Johnny Mercer
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. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music, and was a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. Mercer's songs were among the most successful hits of the time, including "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Autumn Leaves", and "Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Oscar nominations, and won four Best Original Song Oscars. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 291 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-83617 | 10-in. | 7/23/1934 | Pardon my Southern accent | Don Mayfield and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-83795 | 10-in. | 8/22/1934 | Old skipper | Don Mayfield and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-84010 | 10-in. | 8/18/1934 | Pardon my Southern accent | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | lyricist, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-84011 | 10-in. | 8/18/1934 | Here come the British | Johnny Hauser ; Peggy Healy ; Johnny Mercer ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | lyricist, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-84243 | 10-in. | 9/9/1934 | P.S. I love you | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-84442 | 10-in. | 10/5/1934 | If I had a million dollars | Richard Himber ; Joey Nash ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-84455 | 10-in. | 10/8/1934 | P.S. I love you | Eddie Stone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-84456 | 10-in. | 10/8/1934 | If I had a million dollars | Eddie Stone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-86221 | 10-in. | 11/20/1934 | Down t' Uncle Bill's | Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-86462 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Just a fair weather friend | Florence Richardson Orchestra ; Jerry Lee | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-86492 | 10-in. | 12/21/1934 | Just a fair weather friend | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-89519 | 10-in. | 4/4/1935 | The Dixieland band | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Helen Ward | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-91892 | 10-in. | 10/11/1935 | If you were mine | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-92290 | 10-in. | 6/19/1935 | I never saw a better night | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-92295 | 10-in. | 6/19/1935 | When you are in my arms | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-92701 | 10-in. | 7/12/1935 | I never saw a better night | Dolly Dawn ; George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Sonny Schuyler | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-92702 | 10-in. | 7/12/1935 | When you are in my arms | Dolly Dawn ; George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-96502 | 10-in. | 11/22/1935 | Eeny meeny miney mo | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Helen Ward | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-96539 | 10-in. | 1/2/1936 | Eeny meeny miney mo | Jack Hylton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-96569 | 10-in. | 1/24/1936 | Goody-goody | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Helen Ward | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-97015 | 10-in. | 9/27/1935 | Santa Claus came in the spring | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Joe Harris | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | PBS-97625 | 10-in. | 7/21/1936 | Dream awhile | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-98399 | 10-in. | 12/27/1935 | I'm building up to an awful let-down | Bill Dillard ; Little Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-98441 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | Eeny meeny miney mo | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-98459 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | I'm building up to an awful let-down | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mercer, Johnny," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103688.
Mercer, Johnny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103688.
"Mercer, Johnny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.
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