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Johnny Mercer Snapshot

First Name

Johnny

Last Name

Mercer

Date of Birth

18 November 1909

Place of Birth

Savannah, GA

Star Sign

Scorpio

Date of Death

25 June 1976

Place of Death

Bel Air, CA

Cause of Death

brain tumor

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Accentuate the Positive

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

Music Genre

Vocal

Music Style

Standards, Traditional Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vocal Pop, Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Music Mood

Carefree, Exuberant, Cheerful, Springlike, Irreverent, Innocent, Whimsical, Elegant, Gleeful, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Playful, Sentimental, Fun, Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow

Instrument

Composer, Vocals

Music Style

Lyricist

Instrument

Arranger

Music Mood

Producer

Instrument

Classical Music Entry

Wikipedia Text

John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 � June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.

High School

Woodberry Forest School, Orange, VA (1927)

Full Name at Birth

John Herndon Mercer

Count - Awards

Role ID

Soundtrack, Music Department, Composer

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Brother

Walter Mercer

Friend

Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Paul Whitman, Bing Crosby, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Buddy DeSylva, Dorothy Fields, Billie Holiday, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini, Margaret Whiting, Ziggy Elman, Lena Horne, Paul Weston, Bill Goodwin, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, David Raskin, Cab Calloway, Paul Whiteman, Arthur Murray, Eddie Cantor, Everett Miller, Irving Berlin, William Holden, Brenda Marshall, Alan Livingston, Bob Bach, Bill Harbach, Irving Lazar, Jimmy Van Heusen, Dave Dexter, Woody Herman, George Simon, Artie Shaw, Robert Emmett Dolan, Richard Whiting

Age

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