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Johnny Mercer

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Born: November 17 1909

Died: 2424 06 19761976

John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.

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 Broadway shows.

He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four.

Johnny Mercer

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Born: November 17 1909

Died: 2424 06 19761976

Books from Johnny Mercer

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Libretto/vocal Book

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The Johnny Mercer Centennial Sheet Music Collection

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Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer

Books from Johnny Mercer

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Libretto/vocal Book

The Johnny Mercer Centennial Sheet Music Collection

The Composers: Music and Lyrics for 94 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song

Black Theater: A 20th Century Collection of the Work of Its Best Playwrights

Li'l Abner (Vocal Selections): Piano/Vocal/Chords

Moon River

Blues in the Night

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Two-Disc Special Edition)

I Remember You

"Autumn Leaves": (Piano, Vocal, Guitar Single)

Popular Performer -- Mercer: The Songs of Johnny Mercer

American Songwriters -- Johnny Mercer: Piano/Vocal/Chords

One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)

Autumn Leaves

All the Way / One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

Johnny Mercer: Jazz Play-Along Volume 176

Dearly Beloved