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| | Johnny Mercer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mercer often was asked to write new lyrics to already popular tunes (the lyrics to "Laura", "Midnight Sun" and "Satin Doll" were all written after the melodies were already hits) and to write English lyrics to foreign songs, the most famous example being "Autumn Leaves", based on the French "Les Feuilles Mortes". | | | "Lazybones" (1933) (words and music by Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael) | | | "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (1935) (words and music by Mercer) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer
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| | New Georgia Encyclopedia: Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) |
| | Mercer's southern heritage brought a genuine sound to New York's songwriting district, Tin Pan Alley, as the nature of America's popular culture was changing from a world of sheet music to one of radio broadcasts, sound recordings, and movie musicals. | | | Between 1929 and 1976 Mercer penned lyrics to more than 1,000 songs, received nineteen Academy Award nominations, wrote music for a number of Broadway shows, and cofounded Capitol Records. | | | At first Mercer won character roles in traveling performances, but he soon made his mark composing lyrics and songs for variety shows. |
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| | JOHNNY MERCER (1909-1976) |
| | Johnny Mercer wrote lyrics or music for more than 1,000 songs in a career spanning nearly 50 years, making him one of the most successful songwriters of the twentieth century. | | | Highly recommend is a CD of Johnny Mercer singing a number of the songs for which he wrote the lyrics called AN EVENING WITH JOHNNY MERCER recorded at the 92nd Street Y in New York in 1972 as part of their Lyrics and Lyricists series. | | | Mercer showed no let-up in giving the public the songs they wanted in the 1950s, and he had his greatest success with musical shows during that period. |
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| | Todd Peach's Johnny Mercer Bio Page |
| | Mercer certainly was a busy man in the 1940's with over 250 songs published, nearly 60 hits (several sung by him), a few hit films and Broadway musicals, a top radio show, an Academy Award, and a successful record label, which he used as a platform for his seemingly endless creations. | | | Mercer added lyrics to the music of "Lazybones" which became the first real hit for both of them. | | | Mercer won it, was hired, and ended up being featured singer, emcee, and songwriter for Whiteman's orchestra. |
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http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/mercer/Bio.html
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| | The Friends of Johnny Mercer |
| | The Friends of Johnny Mercer is determined to rectify the benign neglect of a folk poet who so eloquently told his "stories" in song, feeding the hearts and souls of those who listened. | | | The Friends of Johnny Mercer is a group of Savannah area residents dedicated to perpetuating the lyrics, music, life, and memory of Savannah's native son, John Herndon Mercer. | | | The tribute concert is free, and open to the public, and will highlight Mercer music from motion pictures. |
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| | VH1.com : Johnny Mercer : Biography |
| | Johnny Mercer's main claim to immortality is his incredible songwriting output, penning the lyrics or music and lyrics to roughly 1,500 songs. | | | His first charted songwriting hit was Ted Lewis' 1933 recording of "Lazybones." By 1938 he was recording duets with Bing Crosby for Decca and the following year, he was on Benny Goodman's Camel Cavalcade radio program as a featured singer. | | | Following an album with Bobby Darin and collaborations with Henry Mancini in the early '60s, Mercer's career slowed down under the onslaught of rock & roll, but time has since reconfirmed his status as an American popular music giant. |
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| | Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| | Mercer wrote hit songs in four different decades, from the 1930s through the 1960s. | | | Mercer's lyrics combine a keen appreciation of American colloquialisms with a profoundly poetic sensibility. | | | While working on a new musical in London with Andre Previn, Mercer learned that the headaches he had been having were due to a brain tumor. |
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http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=18
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| | ‘Portrait’ reveals Mercer’s brilliance, flaws |
| | My parents and Johnny Mercer sang the same songs, fell in love and got married for better or for worse, and loved to drive automobiles and to drink because it was illegal. | | | Another critical factor in good lyric writing is that the intervals of the melody line must be close to the intervals that would occur in natural speech. | | | Lees said Johnny Mercer was reluctant to write lyrics first. |
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| | JOHNNY MERCER |
| | Includes four Johnny Mercer Tracks from AFRS "Personal Album" #76,c,May 1943. | | | JACINTHA: Autumn Leaves...the songs of Johnny Mercer..Jacintha (who was born and raised in Singapore) has created this ten track CD on the Groove Note Label (GRV1006-2)1999, with ten Mercer songs. | | | Johnny Mercer sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer. |
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| | Johnny Mercer |
