A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane With The Great Johnny Mercer.
A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane With The Great Johnny Mercer…
If you’ve ever heard “Moon River”, “The Days Of Wine And Roses”, “Autumn Leaves”, “Hooray For Hollywood”, “That Old Black Magic”, “Laura”, “Something’s Gotta Give”, “Birth Of The Blues”, “Jeepers Creepers”, “To Marvelous For Words”, “I’m An Old Cowhand From The Rio Grande”, “Blues In The Night”, “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby”, you’ve heard at least 13 of the hundreds of huge songs he wrote.
Everybody from Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald to Louis Armstrong, Andy Williams and well…you name it, have recorded his songs, that still live in our memories.
In this 8 minute clip, Steve Alan and Johnny run through a dozen or more of his songs in a kind of “sing off” that will amaze you.
By the way, I’ve added a new Facebook page to share some of my favorite music from my 50 years in radio and television. It’s called Ears Of A Generation, so if you like music that makes you feel good, stop in and take a listen at the link below! -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.facebook.com/Ears-Of-A-Generation-295938424114838/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YFT8MixHSE
Songwriting. legend JOHNNY MERCER performing some of his classics…
First Oscar I saw was at Ga State University in ATL. Moon River.
Smiled the whole time the video played. Where are the great songwriters of today? Loved every minute.
The documentary on Mercer is great.
Mercer is buried in possibly the neatest cemetery in the country at Savannah Ga where he was born. Bonaventure where the Bird Girl statue once resided too.
Johnny Mercer born in my hometown in Savannah, Georgia November 18,1909 died in Bel-Air California on June 25,1976:)