Johnny Mercer's Home: Savannah,Ga.
& the "Moon River"
Johnny Mercer's home on "Burnside
Island", fronted the "Back River", now known as "Moon River"
.....photos courtesy of Austin Hill.....
Guestbook Archive Records: July - April 1998
Name: Pete Gearhart
Email:PETGEAR@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 at 10:21:10
Comments:
One of life's master lyricists!
Name: Gloria Burleson
Location: Dallas, TXDate: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 at 01:33:25
Comments:
I RECENTLY FOUND A SUITCASE FULL OF JOHNNY MERCER LETTERS ALONG WITH BING CROSBY, PEGGY
LEE,ETC. THE LETTERS WERE TO ONE WOMAN OVER A SPAN OF 20 YEARS. ONE OF JOHNNY MERCERS
LETTERS WAS QUITE NEAT.."MARIE, SWEETIE...NOTHIN" NEW WITH ME EXCEPT TALK,"
HE WROTE."TALK ABOUTH THIS SHOW AND MAYBE THAT SHOW, ETC. BUT I'VE GOT NO DEFINITE
PROJECT AS YET. "A SONG I WROTE WITH HANK MANCINI LOOKS LIKE A HIT AND A POSSIBLE
OSCAR WINNER COME SWEEPSTAKE TIME. IT'S CALLED MOON RIVER IN CASE YOU SHOULD HEAR IT OR
SEE THE PICTURE. SEE IT IF YOU CAN IT'S FUNNY, CALLED BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. "MOON
RIVER" BECAME THE WELL-LOVED CLASSIC THAT WON A 1961 ACADEMY AWARD. THE LETTERS DO
TELL A STORY, I'M SO EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS MOST INTERESTING PERSON.
Name: Robert Johnston
Email:bobbyj@tznet.com
Location: Marshfield, WI United States
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at 11:03:45
Comments:
I remember many a night on watch on the old bucket, the USS Prevail,AM 107 listening to
the music of Johnny Mercer. It gave one the feeling of home, and out in the South Pacific
it was a comfort. My favorite song was DREAM. Thanks so much for this work that has been
done. I am new to the world of web, only had my computer for about a month. Thank you.
Name: Larry Wilderman
Email:Lawrence.Wilderman@ferc.fed.us
Location: Washington, DCDate: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at 10:11:30
Comments:
In 1976 I was living in New York, out of work with time on my hands. On a Wednesday
morning shortly after Johnny Mercer died, there was a memorial service for Johnny Mercer
at the Music Box Theater which Irving Berlin made available for the occasion. I feel
fortunate to have been there, sitting right behind the VIP section. Harold Arlen spoke,
Margaret Whiting sang, and there were many others; I wish I could remember them all. A few
weeks ago I was in Savannah and couldn't help but think of Johnny Mercer, who I would have
identified with that city even if it hadn't been for Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil. The music was probably the best part of the movie. While in Savannah I visited
Johnny Mercer's grave at Bonaventure Cemetary. This website is wonderful; I'm glad so many
people appreciate a great lyricist, truly an American poet.
Name: David Torresen
Email:peggyfan@geocities.com
Location: Washington, DC USA
Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 at 18:24:34
Comments:
Oops! Technical difficulties! The URL to visit if you're interested in subscribing to
SONGBIRDS: THE WOMEN OF CLASSIC POP AND JAZZ (see below), is: http://www.geocities.com/~peggyfan/songbirds.html
Name:David Torresen
Email:peggyfan@geocities.com
Location: Washington, DC USA
Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 at 18:22:14
Comments:
Attention female vocalists fans: I recently launched a (free) list-server, a/k/a
mailing list, called SONGBIRDS: THE WOMEN OF CLASSIC POP AND JAZZ, devoted to many of the
great female singers of Johnny's generation. Anyone interested in subscribing, please
contact me directly via e-mail (above), or visit the above web address within my Peggy Lee
website.
Name: linda
Email:vinylfan@aol.com
Date: Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 15:55:15
Comments:
OOPs, heres my url for my Bobby darin tribute page: http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/academy/7011/darin.html
Johnny and Bobby were great
together.
Name:Linda
Email:vinylfan@aol.com
Mo USA
Date: Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 15:51:44
Comments:
Steve, a wonderful site, I love what you have done and thank you for linking me. Johnny
Mercer was a legend, he did so much for music.He was magical.Im looking for a midi of
"When October goes", does anyone know where I can find it? One of my favorites
of many by Mr. Mercer.Thanks again, steve.