| | Johnny Mercer is very well known for writing songs. | | | Johnny Mercer was a great man best known for his song “Moon River.” | | | In 1975, Mercer was operated on for a brain tumor. |
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| | Powell's Books - Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer by Philip Furia |
| | Mercer amassed a catalog of over a thousand songs and during some years had a song in the Top Ten every week of the year--the songwriting equivalent of Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak--but was plagued by a sense of failure and bitterness over the big Broadway hit that seemed forever out of reach. | | | Mercer also absorbed the music of southern blacks--the lullabies his nurse sang to him as a baby and the spirituals that poured out of Savannah's churches-and that cool smooth lyrical style informed some of his greatest songs, such as "That Old Black Magic". | | | Based on interviews with songwriters, singers, and composers who knew Mercer — as well as unprecedented access to Mercer's papers, letters, manuscripts, and an unfinished autobiography — Skylark is a landmark book about one of the great and dramatic characters in twentieth-century popular music. |
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http://www.powells.com/biblio?PID=719&cgi=product&isbn=0312287208
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| | Johnny Mercer quotes |
| | “Johnny felt his greatest gift as a songwriter was the ability to catch the mood of a tune. |
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http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/johnny_mercer
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| | Sun Herald - 12/18/02 |
| | Mercer also wrote with Harry Warren, Richard Whiting, Henry Mancini, Hoagy Car-michael, Andre Previn and Barry Manilow, among others, and wrote both lyrics and music himself for about 38 songs. | | | Of course I hadn't known, and enjoyed an evening listening to many of the old-time songs, being persuaded by Ralph to listen to the lyrics more than the music. | | | It's not just that Mercer wrote lyrics, he wrote hundreds of lyrics, most of which became truly memorable when set to music. |
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http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/121802/tp21ew16.htm?date=121802&story=tp21ew16.htm
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Capitol Collectors Series: Johnny Mercer [Import]: Music |
| | Mercer was a major figure in American popular music; this CD makes clear that he was also a highly entertaining performer. | | | Johnny Mercer was one of the founders of Capitol Records, so it's fitting that this entry in the label's Collectors Series is such a well-compiled and -designed package. | | | Customers who bought music by Johnny Mercer also bought music by these artists: |
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| | BobbyDarin.net/BobbyDarin.com - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini |
| | Besides making a LP with the legendary Johnny Mercer ("Two of a Kind") and co-writing the albums title song with Mercer, Bobby recorded many Mancini & Mercer collaborations. | | | Both Mancini and Johnny Mercer were in attendance of Bobby's sell-out performance at the Coconut Grove in March 1966. | | | Bobby Darin respected and admired the popular songwriting team of Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini. |
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http://www.bobbydarin.net/mercerman.html
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| | Johnny Mercer MP3 Downloads - Johnny Mercer Music Downloads - Johnny Mercer Music Videos |
| | Anyone with a strong interest in Mercer's playful, charming vocals, however, might like to check this one out: backed by a small, faithful combo, he lays back on these cuts and provides innumerable tweaks on the songs his fans knew back and forth in their original versions. | | | Bobby Troup stops by to duet on a rare Mercer penning, "Jamboree Jones" (which he also reprised on 1955's Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer), but all the highlights come on unaccompanied songs: "G.I. Jive," a strolling "Satin Doll," and "Lazy Bones." ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [-] Hide | | | An entry in a Collectors' Choice series titled Popular Gentleman of Song [sic], Johnny Mercer's Songsmith From Savannah features 12 of the master songsmith's best compositions. |
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http://www.mp3.com/albums/572347/summary.html
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| | Johnny Mercer Foundation's New Website Accentuates the Positive :: PNNOnline :: |
| | For those interested in researching all of Johnny Mercer's songs the site includes a comprehensive database with song titles, dates, publishing acknowledgements, copyright details, composer listings and production information. | | | The site highlights Mercer's prolific songwriting contributions and the nonprofit organization's dedication to preserving the nation's rich history of songs. | | | Introducing these songs to our children and grandchildren enables them to understand their heritage and claim these ageless songs as their own." |
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| | Johnny Mercer Foundation Gala Honors Cy Coleman 11/15 (BroadwayWorld.com) |
