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Johnny Mercer
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Triad Productions presents Li'l Abner
- Moon River
- The complete lyrics of Johnny Mercer
- The Johnny Mercer Centennial Sheet Music Collection
- The complete lyrics of Johnny Mercer
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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
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1909
- Active to
- 1976
Discography
- Strip Polka / The Air-Minded Executive1942
- G. I. Jive / (I'm Going to Sit Right Down and) Write Myself a Letter1943
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive / There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie1944
- Songs by Johnny Mercer1944
- Strip Polka / Wreck of the Old 97 / Somewhere1944
- I’m Gonna See My Baby / Candy1945
- Happy '47! from the entire Capitol family1946
- Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers1946
- Save the Bones for Henry Jones (’Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat) / Harmony1947
- Tales of Uncle Remus1947
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 257,527
- Total plays
- 1,188,839
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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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,688x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,250x
- WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression
· 1993 · cited 6,568x
- Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes
· 2015 · cited 6,292x
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Quotes
- “So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody”
- “I know all the songs that the cowboys know'bout the big corral where the doggies go,'Cause I learned them all on the radio.Yippie yi yo kayah”
- “From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blowI been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I knowA woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.”
- “I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.”
- “When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you”
- “Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And in your lonely flight,Haven't you heard the music in the night,Wonderful music,Faint as a will-o-the-wisp,Crazy as a loon,Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.”
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Key facts
- Born
- John Herndon Mercer , ( 1909-11-18 ) November 18, 1909, Savannah, Georgia , U.S.
- Died
- June 25, 1976 (1976-06-25) (aged 66), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Songwriter lyricist record producer record label owner
- Years active
- 1930–1976
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Official website
The Johnny Mercer Foundation | JMF
Supporting the discipline of songwriting in the tradition of the Great American Songbook as exemplified by the work of Johnny Mercer.
johnnymercerfoundation.org →The mission of The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) is to support the discipline of songwriting in the tradition of the Great American Songbook as exemplified by the life and work of Johnny Mercer: lyricist, composer, performer, collaborator, and producer. The Foundation continues Johnny’s legacy by partnering with individuals and organizations dedicated to celebrating and nourishing the disciplines he mastered, and the causes he and Ginger Mercer championed. Accentuate the Positive in New York, Atlanta, and Southern California as well as other educational initiatives with the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and the Kaufman Music Center in New York City. The Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at Belmont University to nurture and encourage young talent in the field of songwriting. The Johnny Mercer Collection at Georgia State University, where Johnny’s many works, personal papers, and memorabilia are housed. We also support Georgia State University in a fellowship program to facilitate music education through the development of a K-12 curriculum that focuses on, but is not limited to, songwriting and the Great American Songbook. The Johnny Mercer Foundation Young Songwriters Intensive at Snow Pond Center for the Arts to mentor young artists and equip them with the skills and tools to pursue professional songwriting careers.
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Encyclopedic overview
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John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johnny Mercer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.