Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

The Big Party

Kraft Music Hall

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Steve Allen Show

The Rosemary Clooney Show

To Beat the Band

Old Man Rhythm

Robin Hood

Barefoot in the Park

The Great Race

Charade

Days of Wine and Roses

How the West Was Won

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Li'l Abner

Daddy Long Legs

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Top Banana

Those Redheads from Seattle

Dangerous When Wet

The Petty Girl

The Harvey Girls

Out of This World

Here Come the Waves

Youth Runs Wild

The Sky's the Limit

You Were Never Lovelier

Star Spangled Rhythm

Blues in the Night

Second Chorus

Naughty But Nice

Mr. Chump

Ready, Willing and Able

John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who 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.



Johnny Mercer