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Johnny Mercer


Born
Savannah, Georgia, The United States
Genre
Music & Film


John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (18 November 1909 - 25 June, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.

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. ...more

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“When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.”
― Johnny Mercer, The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
tags: infidelity, song-lyrics
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“I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine.”
― Johnny Mercer
tags: courtship, pledge, song-lyrics
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“That old black magic has me in its spell.”
― Johnny Mercer, The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
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