Johnny Mercer
- Acting
- November 18, 1909 · Savannah, Georgia, USA
- June 25, 1976
Biography
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and record label executive. He co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music and was a popular singer who recorded his own as well as others' songs from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. Mercer's songs were among the most successful hits of the time, including "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Autumn Leaves", and "Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Oscar nominations, and won four Best Original Song Oscars.
Known for
Filmography
- Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris · Author, Compositor
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me · Self
- That's Entertainment, Part II · Thanks
- Robin Hood · Songs, Lyricist
- Darling Lili · Lyricist
- Omnibus · Self
- Barefoot in the Park · Lyricist
- The Great Race · Lyricist
- Charade · Songs
- How the West Was Won · Lyricist
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation · Music
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Breakfast at Tiffany's · Songs
- Li'l Abner · Lyricist
- The Big Party · Self
- Kraft Music Hall · Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- The Rosemary Clooney Show · Self
- Daddy Long Legs · Songs
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Lyricist
- Top Banana · Songs
- Those Redheads from Seattle · Songs
- Dangerous When Wet · Lyricist
- The Petty Girl · Lyricist
- The Harvey Girls · Lyricist, Songs
- Out of This World · Lyricist
- Here Come the Waves · Lyricist
- Youth Runs Wild · Lyricist
- The Sky's the Limit · Lyricist
- You Were Never Lovelier · Lyricist
- Star Spangled Rhythm · Lyricist
- Blues in the Night · Lyricist
- Second Chorus · Lyricist
- Naughty but Nice · Songs
- Mr. Chump · Lyricist
- Ready, Willing and Able · Lyricist, Music
- To Beat the Band · Member of the Band
- Old Man Rhythm · Colonel