Artist: Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer
Real name
John Herndon Mercer
Born
November 18, 1909
Died
June 25, 1976
Country
United States
Comments
Songwriter, lyricist, and vocalist.

Performances

Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1 My Sugar Is So Refined Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra July 1946 The Ravens
2 G.I. Jive Johnny Mercer With Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1943 (6 artists)
3 Candy Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers and Paul Weston and His Orchestra February 1945 (5 artists)

Covers

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & his Orchestra 1946 James Baskett
2 A Gal in Calico Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1946 Dennis Morgan [1], Jack Carson and Sally Sweetland
3 Personality Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1946 Dorothy Lamour
4 Camptown Races Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1945
5 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1945 Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
6 Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra November 1944 Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts
7 Baby, It's Cold Outside Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (Paul Weston Orchestra) 1949 Esther Williams & Ricardo Montalbán
8 Friendship Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer August 1940 Bert Lahr & Ethel Merman
9 A Fine Romance Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton 1947 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
10 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Johnny Mercer With Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1943 Fats Waller and His Rhythm
11 East of the Rockies Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Andrews Sisters
12 Bob White Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
13 My Cutey's Due at Two to Two Today Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
14 Lonesome Polecat Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Matt Mattox
15 Mississippi Mud Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
16 I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Clarence Williams and his Orchestra
17 If I Had My Druthers Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Peter Palmer, Mark Breaux, Ralph Linn, Jack Matthew, Robert McClure, Geroge Reeder
18 Ace in the Hole Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
19 Indiana Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Conway's Band
20 Bob White Johnny Mercer 1937 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
21 Blues in the Night Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers and Paul Weston and His Orchestra May 1944 William Gillespie

Songs written by

Original songs

Title Written by Covered by
1 Lonesome Polecat (Lament) Johnny Mercer, Gene De Paul (2 artists)
2 Moment to Moment Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer (8 artists)
3 Emily Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer (101 artists)
4 One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (74 artists)
5 I Remember You Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger (93 artists)
6 Hit the Road to Dreamland Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (20 artists)
7 Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (33 artists)
8 I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) Johnny Mercer (19 artists)
9 Goody Goody Johnny Mercer, Matt Malneck (34 artists)
10 Dearly Beloved Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern
11 Lazy Bones Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer (31 artists)
12 Days of Wine and Roses Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer (100 artists)
13 If You Were Mine Johnny Mercer, Matt Malneck (14 artists)
14 I Thought About You Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen (93 artists)
15 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren (25 artists)
16 Skylark Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer (132 artists)
17 On The Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren (16 artists)
18 The Sounds Around the House Johnny Mercer, Alec Wilder (5 artists)
19 The Sweetheart Tree Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer (5 artists)
20 If I Had My Druthers Johnny Mercer, Gene De Paul (2 artists)
21 Out of This World Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (56 artists)
22 Tangerine Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger (47 artists)
23 I Wanna Be Around Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt (27 artists)
24 Charade Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer (43 artists)
25 Jeepers Creepers Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren (47 artists)
26 Bernardine Johnny Mercer Eddy Smets
27 Wait and See Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren Joni James
28 I Wonder What Became of Me Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
29 Come Rain or Come Shine Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (249 artists)
30 Drinking Again Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber (7 artists)
31 Moon River Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer (164 artists)
32 Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (42 artists)
33 Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) Johnny Mercer, Bernie Hanighen (7 artists)
34 Fools Rush In Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom (59 artists)
35 Midnight Sun Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke (46 artists)
36 My Shining Hour Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (63 artists)
37 Too Marvelous for Words Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting (38 artists)
38 Something's Gotta Give Johnny Mercer (20 artists)
39 This Time the Dream's on Me Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (33 artists)
40 G.I. Jive Johnny Mercer (6 artists)
41 Dream Johnny Mercer (41 artists)
42 Jubilation T. Cornpone Johnny Mercer, Gene De Paul (5 artists)
43 That Old Black Magic Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (87 artists)
44 I'm Old Fashioned Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern (58 artists)
45 Day In - Day Out Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom (35 artists)
46 Blues in the Night Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen (85 artists)
47 In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer (9 artists)
48 Hooray For Hollywood Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting (7 artists)
49 Early Autumn Johnny Mercer, Woody Herman, Ralph J. Burns (39 artists)

