Wednesday, November 18, 2009

On Johnny Mercer's 100th Birthday Anniversary - "Relationship" Songs (Group 2 of 3)

Johnny Mercer
Composer, Singer, and Lyricst
Multiple (4) Academy Awards Winner
(November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976)

Eight "Relationship" Songs (Group 2 of 3) posted to recipients:

Banu Gibson, 2003 - This Time the Dream's on Me
This Time The Dream's On Me
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Harold Arlen
Production:
Blues In The Night (Movie)
Date: 1941
Citations:
ASCAP
Popular Music Collections

              
Ella Fitzgerald, 1964 - I Remember You                                         
I Remember You
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Victor Schertzinger
Production:    
Fleet's In, The (Movie)
Date: 1952
Citations:    
ASCAP
Popular Music Collections

Frank Chacksfield and Orchestra, 1964 - Moon River
Moon River
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Henry Mancini
Production:   
Breakfast At Tiffany's (Movie)
Date: 1961
Citations:   
ASCAP
Popular Music Collections
Awards: Academy Award Winner, 1961; Grammy Award, Song of the Year, 1961        
                                  

Martha Tilton (v) Benny Goodman (o), 1939 - And the Angels Sing                
And The Angels Sing
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Ziggie Elman
Production:    
Benny Goodman Story, The (Movie)
Date: 1939
Citations:    
ASCAP



Nancy Knorr, 1992 - Tangerine                                                   
Tangerine
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Victor Schertzinger
Production:    
Fleet's In, The (Movie)
Date: 1956
Citations:
ASCAP
Popular Music Collections


Nancy Lamott, 1995 - P.S. I Love You                                           
P.S. I Love You
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Gordon Jenkins
Date: 1934
Citations:    
ASCAP
Popular Music Collections


Skip Nelson (v) Glenn Miller (o), 1943 - That Old Black Magic (w The Modernaires)
That Old Black Magic
Alternate Title:    
Black Magic
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Harold Arlen
Production:    
Blues Opera (Free and Easy) (Show)
Blues, The (a version of Blues Opera) (Show)
Bus Stop (Movie)
Here Come The Waves (Movie)
Meet Danny Wilson (Movie)
Nutty Professor, The (Movie)
Senior Prom (Movie)
Star Spangled Rhythm (Movie)
Date: 1951 & 1952
Citations:    
ASCAP
Popular Music Collections
Awards: Academy Award nomination, 1943


Voices of Walter Schumann, 1951- Fools Rush In                                  
Fools Rush In
Alternate Title:    
Where Angels Fear To Tread
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Composer: Rube Bloom
Date: 1940
Citations:    
Popular Music Collections

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