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Johnny Mercer (18 Nov 1909 - 25 Jun 1976)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (2)

Releases (17)

Official

Album

  1. Songs by Johnny Mercer May 1944
  2. Johnny Mercer Sings 1950
  3. ... My Huckleberry Friend 1974
  4. Moon River: Johnny Mercer Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook 14 Dec 2009

Album - Compilation

  1. The Capitol Collector's Series 25 Jul 1989
  2. Johnny Mercer Sings! 1993
  3. The Best Of 1997
  4. Sings Personality 23 Jul 2002
  5. The Definitive Collection 05 Feb 2007
  6. Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer Jun 2007
  7. Mercer Sings Mercer 24 Mar 2009
  8. Clint Eastwood Presents: Johnny Mercer “The Dream’s on Me” 07 Dec 2009

Album - Live

  1. An Evening with Johnny Mercer

Single

  1. Strip Polka / The Air-Minded Executive 01 Jul 1942
  2. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive / There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie 1944

Promotion

Single

  1. Happy '47! from the entire Capitol family 1946

Relationships (1)

Supporting Artists

  1. George Ockner

Recordings by (194)

  1. Strip Polka 2:56 (01 Jul 1942)
  2. The Air-Minded Executive 2:47 (01 Jul 1942)
  3. Wreck of the Old 97 ?:?? (Oct 1944) mx. VP 817
  4. How Many Hearts Have You Broken ?:?? (Nov 1944) mx. VP 789
  5. You’ve Got Me Where You Want Me ?:?? (Nov 1944) mx. VP 789
  6. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé ?:?? (Sep 1945) mx. VP 1430
  7. My Sugar Is So Refined ?:?? (Dec 1946) mx. JDB 189
  8. Ugly Chile ?:?? (Dec 1946) mx. JDB 189
  9. Goofus ?:?? (Jul 1948) mx. USS 1007
  10. Sugar Blues ?:?? (May 1949) mx. J688-1118
  11. On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3:04 (1957)
  12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) 3:10 (1957)
  13. I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City 3:06 (1957)
  14. Glow Worm 2:50 (1957)
  15. G.I. Jive 3:21 (1957)
  16. The Strip Polka 2:50 (1957)
  17. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive 2:45 (1957)
  18. Personality 2:49 (1957)
  19. On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe ?:?? (1962)
  20. Big Beautiful Ball 1:50 (1966)
  21. AC-Cen-Tch-Ate the Positive 2:47 (1972)
  22. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby 2:55 (1974)
  23. Little Ol' Tune 3:05 (1974)
  24. Moon River 3:43 (1974)
  25. I Wanna Be in Love Again 2:34 (1974)
  26. The Days of Wine and Roses 3:17 (1974)
  27. Talk to Me, Baby 3:19 (1974)
  28. Goody, Goody 2:32 (1974)
  29. Summer Wind 3:39 (1974)
  30. Little Ingenue 3:19 (1974)
  31. Something's Gotta Give 2:35 (1974)
  32. Satin Doll 2:54 (1974)
  33. It's Great to Be Alive 2:32 (1974)
  34. That Old Black Magic 2:47 (1974)
  35. Tangerine 2:57 (1974)
  36. The Whatcha-Ma-Call It 2:44 (1974)
  37. The Midnight Sun 4:16 (1974)
  38. I'm Old Fashioned 3:19 (1974)
  39. Come Rain or Come Shine 3:22 (1974)
  40. Too Marvelous for Words 2:39 (1974)
  41. Autumn Leaves 3:53 (1974)
  42. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home 3:42 (1974)
  43. Pinapple Pete 2:44 (1974)
  44. I Thought About You 2:48 (1974)
  45. One for My Baby 3:59 (1974)
  46. On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe 3:06 (1988)
  47. Blues in the Night 3:15 (25 Jul 1989)
  48. I'm Gonna See My Baby 2:32 (25 Jul 1989)
  49. On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe 3:06 (25 Jul 1989)
  50. Surprise Party 3:11 (25 Jul 1989)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Ugly Chile ?:?? Johnny Mercer (Dec 1946)
  2. My Sugar Is So Refined ?:?? Johnny Mercer (Dec 1946)
  3. Goofus ?:?? Johnny Mercer (Jul 1948)
  4. Small Fry 3:06 Bing Crosby duet with Johnny Mercer / Victor Young and His Orchestra (1978)
  5. Friendship 2:36 Judy Garland duet with Johnny Mercer (1990)
  6. Two of a Kind (feat. Johnny Mercer) 3:29 Bobby Darin (21 Nov 1995)
  7. Spring, Spring, Spring (demo) 4:32 Gene de Paul (18 Jun 1996)
  8. Sobbin' Women (demo) 3:39 Gene de Paul (18 Jun 1996)