Name: David Humphrey
Email:dhumphr6@bellsouth.net
Location: Savannah, Ga.Date: Wednesday, July 8, 1998 at 21:55:01
Comments:
A great site, and a wonderful tribute to one of America's greatest lyricist. He was
such a genius with simple words that made wonderfully beautiful and moving songs. His
songs will live forever, and he will live forever in our memory. A few years before his
untimely death, I had a chance to meet him. I found him to be a graciously nice and warm
gentleman. Today, I visited his and his wife's (Ginger) gravesite, and in my mind I could
hear-"Dream," "Skylark," "You Must Have Been A Beautiful
Baby." These are a few of my favorite Johnny Mercer songs! I am quite sure he is now
entertaining those souls in Heaven with his wit and talent!!!! Thanks, Johnny!!!!!!! David
Humphrey Savannah, Georgia
Name: J. CARLISLE
Location: FT.WORTH, TX USA
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 1998 at 21:26:22
Comments:
EXCELLENT SITE!
Name:Jim Conway
Email:jconway@bcn.net
Location: Williamstown, MA USA
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 at 16:43:35
Comments:
He's one of my all-time favorite lyricists and vocalists. Can anyone advise me where I
can buy "An Evening with Johnny Mercer?"
Name: Austin Hill
Email:elrioluna@aol.com
or ehill@stetson.edu
Location: Savannah, GA USA
Date: Monday, July 6, 1998 at 19:28:45
Comments:
Steve, I just wanted to let you know what a wonderful job you have done with the site.
It's quite something now, something for we Savannahians to be proud of. Oh, and if anyone
wants to move to Moon River, an old house is for sale that still belongs to some of
Johnny's Savannah friends, it's an old fourties river house on some beautiful land. It's
two doors down from his Savannah house pictured above. You can also learn some about
Johnny from a book I recently acwquired, "Sights and Sounds of Savannah Jazz",
by Julius "Boo" Hornstein.
Name: Johnny Nien-Tsu Chen
Email:john.chen@myna.com
Location: Toronto, Ont. Canada
Date: Monday, July 6, 1998 at 11:18:45
Comments:
The man has great voice. My favourite song? "Accentuate the positive."
Name: Francesca Amari
Email:franamari@aol.com
Location: Grand Rapids, MI USA
Date: Monday, July 6, 1998 at 08:51:44
Comments:
Name: Fred Hembree
Email:fhembree@msn.com
Location: Lake Worth, FLDate: Monday, July 6, 1998 at 05:44:00
Comments:
Thanks for all the work you've put into this. And my favorite by Johnny Mercer?: Fools
Rush In (sung by the post-Dorsey Sinatra)
Name: Austin Hill
Email:elrioluna@aol.com
or ehill@stetson.edu
Location: Savannah ,Date: Sunday, July 5, 1998 at 20:13:33
Comments:
Name: Governor John Spellman
Email:jlspellman@webtv.net
Location: Seattle , Wash. USA
Date: Sunday, July 5, 1998 at 13:04:15
Comments:
Congratulations on a great site for a great man! Johnny Mercer would have been a poet
or a troubadour in another era. We are fortunate that he a composer/lyricist & singer
in ours. For some reason, "Candy" stands out in my WWII memory as a great
performance, but all of his performances & lyrics are impeccable.
Name: JOHN H. HEWETT
Email:JHewett@airmail.net
Location: Fort Worth, TX USA
Date: Friday, July 3, 1998 at 10:47:42
Comments:
Name: steve doyle
Date: Friday, July 3, 1998 at 04:07:47
Comments:
mcfc rule
Name: Richard Jerome
Email:Richard Jerome@peoplemag.com
Location: New York, NY USA
Date: Thursday, July 2, 1998 at 16:39:29
Comments:
Steve: Well, I found it, and it looks just as great the second time around. And thanks
from both of us for Susan's great web page. Best, Richard
Name: Donna T. Brumby
Email:dtbrumby@mail.gcpl.public.lib.ga.us
Location: Lawrenceville, GA USA
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 1998 at 15:03:50
Comments:
As music CD selector for Gwinnett County Public Library, I'm always on the lookout for
more albums of Johnny Mercer music (...as a fan too). I'll check back on this site often.
