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 176-200 of 291 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-057600 | 10-in. | 11/7/1940 | Love of my life | Kay Little ; Tony Pastor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-057645 | 10-in. | 11/14/1940 | Love of my life | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-060917 | 10-in. | 2/20/1941 | The air minded executive | Tex Beneke ; Dorothy Claire ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-061267 | 10-in. | 5/28/1941 | Peekaboo to you | The Four Modernaires ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-061631 | 10-in. | 9/11/1941 | Blues in the night | Bobby Canvin ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Ford Leary | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-061929 | 10-in. | 11/24/1941 | Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry | Four King Sisters ; Rhythm Reys | Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065295 | 10-in. | 5/22/1941 | Peekaboo to you | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-066195 | 10-in. | 7/8/1941 | In Waikiki | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Betty Bradley | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-066197 | 10-in. | 7/8/1941 | You're a natural | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Betty Bradley | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067669 | 10-in. | 8/25/1941 | When are we going to land abroad? | Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067671 | 10-in. | 8/25/1941 | The waiter and the porter and the upstairs maid | Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-067735 | 10-in. | 9/2/1941 | This time the dream's on me | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Bonnie Lake | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067736 | 10-in. | 9/2/1941 | Blues in the night | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067741 | 10-in. | 9/3/1941 | Says who? Says you, says I! | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067746 | 10-in. | 9/3/1941 | This time the dream's on me | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068484 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | All through the night | Peggy Mann ; Teddy Powell Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068677 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | Tangerine | Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068702 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | Mandy is two | Californians ; Abe Lyman ; Billy Sherman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068789 | 10-in. | 1/8/1942 | Skylark | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068853 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Blues in the night | Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068864 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | I remember you | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068887 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry | Ziggy Talent ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band. with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-071647 | 10-in. | 1/19/1942 | Mandy is two | Hal McIntyre Orchestra ; Penny Parker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-071648 | 10-in. | 1/19/1942 | Tangerine | Carl Denny ; Hal McIntyre Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-071697 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | If you build a better mousetrap | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Eddie Stone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mercer, Johnny," accessed September 14, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103688.
Mercer, Johnny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 14, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103688.
"Mercer, Johnny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 September 2024.
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