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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.
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.
The song was nominated for the "Academy Award for Best Original Song" at the 18th Academy Awards in 1945 after being used in the film "Here Come the Waves". In describing his inspiration for the lyrics, Mercer told the "Pop Chronicles" radio documentary "[my] publicity agent ... went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was ...
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 .)
Williams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, [6] the son of Paul Hamilton Williams, an architectural engineer, and his wife, Bertha Mae (née Burnside), a homemaker. [1]One of his brothers was John J. Williams, a NASA rocket scientist, who participated in the Mercury and Apollo programs and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, their highest honor, in 1969. [7]
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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Pop3! Welcome to My Time Warp (Sterling Swan Records, 2015) Power Popaholic Fest Original Soundtrack Vol. 5 (contains the track "Every Kiss Reminds Me of You;" Power Popaholic Productions, 2016) Raymond Scott Songbook (contains the tracks "Huckleberry Duck" and "The Toy Trumpet" performed with Countryman and Jean-Jacques Perrey; Li'l Daisy ...