| | Little wonder that it is almost impossible to get through an entire day without hearing one Johnny Mercer song on records, tapes or CDs, on the radio or television, in movie houses, theaters, or cabarets worldwide. | | | In addition to helping to train young musicians and encouraging promising songwriters, The Johnny Mercer Foundation has a special program in conjunction with The Braille Institute to teach the blind to read music. | | | As the founder and president of Capitol Records he discovered and nurtured the talents of such artists as Margaret Whiting, Joe Stafford, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. |
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| | CD Baby: LESLIE ANDERSON & RICKY RITZEL: Cool, Cool, Cool songs of Johnny Mercer |
| | is a tribute to the music and lyrics of Johnny Mercer, which was originally conceived and performed at Dillon's Restaurant and is now being performed at the new Chelsea club, Helen's. | | | "Cool, Cool, Cool songs of Johnny Mercer" is a 15 song sampling of Mercer tunes that are a good representation of the material performed in the Mercer A-to-Z show. | | | This recording offers an excellent sampling: the many shades of Mercer - poetic, colloquial, playful, sassy - captured by Ricky's colorful vocals and spirited accompaniment, and Leslie's warm, lovely voice and on-the-money interpretations. |
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| | PND On the Web - Johnny Mercer Foundation |
| | The guide focuses on Mercer's career, discusses the significance of his songs, and explores how the songs apply to the contemporary world. | | | Founded in honor of the songwriter who penned "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" and "Jeepers Creepers," the Johnny Mercer Foundation offers a number of educational programs to benefit schoolchildren and musicians. | | | It also explains how songs are made — from writing lyrics to composing melodies. |
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Music: Songwriting: Songwriters: M: Mercer, Johnny |
| | Johnny Mercer Educational Archives - Includes biography, photographs, FAQ, films and shows, sheet music covers, lyrics, discography, and MIDI files. | | | Todd Peach's Johnny Mercer Page - Collection of song lyrics. | | | Top: Arts: Music: Songwriting: Songwriters: M: Mercer, Johnny |
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| | Johnny Mercer |
| | Mercer was a prolific composer who wrote everything from Broadway musicals to pop songs, but interestingly, he could not read a note of music. | | | Johnny Mercer is one of American's best-known lyricists and composers of popular movie music. | | | He began his distinguished career as an actor and vocalist in a band. |
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| | Song Database - Johnny Mercer - Special Collections - Georgia State University Library |
| | The database includes over 1,100 published and unpublished songs with lyrics and/or music by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976). | | | Information on almost 100 movies and more than 20 shows for which Mercer composed lyrics and/or music has also been added. | | | The Johnny Mercer Song Database provides the following information for each song |
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http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/mercer/songs.asp
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| | Our Huckleberry Friend: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer |
| | Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Bob Bach (Photographer), Ginger Mercer (Photographer). | | | Rebecca and the band perform some of Mercer's best-loved tunes: | | | Our Huckleberry Friend: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer |
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| | The Johnny Mercer Foundation |
| | Imagine an entire generation of children growing up with no knowledge of their rich musical heritage; The songs that mirror our hearts and souls; The songs our parents sung around the piano; The songs we heard when we fell in love; The songs that reflect our American Dream. | | | With your generous support here are just a few of the ways we’re celebrating Johnny’s musical legacy: | | | - The Big Apple Circus has a production number based on Hooray for Hollywood, Johnny's collaboration with Richard Whiting. |
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http://johnnymercerfoundation.com/home.html
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| | Capitol Collectors Series by Johnny Mercer |
| | Today we know Johnny Mercer mainly as the genius songwriter from Savannah, GA, and perhaps tend to forget that he was also one of the most prolific hitmaking singers of the 1940s | | | Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed - Johnny Mercer, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | | | The Glow Worm - Paul Weston & His Orchestra, Alvino Rey, Johnny Mercer |
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| | Indie Music - Sweet Georgia Brown - Johnny Mercer free mp3 full albums download |
| | In short, like any Johnny Mercer recording I've heard, the cd is WONDERFUL. | | | I suppose if you don't like Johnny's vocals, you won't like this cd. | | | I can't believe that on Amazon, where it seems like the average review for every item is 5 stars, that this cd is rated so low! |
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| | Johnny Mercer |
| | In a time of great songwriters, Johnny Mercer was not only one of the best, he was one of the most prolific. | | | Within a year Mercer began to produce songs at an astounding rate, writing not only for Whiteman, but many other New York performers. | | | In 1936 he got his first movie exposure when he wrote the music for Bing Crosby's "Rhythm on the Range." Benny Goodman made him a regular (as a singer) on the Cavalcade of Stars sponsored by Camel Cigarettes. |
