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Johnny Mercer

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Aliases
Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra
Real name
John Herndon Mercer
Born
November 18, 1909
Died
June 25, 1976
Country
United States
IPI
00020520152 181 works
20520152 2 works
00431195479 23 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Songwriter, lyricist, and vocalist. He is the Founding President of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and inducted into it in 1971.
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Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Gal in Calico Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra November 1946 Capitol Records
Baby, It's Cold Outside Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra April 1949 Capitol Records
Bob White Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra - Vocal by Johnny Mercer and Six Hits and a Miss 1937 Brunswick
Camptown Races Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra October 1945 Capitol Records
Candy Kisses Johnny Mercer with The Starlighters 1949 Capitol Records
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo Ginger Rogers & Johnny Mercer 1935 Decca
G.I. Jive Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1943 Capitol Records
I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City Johnny Mercer with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra November 1942 Capitol Records
I'm Gonna See My Baby Johnny Mercer February 1945 Capitol Records
It Takes Time Benny Goodman and His Orchestra featuring Vocal Chorus by Johnny Mercer 1947 Capitol Records
I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River Johnny Mercer and The Crew Chiefs with Orchestra 1949 Capitol Records
Jingle Bells Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1947 Capitol Records
Lazybones Johnny Mercer 1939 Varsity
Love That Boy Johnny Mercer July 1948 Capitol Records
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheen Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer with Victor Young's Small Fryers 1938 Decca
My Sugar Is So Refined Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and His Orchestra July 1946 Capitol Records
On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer with Victor Young and His Orchestra 1940 Decca
On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra April 1945 Capitol Records
Personality Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra January 1946 Capitol Records
San Fernando Valley Johnny Mercer and The Barries with Paul Weston and His Orchestra March 1944 Capitol Records
Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat) Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio September 1947 Capitol Records
She's Shimmyin' on the Beach Johnny Mercer 1950 Capitol Records
Strip Polka Johnny Mercer June 29, 1942 Capitol Records
Sugar Blues Johnny Mercer - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra August 1947 Capitol Records
Take Me Back to Little Rock (Arkansas) Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra December 1946 Capitol Records
Tallahassee Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1947 Capitol Records
That's the Way He Does It Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra December 1947 Capitol Records
The Freedom Train - God Bless Amercia Johnny Mercer, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting and The Pied Pipers - Margaret Whiting and The Pied Pipers October 1947 Capitol Records
The New Ashmolean (Marching Society and Students Conservatory Band) Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and His Orchestra February 1949 Capitol Records
The Old Music Master - Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Johnny Mercer October 1943 Capitol Records
The Thousand Islands Song Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and His Orchestra February 1948 Capitol Records
They Didn't Believe Me – Riffette Johnny Mercer with The Mellowaires – Freddie Slack and His Orchestra March 1943 Capitol Records
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra November 1946 Capitol Records