Name: Elizabeth
Email:Ebass815@aol.com
NY usa
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 at 04:14:55
Comments:
There is nothing finer that good music, and Johnny Mercer wrote some of the best. Saw
the musical "Dream" on Broadway and loved it. Brought back all good memories.
Was sad to see it close so soon after it opened. There is no pleasing some critics. But
this old lady will remember it. Got my first kiss while "dream" was playing,
never forgot the song or the boy.
Name: Elizabeth
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 at 04:08:51
Comments:
Name: Lorraine Jasso
Location: Palm Springs, ca. U.S.A.
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 at 00:28:30
Comments:
I am sitting here in San Diego with Johnny Mercer's oldest grandson who is also my
uncle. I am 12 years old. I like Johnny Mercer's music. My favorite song is Moon River. I
heard that he liked children very much and I wish that I could have met him. I also know
his daughter Mandy. To tell you the truth I think she is very nice. She loves children.
That is something that she got from her dad. She has been very very nice to me over the
years that I've known her. Even though he died 22 yrs. ago his music is still fun for kids
like me.
Name: Ivan Abrams
Email:ivan@primenet.com
Location: Bisbee, AZ USA
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 at 02:12:12
Comments:
"Skylark" accompanied me on a memorable cross-country trip years ago. Thank
you, Johnny Mercer, for the companion on that and many other journeys.
Name: Henry F. Gotcher
Email:hankg@atinet.net
Location: Garland , Tx. USA
Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 at 11:34:46
Comments:
When it comes to music J.M is without a doubt the highest of high notes. Not only could
he write the music he could sing them (the lyrics ) as well. Anything by J.M. is Gooood!
Name: Judy Rountree Mason
Email:2jv@bellsouth.net
Location: Guyton, Ga. usa
Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 at 20:35:52
Comments:
Great!
Name: k carey
scDate: Saturday, June 20, 1998 at 00:23:33
Comments:
Name: Ms. Mercer L. Tyson
Email:dirdev999@aol.com
NC USA
Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 at 12:20:12
Comments:
Dear Webmaster and Fellow JM Fans: Please note my new email address! Former address was
manager368@aol.com. I now have my very own mailbox, dirdev999@aol.com. No more messages
accidentally deleted by coworkers! What a wonderful and informative website! If I ever
acquire the necessary skills, I may use it as a model in developing a website for the
nonprofit organization for which I work.
Name:Steve Crocker
Email:brla123@concentric.net
Location: Baton Rouge, LA USA
Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 at 11:03:41
Comments:
I was recently introduced to Johnny Mercer through a friend, and fell in love with his
music. I just purchased the recording "An Evening with Johnny Mercer" and loved
it, I just wish I had been born sooner, so that I too could have been in the audience at a
Mercer performance.
Name: Cynthia Conciatu
Email:poetknozit@aol.com
Location: Palm Harbor, FLDate: Thursday, June 18, 1998 at 12:18:53
Comments:
Enjoyed your website! Also just returned from Savannah. What a lovely city! Stopped by
the cemetary...and the angels DO sing!
Name: Jerome D.Conroy
Email:jercon@dreamscape.com
Location: Syracuse, Ny USA
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 at 07:38:36
Comments:
Simply the best......thankyou
Name: Kim
FL USA
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 at 20:50:18
Comments:
What a wonderful gift you've given. I've often heard his music, but didn't know his
name until Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I wanted to learn more, and found your
site. Thank you!
Name: George
Email:f.george@mailcity.com
MT USA
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 at 21:40:49
Comments:
I love Johnny Mercer. I never knew who he was until the movie "Midnight in the
Garden in Good and Evil" came out. i happen to think he has the best jazz music i
have ever heard. I love it!
Name: Mercer L. Tyson
Email:manager368@aol.com
NC USA
Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 at 17:20:45
Comments:
To whomever responded to my email of June 12, 1998 -- my coworker accidentally deleted
your message before I could read it! Please resend. The jist was that we are both related
to Johnny Mercer ...
Name:Elizabeth Ahlfors
Email:ahlfors@citycabaret.com
Location: Hockessin, DE USA
Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 at 13:34:52
Comments:
Your site was always informative and interesting, but I do love the new look! Very
attractive.