Vocals

  1. Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe ?:?? The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1934)
  2. Strip Polka 2:56 Johnny Mercer (01 Jul 1942) lead vocals, spoken vocals
  3. You Were Never Lovelier ?:?? Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Sep 1942)
  4. A Poem Set to Music ?:?? Harry James and His Orchestra (Oct 1942) background vocals
  5. Candy 3:12 Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford (Feb 1945)
  6. Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive ?:?? Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers (Feb 1945)
  7. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé ?:?? Johnny Mercer (Sep 1945)
  8. Conversation While Dancing ?:?? Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford (Sep 1945)
  9. The Old Music Master 2:56 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1948)
  10. Sugar Blues ?:?? Johnny Mercer (May 1949)
  11. Big Beautiful Ball 1:50 Johnny Mercer (1966)
  12. On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen 2:28 Bing Crosby duet with Johnny Mercer / Victor Young and His Orchestra (1978)
  13. Mister Meadowlark 2:41 Bing Crosby duet with Johnny Mercer / Victor Young and His Orchestra (1978)
  14. Small Fry 3:06 Bing Crosby duet with Johnny Mercer / Victor Young and His Orchestra (1978)
  15. My Baby Likes to Be-Bop (And I Like to Be-Bop Too) 2:28 The Nat King Cole Trio (1991)
  16. You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ 2:30 The Nat King Cole Trio (1991)
  17. Harmony 2:57 The Nat King Cole Trio (1991)
  18. Save the Bones for Henry Jones (’Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat) 2:40 The Nat King Cole Trio (1991)
  19. The Freedom Train 3:13 Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman, Margaret Whiting, Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers (27 Apr 1992)
  20. My Baby Likes to Be-Bop (And I Like to Be-Bop Too) 2:28 Nat King Cole (1992)
  21. You Can't Make Money Dreamin' 2:28 Nat King Cole (1992)
  22. Harmony 2:57 Nat King Cole (1992)
  23. Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe 3:11 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1992)
  24. Announcement by Johnny Mercer 0:42 Johnny Mercer (09 Mar 1993) spoken vocals
  25. You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ 2:29 Nat King Cole & Johnny Mercer (1994)
  26. I've Got a Note 3:30 Wingy Manone and His Orchestra (1995)
  27. Box Car Blues 2:40 Wingy Manone and His Orchestra (1997)
  28. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) 3:00 Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra (1997) whistling
  29. Tuscaloosa Bus 2:37 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers (1997)
  30. Box Car Blues [Unissued] 2:34 Wingy Manone and His Orchestra (1997)
  31. The Tailgate Ramble [take 3] 2:57 Wingy Manone's Dixieland Band (1997)
  32. At the Jazz Band Ball 2:52 Johnny Mercer (1997)
  33. Thirteenth Street Rag 2:51 Johnny Mercer (1997)
  34. Royal Garden Blues 2:36 Johnny Mercer (1997)
  35. The Tailgate Ramble [take 5] 3:02 Wingy Manone's Dixieland Band (1997)
  36. She's Shimmyin' on the Beach Again 2:41 Johnny Mercer (1997)
  37. He Should'a Flip'd When He Flop'd 3:01 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra (1997)
  38. Show Your Linen, Miss Richardson 2:58 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (1998)
  39. Save the Bones for Henry James ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat) 2:40 The Nat King Cole Trio (1998)
  40. Save the Bones for Henry Jones 2:37 Nat King Cole (1999)
  41. Street Scene: Moon-faced, Starry-eyed 3:07 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (29 May 2007)
  42. Frank Sinatra Introduces Johnny Mercer / Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive 3:53 Frank Sinatra and Johnny Mercer with Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra (20 Nov 2015) lead vocals

Credited as (186)