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Tributes

Title Performer Release date Label
A Diva's Tribute to Johnny Mercer Rose Kingsley July 27, 2020 (self-released)
A Jazz Portrait of Johnny Mercer Sylvia Syms 1995 DRG Records
Autumn Leaves -The Songs of Johnny Mercer Jacintha February 15, 2000 Groove Note
Banu Gibson Sings Johnny Mercer Banu Gibson 2003 Swing Out
Banu Gibson Sings More Johnny Mercer Banu Gibson 2008 Swing Out
Beyond the Moon Kristin Korb November 16, 2016 (self-released)
Blue Mercer The Andrew Scott Quintet 2007 Sackville
Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer Bobby Troup 1955 Bethlehem Records
Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer Buddy Rich June 1956 Verve Records
Capitol Presents . . . Songs by Johnny Mercer various artists May 1944 Capitol Records
Come Rain or Come Shine - The Songs of Johnny Mercer Nancy LaMott 1992 Midder Music
Dancing with Johnny Linda Ciofalo June 2010 (self-released)
Days of Wine and Roses - Songs of Johnny Mercer Beegie Adair 2003 Village Square Music
Dream - Johnny Costa Plays Johnny Mercer Johnny Costa February 1997 Chiaroscuro
Echoes Anita Ellis 1979 Michael's Pub
Eileen Farrell Sings Johnny Mercer Eileen Farrell, Loonis McGlohon 1991 Reference Recordings
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella Fitzgerald 1964 Verve Records
For the Love of Mercer - Volume 1 Marion Montgomery with The Laurie Holloway Trio 1996 (self-released)
For the Love of Mercer - Volume 2 Marion Montgomery with The Laurie Holloway Trio 1996 (self-released)
Harlem Butterfly - Lorez Alexandria Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. II Lorez Alexandria with the Gildo Mahones Quartet 1984 Discovery Records [US1]
Have Mercer on Me - Laura Taylor Sings Johnny Mercer Laura Taylor 2010 Staying Power Records
I Remember You - An Instrumental Tribute to Johnny Mercer Phyllis Taylor Sparks & The Dream Machine 1997 Voyager Records
I Remember You, Johnny Tommy Newsom and the L.A. Big Band All-Stars 1996 Planet Earth Recording Company
I Remember You - Tom Culver Sings Johnny Mercer Tom Culver 2010 Rhombus Records
Jim Wann Sings Johnny Mercer - Pardon My Southern Accent Jim Wann 2002 (self-released)
Johnny Mercer - A Centennial Tribute Daryl Sherman June 23, 2009 Arbors Records
Johnny Mercer Blvd Jimmy Maddox 2011 Permanent Records [GB]
John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer - Live at Birdland John Pizzarelli January 20, 2015 Vector Recordings
Live au Sunside Susanna Bartilla 2010 (self-released)
Lorez Alexandria Sings Songs of Johnny Mercer Vol.1 Lorez Alexandria with the Mike Wofford Quartet 1981 Discovery Records [US1]
Lorez Alexandria Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer Vol. III - Tangerine Lorez Alexandria with the Gildo Mahones Quartet 1985 Trend Records
Mady Kaye Goes Cabaret, Volume 2 - The Magic of Mercer Mady Kaye 2006 (self-released)
Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer Marlene VerPlanck, Tony Monte, Bucky Pizzarelli, Milt Hinton, Butch Miles 1978 Audiophile
Mercer and More... Peggy Herman 2004 Original Cast Records
Mercernary Dr. John May 23, 2006 Blue Note
Mercerville Swingadelic 2017 Zoho Music
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil various artists November 18, 1997 Malpaso
Moon River to the Days of Wine and Roses - The Genius of Johnny Mercer Todd Gordon January 22, 2009 Audacious Records [GB]
Mostly Mercer various artists 1986 Painted Smiles Records
Remembering Johnny Mercer - Centennial Celebration Collection Barbara Slater July 2009
Robert Clary Sings Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart and Johnny Mercer Robert Clary with The John Rodby Trio December 1997 Original Cast Records
Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer Rosemary Clooney 1987 Concord Jazz
Skylark - Carmel McCreagh Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer Carmel McCreagh February 22, 2013 (self-released)
Something's Gotta Give Sarah Moule November 25, 2004 Linn
Southern Charm and Swing Chris Chandler [US1] 1994 Playing Dude Records
That Old Mercer Magic! JaLaLa June 16, 2009 Dare Records
The Dreams of Johnny Mercer Monica Mancini October 10, 2000 Concord Jazz
The Great American Composers - Johnny Mercer various artists 1991 Columbia Special Products
The Quality of Mercer Helen Shapiro 1987 Calligraph Records
The Quality of Mercer Susannah McCorkle 1977 Black Lion
Tony Mercer Sings Johnny Mercer Tony Mercer with Orchestra arr. and cond. by Brian Fahey 1972 Columbia [EMI]
Too Marvelous for Word Margaret Whiting 1980 Audiophile
Too Marvelous for Words - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting, Arthur Schwartz & Alec Wilder Margaret Whiting 1995 Audiophile
Too Marvelous for Words - The Songs of Johnny Mercer Lee Lessack 2000 LML Music
Too Marvelous - The Songs of Johnny Mercer Jaimee Paul with The Mason Embry Trio February 26, 2016 Green Hill
Way Ahead of the Game - The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer Richard Rodney Bennett 2003 Black Box