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| | Johnny Mercer |
| | Voice of America; Johnny Mercer found the song in everyday speech.(Brief Article)(Biography) (Newsweek) | | | Dream.(new Broadway musical featuring the music of Johnny Mercer, starring Margaret Whiting and Lesley Ann Warren; EW Metro)(Brief Article) (Entertainment Weekly) | | | Johnny Mercer was a man of notes (The Atlanta Journal and Constitution) |
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| | JOHNNY MERCER: GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITER |
| | Fowl Ball: An impressive flock of local and international showbirds gathered recently for an impromptu musical performance at the James D. Martin Wildlife Park in Gadsden, AL. | | | ny list of America's ten greatest songwriters would include the name of Johnny Mercer of Savannah, Georgia. | | | Whiteman liked him so much he that he kept him on for a year to write, emcee, and sing with his orchestra. |
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| | Johnny Mercer Theatre |
| | The Johnny Mercer Theatre is home to numerous events such as Broadway musicals, concerts, professional ballets, comedy shows and speaker series. | | | Extended apron proscenium with pine wood floor and hydraulic orchestra pit dimensions 62'2"w x 11'10" |
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| | Johnny Mercer |
| | Johnny Mercer started his career as singer and songwriter for Paul Whiteman... | | | The Petty Girl (1950) (lyricist) (as John Mercer) | | | Find where Johnny Mercer is credited alongside another name |
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| | Class Act: Composers: "M" |
| | Mercer recorded a number of duets with various great artists of the period, including "Friendship" with Judy Garland, for Decca Records. | | | In 1942, Mercer founded Capitol Records with two partners, serving as talent scout and company president, and he was the first president of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. | | | Educated in Virginia, Mercer moved to New York City in the late 1920s, where he worked as a bit actor. |
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| | Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook - Verve Records |
| | Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook - Verve Records | | | And with a recent Broadway show devoted to Mercer’s chestnuts, the time is right to honor him with this reissue. | | | Johnny Mercer is the only lyricist Ella Fitzgerald saluted in her celebrated Songbook series. |
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| | Mercer, Johnny -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Known for his descriptive flair and clever wording, Johnny Mercer produced some 1,000 lyrics during a career that spanned more than four decades. | | | John Herndon Mercer was born on Nov. 18, 1909, in Savannah, Ga. Although he originally wanted to be an actor when he moved to New York after high school, he instead found success as a lyricist. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9312472
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| | Johnny Mercer: The Bard from Savannah |
| | This webpage was created in conjunction with "Johnny Mercer: The Bard From Savannah," an exhibit mounted in November 1999 by the Special Collections Department of the Georgia State University Library, Georgia State University, in honor of the life and career of songwriter Johnny Mercer. | | | The exhibit and this webpage were made possible by generous funding from the Johnny Mercer Foundation, an organization founded by Mercer's widow, Ginger Mercer. | | | The curators extend a special word of thanks to the donors whose gifts of artifacts, records, memories and financial resources provided the foundation for this interpretation of Johnny Mercer's life and career. |
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| | Billboard: Foundation spreads word on Johnny Mercer@ HighBeam Research |
| | NEW YORK-Some 27 years after Johnny Mercer's death, the entertainment community continues to accentuate the songwriter's legacy. | | | Mercer's memory will be much in evidence Nov. 17 during the inaugural Johnny Mercer Foundation Award Gala at Manhattan's Four Seasons Restaurant. | | | The evening aims to raise awareness of the... |
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| | Johnny Mercer Educational Archives |
| | From the time I was a little boy, I can clearly hear him singing The Blues In The Night. | | | This website, devoted to the legacy of Johnny Mercer, is dedicated to the memory of my father, Arthur Joel Taksler. |
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http://www.johnnymercer.com
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| | eBay - mercer all products at low prices |
| | 47 matches found for 'mercer' in All Products | | | Andy Comeau, Anthony Mangano, Calvin Levels, David Spade, Dyan Cannon, Endre Hules, Ernestine Mercer, Frank Roman, George Hamilton, Howard George, Jeff Sanders, Joe Basile, Joe Pesci, John Zurlo, Kristy Swanson, Matthew Fonda, Michael Groh, Ric Sarabia, Roger Cobra, Todd Louiso, Tom Platz, Tony Montero | | | eBay - mercer all products at low prices |
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| | Welcome to the Mercer Williams House. |
| | The Mercer House was designed by New York architect John S. Norris for General Hugh W. Mercer, great grandfather of Johnny Mercer. | | | Construction of the house began in 1860, was interrupted by the Civil War and was later completed, circa 1868, by the new owner, John Wilder. | | | While you're here stop in the Carriage Shop. |
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