  1. Johnny Mercer
  2. Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  3. Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer
  4. Jo Stafford & Johnny Mercer
  5. Jack Teagarden & Johnny Mercer
  6. Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
  7. Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer
  8. Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
  9. Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer
  10. Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael
  11. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer
  12. Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  13. Johnny Mercer & Jack Teagarden with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  14. Johnny Mercer with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra
  15. Jack Teagarden, Johnny Mercer with The Paul Weston Orchestra
  16. Jack Teagarden & Johnny Mercer with The Paul Weston Orchestra
  17. Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting
  18. Jack Teagarden with Johnny Mercer
  19. Johnny Mercer with Cootie Williams
  20. Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers
  21. Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke & Johnny Mercer
  22. Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
  23. Jo Stafford & Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
  24. Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer & Billy Strayhorn
  25. Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen
  26. Johnny Mercer with The Pied Pipers
  27. Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra feat. Johnny Mercer
  28. Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers
  29. Judy Garland duet with Johnny Mercer
  30. Johnny Mercer & Richard A. Whiting
  31. Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer
  32. Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio
  33. Paul Weston & His Orchestra feat. Johnny Mercer, et al.
  34. Joseph Kosma & Johnny Mercer
  35. Bing Crosby feat. Johnny Mercer
  36. Johnny Mercer feat. Nat King Cole
  37. Gene Autry & Ray Whitley / Jay Livingston & Ray Evans / Frank Loesser & Joseph J. Lilley / Johnny Lange & Eliot Daniel / Johnny Mercer / [traditional] / [unknown] / Charles La Vere & Tom Adair / Jacques Offenbach / [traditional] & Jacques Offenbach
  38. Margaret Whiting feat. Johnny Mercer
  39. Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer
  40. Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger / Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
  41. Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
  42. Johnny Mercer - Henry Mancini
  43. Paul Weston Orchestra with Johnny Mercer
  44. Nat King Cole & Johnny Mercer
  45. Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
  46. Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers feat. Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  47. J. Mercer, H. Bradtke, H. Mayer
  48. Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger
  49. Johnny Mercer and Jack Teagarden
  50. Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer
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Works (305)

Wrote

  1. Tonight
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Translated

  1. Autumn Leaves (1947)
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Composed

  1. Träum' wenn du einsam bist (1944)
  2. Dream (1944)
  3. Something’s Gotta Give (1954)
  4. I’m in Great Shape / I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
  5. I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
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Lyrics

  1. Too Marvelous for Words (1937)
  2. When a Woman Loves a Man (1938)
  3. Jeepers Creepers (1938)
  4. Day In, Day Out (1939)
  5. This Time the Dream’s on Me (1941)
  6. Blues in the Night (1941)
  7. I Remember You (1941)
  8. That Old Black Magic (1942)
  9. Wedding in the Spring (1942)
  10. The Fleet’s In (1942)
  11. I’m Old Fashioned (1942)
  12. Trav’lin’ Light (1942)
  13. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (1943)
  14. My Shining Hour (1943)
  15. Dream (1944)
  16. Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive (1944)
  17. Träum' wenn du einsam bist (1944)
  18. Out of This World (1945)
  19. Laura (1945)
  20. Come Rain or Come Shine (1946)
  21. I Wonder What Became of Me? (1946)
  22. Early Autumn (1949)
  23. Satin Doll (1953)
  24. Midnight Sun (1954)
  25. Something’s Gotta Give (1954)
  26. Namely You (1956)
  27. Drinking Again (1962)
  28. Als een dwaas
  29. Bernardine
  30. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
  31. When You’re in Love
  32. Twilight World
  33. Way Back in 1939 A.D.
  34. Lazy Mood
  35. ムーン・リバー
  36. Ce diable noir
  37. I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
  38. Poor Mister Chisholm
  39. Cortina
  40. You and Your Love
  41. Rhythm on the Range Medley
  42. Legalize My Name
  43. If I Had My Druthers
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Links (26)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118801031
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82078485
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82078485/
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138974071
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/johnny_mercer
  6. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1213050
  7. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=12137
  8. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65140xb
  9. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103688
  10. http://soundtrackcollector.com/composer/3036/

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Mercer

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/164574

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000244406

Vgmdb

  1. https://vgmdb.net/artist/21867

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006197/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/79167222

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363698

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3153

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5cBHm2CXrbncYIDzrxF4Vi
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/81743

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id67677
  2. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/67677

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000APYRV8

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/67677

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny_Mercer,_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_06121).jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b342d50e-401c-4c77-b7e4-2b3e7beaf00a