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Recorded just two years before his death, ...My Huckleberry Friend features, by and large, updated arrangements of most of Mercer's most popular tunes as interpreted by the author himself. The instrumentation relies heavily (but not exclusively) on a flute-lead horn section, electric piano and latin tinged percussion.
Hundreds of versions of the song have been recorded and it has been featured in many media. [4] [25] Mercer recorded the song in 1974 for his album My Huckleberry Friend. [26] In 2007, saxophonist Dave Koz recorded a version from his standards music album, At the Movies, sung by Barry Manilow.
Lou Rawls (1968) – 4:25 – On You're Good To Me; Later available on Great Gentlemen of Song: Spotlight on Lou Rawls; Johnny Mercer (1974) – 3:58 – Available on My Huckleberry Friend; Willie Nelson (1979) – 2:36 – Available on Willie & Leon: One For the Road; Susannah McCorkle (1981) – 4:12 – On The Songs of Johnny Mercer
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Their version peaked at number thirty-five and was their seventeenth and final Top 40 hit [14] In Canada the song reached number thirty-seven. [ 15 ] Johnny Mercer (recorded January 1974, released on the album My Huckleberry Friend .)
Highway is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Free.It was recorded extremely quickly in September 1970 following the band's success at the Isle of Wight Festival but with an attitude of relaxation, [citation needed] the band having achieved worldwide success with their previous album Fire and Water (26 June 1970) and the single "All Right Now".
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller, and a book by William Hauptman. Based on Mark Twain 's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel.
The chorus to Cher Lloyd's 2011 single "Swagger Jagger" was seen as heavily borrowed from the melody of "Oh My Darling Clementine" [23] The melody is used in "Picked a Strawberry", a library storytime song made by the librarian duo called Jbrary. [24] The melody is used in the song "There Are Seven Days (In A Week)", from Barney & Friends. [25]