Name: Charles Best
Email:deebest1@juno.com
Location: Melbourne, Fl USA
Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 at 11:45:07
Comments:
Johnny Mercer's music and lyrics will last forever. We have thoroughly enjoyed his
genius. Thank you for this web site tribute. Chuck & Dee
Name: Janelle Ducharme
Email:janelle@telusplanet.net
Location: Fort McMurray, AB Canada
Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 at 02:18:52
Comments:
Name:Al Kohn
Email:AlKohn@aol.com
Location: Tarzana, CA USA
Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 at 22:43:16
Comments:
To The Johnny Mercer Foundation: Thank you for the privilege of placing me on the Board
Of Directors, thereby allowing me the opportunity to continue Johnny's legacy as one of
Americas premium songwriters. Al Kohn
Name:Bob Flinchem
Email:Tuggles_Bailey
Location: Batavia, Illinois USA
Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 at 15:12:03
Comments:
I'm interested in finding the lyrics to the song entitled "The Sweetheart
Tree". Also, I'm looking for items such as a music box or similar that plays that
melody. If anyone is aware of these things, please let me know! Thanks!!
Name: (Ms.) Mercer L. Tyson
Email:manager368@aol.com
NC USA
Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 at 15:10:54
Comments:
I didn't know until after his death in 1976 that Johnny Mercer was a relative of mine.
He was, in fact, my paternal grandmother's first cousin. I believe that makes him my first
cousin twice removed? I'd always appreciated his music -- even more so after learning the
family connection. I have a decent singing voice and a better-than-average way with words
... but nothing to compare to his talent! I'm pleased to know that so many people
appreciate his work.
Name: CHAD DE BONIS
Email:cdebo41230@aol.com
Location: Whispering Pines,, NC MOORE
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 at 07:52:54
Comments:
LOVE YOUR SITE--- THANKS FOR THE DEV. OF IT AND THE PASSION YOU DISLPAY FOR PRESERVING
ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT TREASURES--- JOHNNY MERCER
Name: Douglass Ferguson
Email:dougferg@erols.com
Location: Fredericksburg, VA USA
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 17:44:30
Comments:
Johnny brought a new perspective to music. The only other southern musician who came
close was Mitchell Parrish. Thanks for a wonderful adventure.
Name:Peter Simons
Email:p.m.simons@leeds.ac.uk
Location: Leeds, UK
Date: Monday, June 8, 1998 at 05:46:50
Comments:
Just looking for a quote from Johhny Mercer, enjoyed this site a lot.
Name: stacey
Email:tze nee@pd.jairng.my
ohDate: Monday, June 8, 1998 at 03:22:59
Comments:
it`s good and i hope for the next web,i`ll hear more of your songs.
Name: Anne Kiley
Email:MEZZZZZZZO
Location: Carmel Valley, CA. U.S.A.
Date: Sunday, June 7, 1998 at 02:32:12
Comments:
I'm a great fan of this fantastic talent!! Always inter- ested in learning all I can
about Johnny Mercer. Thank you so very, very much!!
Name: Beverly Cosham
Email:MzCoz@aol.com
Location: Reston, VA USA
Date: Friday, June 5, 1998 at 17:33:01
Comments:
I'm a singer/actress who has been singing Johnny Mercer songs for ages. Just love his
way with a phrase. A beautiful young cabaret artist in NYC passed away a while back her
name was Nancy LaMott. If you get a chance find a copy of her Johnny Mercer CD. I think
that if there is a Heaven they have met now and he can hear how much she loved his music
by her beautiful interpretations. I will continue to add a Mercer tune to my performances.
I have a fabulous arrangement of "Something's Gotta Give". Keep up the good
work. Really enjoy this site.
Name: Ron Leigh
Email:mrjazz@cadvision.com
Location: Calgary, Alta Canada
Date: Friday, June 5, 1998 at 14:13:41
Comments:
I have a 3 hour jazz radio show on CJSW,playing mainstream jazz including a one hour
tribute to a particular artist/artists. Looking forward to featuring the music of Johnny
Mercer. Thanks Ron
Name: Bruce Rob bins
Email:BRobb17477
Location: Fremont, CA USA
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 1998 at 22:20:25
Comments:
Great to have a web page for Johnny Mercer, to my mind, the greatest lyricist America
has produced. He could write with anybody, could write a homey simple score like Lil Abner
and then write the beautiful, sophisticated lyric "Midnight Sun"! I told Ginger,
his wife, that I considered him to be the Robert Frost of the South. It's difficult to
listen to the radio for an hour and not to hear one of his songs. Singers should get down
on their knees every day and pray at the shrine of Johnny Mercer. he left them so many
great lyrics to interpret ... forever!!