Adapted songs

Title Written by Originals Covered by
1 The Glow-Worm Johnny Mercer The Glow Worm (4 artists)
2 At the Jazz Band Ball Johnny Mercer At the Jazz Band Ball
3 Satin Doll Johnny Mercer Satin Doll
4 When the World Was Young Johnny Mercer Le chevalier de Paris (16 artists)
5 And the Angels Sing Johnny Mercer Frahlich in Swing (and the Angels Sing) (19 artists)
6 Summer Wind Johnny Mercer Der Sommerwind (34 artists)
7 Autumn Leaves/Les feuilles mortes Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert Les feuilles mortes
8 Laura Johnny Mercer Laura (26 artists)
9 It Had Better Be Tonight Johnny Mercer Meglio stasera (5 artists)
10 Once Upon a Summertime Johnny Mercer La valse des lilas (19 artists)
11 Autumn Leaves Johnny Mercer Les feuilles mortes (101 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title Performer Release date Label
1 Two of a Kind Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Atco Records

Audio single

Title Performer Release date Label
1 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & his Orchestra 1946 Capitol Records
2 My Sugar Is So Refined Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra July 1946 Capitol Records
3 Winter Wonderland Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1946 Capitol Records
4 Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra November 1944 Capitol Records
5 Personality Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1946 Capitol Records
6 Surprise Party Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1945 Capitol Records
7 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1945 Capitol Records
8 Baby, It's Cold Outside Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (Paul Weston Orchestra) 1949 Capitol Records
9 Friendship Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer August 1940 Decca
10 I'm Gonna See My Baby Johnny Mercer With Paul Weston and His Orchestra February 1945 Capitol Records
11 G.I. Jive Johnny Mercer With Paul Weston and His Orchestra 1943 Capitol Records
12 Bob White Johnny Mercer 1937 Brunswick Records

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
1 Capitol Presents . . . Songs by Johnny Mercer various artists May 1944 Capitol Records
2 Jerome Kern's Music various artists 1947 Capitol Records

Tributes

Title Performer Release date Label
1 Mercernary Dr. John May 23, 2006 Blue Note
2 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil various artists November 18, 1997 Malpaso
3 A Jazz Portrait of Johnny Mercer Sylvia Syms 1995 DRG Records
4 Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer Bobby Troup 1955 Bethlehem Records
5 Remembering Johnny Mercer - Centennial Celebration Collection Barbara Slater July 2009
6 Johnny Mercer - A Centennial Tribute Daryl Sherman June 23, 2009 Arbors Records
7 Come Rain or Come Shine - The Songs of Johnny Mercer Nancy LaMott 1992 Midder Music
8 The Dreams of Johnny Mercer Monica Mancini 2000 Concord Jazz
9 Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer Rosemary Clooney 1987 Concord Jazz
10 I Remember You, Johnny Tommy Newsom and the L.A. Big Band All-Stars 1996 Planet Records [1]
11 The Quality of Mercer Susannah McCorkle with the Keith Ingham Quintet 1977 Black Lion
12 Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer Marlene VerPlanck, Tony Monte, Bucky Pizzarelli, Milt Hinton, Butch Miles 1978 Audiophile
13 Too Marvelous for Words - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting Margaret Whiting 1980 Audiophile
14 Too Marvelous for Words - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting, Arthur Schwartz & Alec Wilder Margaret Whiting 1995 Audiophile

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message up
1 My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-22 23:35:11 GMT by wally creek
2 Lonesome Polecat (Lament) Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-22 23:33:52 GMT by wally creek
3 Mississippi Mud Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-22 17:34:58 GMT by wally creek
4 Ain't Gonna Give You None Of My Jellyroll Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-06 07:25:54 GMT by wally creek
5 If I Had My Druthers Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-06 07:02:46 GMT by wally creek
6 Ace In The Hole Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-06 06:38:41 GMT by wally creek
7 Indiana Add songs rioub 1 2012-07-06 06:13:46 GMT by wally creek
8 Satin Doll Add songs rioub 1 2011-04-30 11:59:56 GMT by nikitoz555
9 Row Row Row [Ada Jones] cover by Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer Add songs rioub 0 2011-03-25 01:36:35 GMT by rioub
10 Paddlin' Madelin' Home [Cliff Edwards] cover by Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer Add songs rioub 0 2011-03-25 01:26:58 GMT by rioub
11 Trav'lin' Light [Paul Whiteman with Billie Holiday] cover by Henry Mancini Add songs rioub 0 2011-03-23 03:20:56 GMT by rioub
12 Have You Got Any Castles Baby? Add songs rioub 0 2011-03-16 11:27:53 GMT by rioub
13 Artist: Johnny Mercer (Bastien) - additional information Report Errors Isa 1 2010-06-14 00:35:10 GMT by tsk
14 One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) covers Add songs bacon 0 2007-02-23 16:30:55 GMT by bacon

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