Just got done watching a really good documentary on composer/lyricist Johnny Mercer on the Turner Classic Movies channel.

Produced by Clint Eastwood, it's a very interesting look at an incredibly prolific artist who wrote or co-wrote an amazing number of classic songs.

Features performances by Louis Armstrong, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and even Bono.

Also a great view of the pre-rock music world. I recommend it.



from Wikipedia:

Songs

Lyrics by Mercer, unless noted.
He wrote many other songs, some of which have entered the Great American Songbook:
"Lazy Bones" (1933) (music by Hoagy Carmichael)
"Save the Bones for Henry Jones"
"P.S. I Love You" (1934) (music by Gordon Jenkins)
"Goody Goody" (1936) (music by Matty Malneck)
"I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande" (1936)
"Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) (music by Richard A. Whiting)
"Too Marvelous for Words" (1937) (music by Richard A. Whiting)
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (1938) (music by Harry Warren)
"Jeepers, Creepers!" (1938) (music by Harry Warren)
"And The Angels Sing" (1939) (music by Ziggy Elman)
"Day In, Day Out" (1939) (music by Rube Bloom)
"Wings Over the Navy" (1939) (music by Harry Warren)
"Cuckoo in the Clock" (1939) (music by Walter Donaldson)
"Fools Rush In" (1940) (music by Rube Bloom)
"Blues In The Night" (1941) (music by Harold Arlen)
"I Had Myself A True Love" (music by Harold Arlen)
"I Remember You" (1941) (music by Victor Schertzinger)
"Tangerine" (1941) (music by Victor Schertzinger)
"This Time the Dream's on Me" (1941) (music by Harold Arlen)
"Hit The Road To Dreamland" (1942) (music by Harold Arlen)
"That Old Black Magic" (1942) (music by Harold Arlen)
"Skylark" (1942) (music by Hoagy Carmichael)
"Dearly Beloved" (1942) (music by Jerome Kern)
"I'm Old Fashioned" (1943) (music by Jerome Kern)
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (1943) (music by Harold Arlen; theme song of the 1957-1958 NBC detective series, Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy)
"Dream" (1943) (words and music by Johnny Mercer)
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (1944) (music by Harold Arlen)
"Out of This World" (1945) (music by Harold Arlen)
"Laura" (1945) (music by David Raksin)
"Trav'lin' Light" (1946) (music by Jimmy Mundy and James Osborne "Trummy" Young)
"Come Rain Or Come Shine" (1946) (music by Harold Arlen)
"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (1946) (music by Harold Arlen)
"Autumn Leaves" (1947) (music by Joseph Kosma)
"Glow Worm" (1952) (music Paul Lincke)
"Satin Doll" (1953) (music by Duke Ellington)
"Something's Gotta Give" (1954) (words and music by Johnny Mercer)
"Moon River" (1961) (music by Henry Mancini)
"Days of Wine and Roses" (1962) (music by Henry Mancini)
"Charade" (1963) (music by Henry Mancini)
"Lorna" (1964) {music by Mort Lindsey)
"Emily" (1964) (music by Johnny Mandel)
"Midnight Sun" (music by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke)
"The Summer Wind" (1965) (music by Henry Mayer)
"Whistling Away The Dark" (1970) (music by Henry Mancini; from the film Darling Lili)
"Drinking Again" (with Doris Tauber)
"When October Goes" (music by Barry Manilow)
"I Thought About You"


















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