Name: Don and Ollene Kordecki
Email:DKordecki@AOL.com
Location: Cartersville, GA USA
Date: Monday, June 1, 1998 at 19:26:12
Comments:
We're heading to Savannah and an evening with one of Johnny's old friends! Can't wait!
Name: Michael P. Stein
Email:mpstein@cts.com
Location: Escondido, Calif usa
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 21:33:23
Comments:
Great page.
Name: STAN CROCKETT
Email:CROCKETT@IX.NETCOM.COM
Location: HARLINGEN, TX USA
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 21:43:38
Comments:
Name: Johnny Rotella
Location: Van Nuys, CADate: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 13:18:50
Comments:
Just a few words about when I met Johnny Mercer and how we got together to write a few
songs. We co-wrote three songs and we had plans to write many more. If Johnny were with us
today we would have a catalogue of beautiful songs. I have been a musician/songwriter all
my life. I learned the sax as a small boy in New Jersey and as I grew up I became
interested in writing music. I composed the music for my high school graduating class in
1938. After playing with the big bands of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Raymond Scott and
others I moved to California and became a studio musician. That was in 1948. This is when
I played with Jerry Gray, Billy Vaughn and many more recording artists. In the late 50's
and early 60's Johnny and I met on some sessions and we became great friends from then on.
He always loved to be with musicians. I was a close friend of Marshall Robbins who ran
Johnny's publishing firm Commander Publications. We used to hang out in the office every
week. Finally Johnny and I decided to write something together. We composed I'VE WAITED
FOR A WALTZ. Columbia recorded it with Tony Bennett but unfortunately it was never
released. Our second song was BABY-0 which Dean Martin recorded for Reprise. That was
followed by YOUNG and FREE which to date has not been recorded. All this time Johnny and I
spent a lot of time together. He always loved to eat at any hamburger stand. Watch the
crowds go by and talk about anything. Just hang out. We always mentioned our families,
music, musicians and bands. He was the greatest. Just look at all the songs he wrote with
those great collaborators. I was blessed to have known Johnny and to have written a few
songs with him.
Name: Max Wilk
Location: Westport, CTDate: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 15:46:23
Comments:
I first become a Mercer fan long before I ever met him. I was working at Warner Bros
studios in Burbank, the year was 1938, and Mercer was writing brilliant lyrics for Warner
musicals, either with Harry Warren or with Harold Arlen. There was one musical called
"Garden of the Moon", and Mercer worked on some of the lyrics (along with Al
Dubin). His unmistakble talent shines through a couple of brilliant songs. One is
"I'm In Love With The Lady On The Two Cent Stamp." Check it out; it's a great
lyric. So is the second one I will never forget."The Girl Friend of the Whirling
Dervish." ..... I think that one goes..."She's the girl friend of the whirling
dervish She's his best friend to his face. But every night when there's mellow moonlight
And he's out dervishing with all his might She gives him the runaround." How about
that? I've always loved it. "He dreams of a Hindu honeymoon But every night when he
goes out to make an honest rupee, She goes out to make a lot of whoopee." He topped
it! How much better can it get? Well, one day, on the call sheet, they announced on one of
the stages, for a picture called "Going Places," on the set would be Mr Louis
Armstrong and Miss Maxine Sullivan. What would they be shooting? A production number
called "Jeepers Creepers." Who do you think spent the entire day down on the
stage, playing hooky from my publicity department job, and basking in reflected glory,
while Louis and Maxine recorded that great Mercer number for posterity. YOU BET - ME! So
I've been a Mercer fan for lo, these sixty years, right? He's gone - but long may his
lyrics live on! ....I can quote "The Lady On The Two Cent Stamp," too! Is it any
wonder I went after Johnny first - when I wrote "They're Playing our Song." ?
DeCapo 1997 - 25 years old and still going strong!
Name: Millie Verschleiser Taksler
Location: Cranbury, NJ USA
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 09:46:54
Comments:
Best site ever. Keep up the good work!
