Johnny Mercer

Person · Open Library

Born

1909

Died

1976-06-25

Works

9

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Film & TV

Acting · Savannah, Georgia, USA

John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and record label executive. He co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music and was a popular singer who recorded his own as well as others' songs from the mid-1930s through…

Known for

• Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me — Self (archive footage)2009
• Omnibus — Self1967
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
• The Big Party — Self1959
• Kraft Music Hall — Self1958
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self1956
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Guest1956
• The Rosemary Clooney Show — Self1956
• To Beat the Band — Member of the Band1935

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1909-11-18

Active to

1976-06-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

257,527

Total plays

1,188,839

John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (18 November 1909 – 25 June 1976) is regarded as one of America's greatest songwriters. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broa

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,517x

2. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,419x

3. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,075x

4. WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression

   · 1993 · cited 6,556x

5. Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

   · 2015 · cited 6,201x

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Key dates

Born

18 November 1909

Died

25 June 1976

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Family name

Mercer

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Savannah

Place of death

Hollywood

Occupation

librettist

Educated at

Woodberry Forest School

Languages spoken

English language