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Johnny Mercer was known principally as a lyricist, but he also wrote music, even composing music for other lyricists. He had number one hits singing his own and other people's songs. He had number one hits singing his own and other people's songs.
The 1997 film adaptation directed by Clint Eastwood features prominently Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer song "Skylark", sung by k.d. lang. The movie soundtrack contains 14 Mercer songs performed by artists such as Alison Krauss, Paula Cole, and Cassandra Wilson; the film's star, Kevin Spacey, sang Mercer's 1942 hit "That Old Black Magic".
"I Remember You" is a popular song, published in 1941. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [2] The song was originally recorded by Jimmy Dorsey in 1941. It has since been covered most notably by Frank Ifield, Glen Campbell and Björk.
"Something's Gotta Give" is a popular song with words and music by Johnny Mercer in 1954. [1] It was published in 1955.It was written for and first performed by Fred Astaire in the 1955 musical film Daddy Long Legs, and was nominated the same year for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, losing to "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" from the film of the same name.
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song, [1] the first win for Mercer. [2]
After that project failed, Carmichael brought in Johnny Mercer to write lyrics for the song. [2] Mercer said that he struggled for a year after he got the music from Carmichael before he could get the lyrics right. [3] Mercer recalled that Carmichael initially called him several times about the lyrics but had forgotten about the song by the ...
A lush version, with orchestrations and arrangements by Nelson Riddle can be heard on the 1964 Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook; A recording by Dean Martin was included on his 1958 album, Sleep Warm [8] Frank Sinatra also recorded a new version of thje song on his 1960 album for Capitol, Nice 'n' Easy)
Lazybones or "Lazy Bones" is a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1933, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), and music by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981).. Mercer was from Savannah, Georgia, and resented the Tin Pan Alley attitude of rejecting Southern regional vernacular in favor of artificial Southern songs written by people who had never been to the South.
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