Name: Billy Summerlin
Email:better_ideas@msn.com
Location: Savannah, GA USA
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 07:59:20
Comments:
Name: Jo Ann Trimble
Email:trimjo@wolfenet.com
Location: Federal Way, WA USA
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 19:25:51
Comments:
What a wonderful experience. Thank you all. Thanks Ben for telling me about this.
Name: Claudio Basso
Email:c.basso@iol.it
Location: Pordenone, Italy
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 14:57:48
Comments:
Steve, thanks for your help with "June Bride".
Name: Jan D. Swank
Email:bhphq@aol.com
Location: Rapid City, SD USA
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:48:55
Comments:
Name: Bruce Crowther
Email:brucecrowther@oninet.es
Spain
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 08:42:39
Comments:
While researching and interviewing for my recently published book, Singing Jazz, it was
glowingly apparent how many singers, not just the veterans but the young newcomers too,
admire and love JM's work. Through them, he lives on today.
Name: Billy Carroll
Email:Boys383 @ AOL
Location: Baton Rouge, LA U.S.A.
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 18:57:55
Comments:
ATTENTION, MERCER ENTHUSIASTS SEEKING "UGLY CHILD" RECORDING! "Johnny
Mercer: V-Disc Recordings" contains "Ugly Child" and several other uncommon
Mercer waxings, including, "Goofus","How Many Hearts Have You
Broken?", Wreck of the Old 97" and "You've Got Me Where You Want Me"!
It is available by mail order only from COLLECTORS' CHOICE MUSIC, value priced at 9.95 for
the CD, 6.95 for a cassette (plus 5.95 s/h). 1-800-923-1122 or shop online at
www.CCMUSIC.com Best wishes, everyone! Sincerely, Billy Carroll Baton Rouge, LA
Name: Cornelia
Email:cornelia@gte.net
Location: Las Vegas, NVDate: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 10:47:22
Comments:
Ahhhh Wonderful
Name: Bill Washburn
Email:xseapa
Location: St. Augustine, FL USA
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 19:51:06
Comments:
Just returned from a visit to Savannah, and your great website will keep that visit
alive. Thanks
Name: Tim Doye
Email:TJDoylePE@aol.com
Location: Sanannah, GA USA
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 13:11:31
Comments:
I recently moved into a subdivision named "Mercer Place" and I live on Summer
Wind Drive. I visited Johnny's grave in Boneventure Cemetery and saw the inscription:
"And the Angles Sing." I'd really love to hear the songs that these quotes came
from.
Name:Iris Georg
Email:imgeorg@geocities.com
Location: Oklahoma City, OK USA
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 22:12:41
Comments:
Thanks to the oldtimers like Mathis and Mancini as well as youngsters like John
Pizzarelli, the music of Johnny Mercer will never die.
Name: Marilyn Erickson
Email:lyric34@mailexcite.com
Location: Los Gatos, CA US
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 23:46:16
Comments:
A wonderful web site. I've been here many times, and will return many times in the
future.
Name:Elizabeth Ahlfors
Email:ahlfors@citycabaret.com
Location: Wilmington, DE USA
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:37:40
Comments:
Last night, I visited Philadelphia's Academy of Music for "Legends of Song,"
with performances by Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, the John Pizzarelli Trio, and Julius
LaRosa, substituting for Margaret Whiting who has recently broken her knee, but is now
recuperating. Julius, John and Margaret had previously performed a Johnny Mercer show with
Peter Nero which was broadcast on PBS, so Johnny Mercer's spirit was very much a part of
last night's show. Today, I met again with Julius for a chat and an interview for
CityCabaret, and he discussed his feelings for Mercer lyrics, and his great admiration for
Johnny M. We also shared our gratitude for your site and dedication to keeping the Mercer
Magic alive. Elizabeth
Name: Terry Odelli
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 15:46:08
Comments:
Fascinating web-site. I'll be back when I have more to browse. Thanks for your efforts.
Name: Annie Dinerman
Email:bluestocking@compuserve.com
Location: New York, NY U.S.A.
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 09:57:55
Comments:
Name:JIM DAVIS
Email:cjdav@erols.com
Location: So. Walpole, MA USA
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 21:35:54
Comments:
JOHNNYS' MUSIC MADE THE BACK SEAT OF THAT CHEVY AN EVEN MORE SPECIAL PLACE!!!
