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Hundreds of versions of the song have been recorded and it has been featured in many media. [4] [26] Mercer recorded the song in 1974 for his album My Huckleberry Friend. [27] In 2007, saxophonist Dave Koz recorded a version from his standards music album, At the Movies, sung by Barry Manilow.
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 ...
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.
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
1922 sheet music cover with image of singer Al Jolson "My Buddy" is a popular song with music written by Walter Donaldson, and lyrics by Gus Kahn.The song was published in 1922 and early popular versions were by Henry Burr (1922), Ernest Hare (1923) and Ben Bernie (also 1923).
Nataly Dawn is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is one half of the duo Pomplamoose with her husband Jack Conte and has released four studio albums and four EPs, in addition to numerous collaborations with other artists.
Donald McLean III / m ə ˈ k l eɪ n / (born October 2, 1945) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", [2] [3] he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". [4]
"Hushabye Mountain" is a ballad by the songwriting team Robert and Richard Sherman. It appears twice in the 1968 Albert R. Broccoli motion picture Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: [1] first as an idyllic lullaby by Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) to his children; [2] and later when the children of Vulgaria have lost all hope of salvation.