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==Honors and awards==
===Grammys===
In 2003, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded Mathis the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]]. This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artist significance to the field of recording.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |title=Lifetime Achievement Award |publisher=GRAMMY.org |access-date=August 18, 2015 |archive-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217153829/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Grammy Hall of Fame===
Mathis has been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] for three separate recordings: in 1998 for "[[Chances Are (song)|Chances Are]]", in 2002 for "[[Misty (song)|Misty]]", and in 2008 for "[[It's Not for Me to Say]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |title=Grammy Hall of Fame Database |publisher=Grammy.org |access-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=January 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grammy Hall of Fame (Letter J) |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#j |website=Grammy.Org |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=January 22, 2011 }}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''Grammy Hall of Fame Awards'''
|-
! Year Recorded
! Title
! Genre
! Label
! Year Inducted
|- align=center
| 1957
| "[[It's Not for Me to Say]]"
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| Columbia
| 2008
|- align=center
| 1959
| "[[Misty (song)|Misty]]"
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| Columbia
| 2002
|- align=center
| 1957
| "[[Chances Are (song)|Chances Are]]"
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| Columbia
| 1998
|}

===Great American Songbook Hall of Fame===
On June 21, 2014, Mathis was inducted into the Great American Songbook Hall of Fame along with [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Shirley Jones]], and [[Nat King Cole]] (whose daughter [[Natalie Cole]] accepted the award on his behalf). Center for the Performing Arts artistic director [[Michael Feinstein]] presented the awards. According to its website, "Conceived as an enduring testament to the Great American Songbook, the Hall of Fame honors performers and composers responsible for creating America's soundtrack."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org/About-Us/news/Celebrity-artists-added-to-Songbook-Hall-of-Fame-c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106212908/http://www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org/About-Us/news/Celebrity-artists-added-to-Songbook-Hall-of-Fame-c |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |title=The Center for the Performing Arts – Home of the Palladium – Carmel, Indiana |publisher=Thecenterfortheperformingarts.org |access-date=June 29, 2014 }}</ref>

===Other===
On June 1, 1972, Mathis was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to music. Six years later, his hit duet "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from the film ''[[Same Time, Next Year (film)|Same Time, Next Year]]'' was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. Mathis and Jane Olivor sang the song at the Academy Awards ceremony. It was his second performance at the Oscars; his first was in 1958, when he sang "[[Wild Is the Wind (song)|Wild Is the Wind]]" by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington from the movie of the [[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|same name]]. Mathis was also awarded the [[Society of Singers]] Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singers.org/special-events/|title=Ella Award Special Events|date=February 12, 2011|access-date=May 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514064028/http://www.singers.org/special-events/|archive-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> In 2007, he was inducted into the [[Hit Parade Hall of Fame]]. In 1988, Mathis appeared as a guest vocalist, accompanied by [[Henry Mancini]], on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' to sing Henry's theme to the "Viewer Mail" segment. In 2011, Mathis received the Golden Plate Award of the [[American Academy of Achievement]], presented by Awards Council member General [[Colin Powell]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#the-arts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Johnny Mathis Biography and Interview. Photo: 2011| publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/achiever/johnny-mathis/}}</ref>

In 2017, San Francisco State University awarded Mathis an honorary [[Doctor of Fine Arts]] degree. He attended San Francisco State for three semesters before withdrawing in 1956 to pursue his music career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnnymathis.com/news.html |title=Johnny Mathis News & Information |date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020021928/http://www.johnnymathis.com/news.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>