Name:Bjoern v. Prollius
Email:prollius@uni-freiburg.de
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 21:12:20
Comments:
Inspired by the "L.A. Confidential"soundtrack is was looking for the sound of
the 50's. Here I found some impressions on it. Thanx!
Name: Zitha U. Branch
Email:branch.pathology@mail.health.ufl.edu
Location: Gainesville, FL USA
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 15:12:13
Comments:
Thanks for a great website!
Name: john jeffrey gibbens
Email:jgibbens@students.wisc.edu
Location: Madison, WIDate: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 18:54:11
Comments:
Name: TERRY MCKEOWN
Email:tmck@log.on
Location: HANOVER, ONT CANADA
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 16:09:39
Comments:
FANTASTIC, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD FIND NEW TALENT LIKE
MERCIER.
Name: Ralph Davis
Email:rdavis@teleport.com
Location: Portland, OR USA
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 02:57:11
Comments:
His music touched the hearts of all of us. Johnny was, without a doubt, the most
multi-talented muscian this country has ever produced. God bless, Johnny.
Name: Ellen Richardson
Email:jnerich@arn.net
Location: Amarillo, TXDate: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 21:59:21
Comments:
Thanks!
Name: tom mcmartin
Email:mercer@mail.ii.ca
Location: victoria, B.C. canada
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 21:14:35
Comments:
johnny mercer and wonderful musical people like him has made my life a lot better.we
were so0 lucky to have had him!
Name: LUCIEN DUFAIS
Email:INTERPRESARIO.LUCIEN@WXS.NL
Location: DEN HAAG, NETHERLANDS
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 09:17:28
Comments:
aLL OF MERCER'S MUSIC IS JUST TERRIFIC.
Name: Billy Carroll
Email:BOYS383@aol.com
Location: Baton Rouge, LA USA
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 23:50:05
Comments:
I forget how I first became aware of Johnny Mercer... but I've recently turned my
friend on to him, primarily through the "Two of a Kind" CD. So now we both think
Johnny Mercer is DA BOMB!
Name:Ron Lesan
Email:rlesan@jps.net
Location: Lodi, CA usa
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 22:44:39
Comments:
My favorite is "The Whirling Dervish", but ALL of Mercer's songs are
terrific.
Name: Steve & Susan Brown
Email:Steveb@mindspring.com
Location: Lawrenceville, GA USA
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 20:50:31
Comments:
We are great fans of JM and love Savannah. Would love to know more sources of JM's
music.
Name: jerry schonfeld
Email:jazzemup@home.com
Location: baltimore, md usa
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 20:34:19
Comments:
still looking for a book of lyrics written by mercer, music not necessary
Name: David Bell
Email:davidbel@powerup.com.au
Location: Brisbane, QLD Australia
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 06:24:56
Comments:
Just saw L.A Confidential with the Mercer soundtrack and had to know more...well done
Name: lynn salls
Email:lynn.salls@bsis.com
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 01:06:07
Comments:
Name: Holly
Email:charlie@dashing.com
Location: Victorville, CA USA
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 00:49:11
Comments:
I'm 37 years old and recently in love with classic American music. Thanks for a rich
source of info on one of the legendary songwriters!
Name: pedro polis
Email:cypo@ppoly.net
Location: london, uk
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 22:28:40
Comments:
hi, just dropped by.. as a uk based actor doing a little research into the life of
another thirties star al bowlly, I found the jonny mercer site fascinating. tanks cypo
Name: Fred Wemyss
Email:FredWemyss@sprintmail.com
Location: Huntington, NY USA
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 00:34:36
Comments:
I've been a fan of Johnny Mercer ever since picking up a 78 of his at a flea market as
a kid. (The 'Capitol' label caught my eye.) I put it on and was stunned to hear what can
only be called the sound of lost America. A CD I've been playing a lot lately is a
collection of Mercer's recordings. I like his versions of other people's songs as well as
his own. His singing is soulful and often humorous; like his lyrics. If I ever run an
all-night diner, I'm going to fill the jukeboxes with Mercer songs.
Name:Joe Chellman
Email:drummer@cmu.edu
Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 20:22:15
Comments:
Yay! I found a midi of hooray for hollywood... two even! Thanks for a good resource.
Name: Mike Auster
Email:mauster@interaccess.com
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 16:54:48
Comments:
?Where can I get some sheet music in the Chicago area?
