Error Garner Trio (1954, instrumental, #30) Ĭhart information used by permission from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954Īlthough it was never a number one hit, “Misty” has been performed by hundreds of instrumentalists and vocalists. ![]() ![]() ![]() Versions of “Misty” to make the pop charts include “Misty” remained relatively unknown until Johnny Mathis popularized the vocal version with his million-selling recording in 1959. In 1954 the Erroll Garner Trio introduced the instrumental “Misty.” A year later Johnny Burke penned the lyrics, creating the song we know today. So I decided to call the album Contrasts.” “When I was sequencing this session I heard two of Erroll’s distinct facets: the romantic balladeer and the hard-driving, swinging guy.
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