘Happy’), R. Now that I am 81 years old, I can bust loose and have some fun.” Mathis (81), who had his first No.1 hit, ‘Chances Are’, all of 60 years ago, in 1957, told CBS’ Nancy Giles: “I’m happy that now I’m doing some contemporary music that was written less than 50 years ago. Produced by 11-time, Grammy-winning singer and producer, Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds, Johnny Mathis Sings the Great New American Songbook features what is by now probably the most successful song of the 21st Century ‘You Raise Me Up’, the lyrics of which were written by Irish songwriter and novelist, Brendan Graham. ![]() The track features on the new album Johnny Mathis Sings the Great New American Songbook, highlighting the genius of one of the true legends of the world’s music scene over the past 50 years. Johnny Mathis has released his own version of Brendan Graham (pictured) and Rolf Lovland’s modern classic, ‘You Raise Me Up’.
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