THE JOHNNY MERCER EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES  

Posted by Bill Ward on February 11, 1998 at 09:45:32:

Bob White
Fare-Thee-Well To Harlem
Here Come The British
Blues in the Night
This Time The Dreams On Me

Posted by Favorites on March 27, 1998 at 11:02:05:

Posted by Chuck Steiger on January 23, 1998 at 19:02:16:

Mr. Meadowlark
P.S. I Love You
How Little We Know
Lazy Mood
Mandy is Two

Posted by Bill on February 11, 1998 at 17:06:22:

In Reply to: Re: 5 Mercer Favorites posted by Roger on February 03, 1998 at 15:19:08:

: While it's hard to pick just 5, here's my choices - all from Hollywood movies:

: Ac-Cent-Tchu-ate the Positive (HERE COME THE WAVES, 1944)
: Blues in the Night (BLUES IN THE NIGHT, 1941)
: Hooray for Hollywood (HOLLYWOOD HOTEL, 1937)
: Jeepers Creepers (GOING PLACES, 1938)
: Laura (LAURA, 1945)- lyrics by JM not heard in the film (written after the film was released)

: I think JM wrote some of the best movie lyrics and received 4 Oscars to prove it.

Certainly do not disagree with Roger's selections. But how about the three songs he wrote with the great Jerome Kern for the movie "You Were Never Lovlier", viz. Dearly Beloved, I'm Old Fashioned and the title song. And one of my favourites is the one song he wrote with the great Jimmy Van Heusen, I Thought About You. Great lyrics, great melody.
It also is special because of Mercer's love for the railroad which he so often used to cross the country.

Posted by Roger on February 03, 1998 at 15:19:08:

While it's hard to pick just 5, here's my choices - all from Hollywood movies:

Ac-Cent-Tchu-ate the Positive (HERE COME THE WAVES, 1944)
Blues in the Night (BLUES IN THE NIGHT, 1941)
Hooray for Hollywood (HOLLYWOOD HOTEL, 1937)
Jeepers Creepers (GOING PLACES, 1938)
Laura (LAURA, 1945)- lyrics by JM not heard in the film (written after the film was released)

I think JM wrote some of the best movie lyrics and received 4 Oscars to prove it.

Posted by D. Jenkins

 on May 09, 1998 at 21:58:45:

Just thought I'd be different and throw in some lesser known songs by Mercer that are among my favorites.

Daydreaming (All Night Long) -music by Harry Warren
You Have Taken My Heart -music by Gordon Jenkins
Says Who? Says You, Says I! -music by Harold Arlen (?)
I'd Know You Anywhere- music by Jimmy McHugh
Mister Meadowlark -music by Walter

Posted by 5 Mercer Favorites on March 27, 1998 at 11:48:15:

Posted by Dan Dippery on March 08, 1998 at 19:52:30:

1. Accenuate The Positive
2. Sylark
3. Jamboree Jones
4. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
5. Jeepers Creepers

Posted by dave england on April 13, 1998 at 12:13:12:

In Reply to: 5 Mercer Favorites posted by 5 Mercer Favorites on March 27, 1998 at 11:48:15:

: Posted by Dan Dippery on March 08, 1998 at 19:52:30:

: 1. Accenuate The Positive
: 2. Sylark
: 3. Jamboree Jones
: 4. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
: 5. Jeepers Creepers

My fives the same as your's. We should talk.
dengland@amp.com

Posted by Mary Williams on April 17, 1998 at 14:57:41:

Laura
Midnight Sun
I thought about you
When the world was young
Skylark

Posted by Phil Schnabel on March 28, 1998 at 18:59:08:

I hate to stop at five, but will try:

1. P. S. I Love You
2. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.
3. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening.
4. Glow Worm.
5. Mr. Meadowlark.
I can't stop!
6. And the Angels Sing.

Phil Schnabel

Posted by Chris Lampton on May 01, 1998 at 21:08:15:

Impossible to come up with five favorites, but here are five I like a lot:

Moon River
Accentuate the Positive
Days of Wine and Roses
That Old Black Magic
Baby, It's Cold Outside

Only Sondheim is a better lyricist. Hammerstein comes in third, followed by Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin.

--Chris

Posted by 5 favorites on March 27, 1998 at 11:53:08:

In Reply to: Lazy and the Moon River posted by Lazy and the Moon River on March 27, 1998 at 11:52:15:

: Posted by Thomas-Peter Molzahn, M.A. on March 11, 1998 at 13:18:32:

: Let the Lazy and the Moon River flow forever!

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Posted by Thomas Molzahn, M.A. on March 12, 1998 at 13:17:25:

In Reply to: Johnny Mercer posted by Tom Crigley on March 05, 1998 at 00:06:22:

: I think more songs aren't nominated because people don't know Johnny Mercer wrote them! my five all-time favorites
are Glow Worm (the Mills Bros. version), Zip-a-dee-do-dah, Fools Rush In, Candy and Save the Bones for Henry
Jones ('cause henry don't eat no meat!) best regards, Tom crigley

I think more songs aren't nominated because people don't know Johnny Mercer wrote them! my five all-time favorites
are Glow Worm (the Mills Bros. version), Zip-a-dee-do-dah, Fools Rush In, Candy and Save the Bones for Henry
Jones ('cause henry don't eat no meat!) best regards, Tom crigley
Dear Tom Crigley,the music of Glow Worm is by my countryman Paul Lincke of Berlin.

Posted by john on May 17, 1998 at 12:09:46:

In Reply to: Re: the best from johnny mercer posted by john on May 17, 1998 at 00:40:30:

: :
: : 1. skylark
: : 2. laura
: : 3. goody goody
: : 4. everything he sang with darrin
: : 5. everything the govenor sang
oh, iforgot. everything that the girls sang {ella, sarah, julie}

Best of Johnny Mercer

Posted by Thomas Molzahn on March 13, 1998 at 11:46:13:

In Reply to: Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer posted by Thomas-Peter Molzahn, M.A. on March 11, 1998 at
13:21:32:

: Let Lazy and Moon River flow forever!
: Let`s jump together Over the Rainbow!
: I`m interested in great songwriters like Arlen, Carmichael and Mercer. Please contact!
I'm a Mercer-Maniac, but I also like great German songwriters like Grothe,Igelhoff, Jary, Kreuder,
Mackeben,Schröder or Winkler. Who is interested, too?

Posted by Bill on March 21, 1998 at 13:00:41:

I'm Old Fashioned