Name: Hannu Björkbacka, Kokkola, Finland
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 14:13:51
Comments:
What fine songs - those will never be forgotten.
Name: Charles LaRue
Email:Sakbutt@AOL.COM
Location: Anaheim, CA USA
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 01:43:56
Comments:
So glad I found this page.....J.M. has been my idol for years....as a lyricist, as a
MAN, as a composer, and just a great guy!!!One of my regrets is that I didn't get to meet
him......Maybe in the great beyond, I HOPE!!!
Name: joan
Email:joan_swarms@pcworld.com
Location: boston, maDate: Thursday, April 23, 1998 at 12:04:06
Comments:
The first record I ever bought with my own money was Judy's renditionof The
Atcheson-Topeka and the Santa Fe. I loved it, practically wore the record out. At some
point I heard Johnny sing it, I had to have his renditon, I waited quite a while before I
got it. Can you wear out CD's?
Name: William Leach
Email:leach@udel.edu
Location: Newark, DE USA
Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 at 11:52:38
Comments:
Name:Ulrich Leive
Location: Osnabrueck, Germany
Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 at 09:54:55
Comments:
Hello, nice to meet you on the web just by surfing. I'm a painter, and I would like you
to visit my own homepage. Best wishes!
Name: Lillian Regenbogen
Email:regenbogen@juno.com
Location: delray beach, fla. u.s.a.
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 at 15:12:54
Comments:
we are Lyle's in-laws we enjoyed your website very much
Name: Buddy Howard
Email:cbbuddy@worldnet.att.net
Location: Forsyth, GA USA
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 at 20:53:40
Comments:
Just completed a 5 day motor trip through the Carolina's. My Johnny Mercer tapes made
it even more enjoyable.
Name: KATHLEEN SCHWARZ
Email:SCHWARZ50@AOL.COM
Location: ST LOUIS, MO USA
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 at 18:58:50
Comments:
Name: Richard Binder
Email:rjb@trasport logic.com
Location: portlad, Ore USA
Date: Monday, April 20, 1998 at 23:41:00
Comments:
I Have always enjoyed Johnny Mercer for many years. Glad I found this on the web
Name: Joan Swarms
Email:joan_swarms@pcworld.com
Location: Boston, Ma US
Date: Monday, April 20, 1998 at 12:01:59
Comments:
Name: Bengt Landgren
Email:Bengt.Landgren@jbt.slu.se
Location: Lund, Skaane Sweden
Date: Monday, April 20, 1998 at 05:35:25
Comments:
A wonderful page!
Name: Bill Patterson
Email:SimplyBill@AOL.com.
Location: Fresno, Ca USA
Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 at 12:54:57
Comments:
I have been a fan of Johnny Mercer's since I was a teenager. I am now 71 and enjoying
his songs as much as ever.
Name: Samutcha Viraporn
Email:blur@thaimail.com
Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 at 10:16:35
Comments:
I don't know much about Johnny Mercer. But I love his songs and I would like to know
where I can find song lyrics "Come rain or come shine".
Name: David McCarthy
Email:david.mccarthy@fba.com
Australia
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 at 17:23:28
Comments:
Name: Richard Ford
Email:rkford@aol.com
Location: New York, NY USA
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 at 09:25:01
Comments:
I'm a composer/lyricist and fan of
Name: Garland Lea
Email:garlandlea@mindspring.com
Location: Cartersville, GA USA
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at 20:34:30
Comments:
Great website. I love those midi files.
Name: dave england
Email:dengland@amp.com
Location: Harrisburg, pa usa
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 at 12:02:19
Comments:
I'm Janis Valintineo's dad. She found your page for me. It is the most comprehensive
work I've seen on one of my very favorite entertainers.
Name:Janis Valentino
Email:jedval2@webtv.net
Location: Paramus, NJ USA
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 at 10:33:08
Comments:
My dad just asked me if I could get any info on Johnnie Mercer. I found your Web page
and sent it to him. Wasn't I surprised to find not only did I know many of his songs, but
they are among my favorites. Thanks!
Name: Robert Cleworth
Email:clewco@wctc.net
Location: Wis. Rapids, WI USA
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 at 10:05:56
Comments:
Name:Jesse Godin
Email:spoof@net1plus.com
Location: Ashburnham, MA USA
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 at 08:31:30
Comments:
Great Page, Thanks for the help on my school report.
Name: H.Nieuwland
Email:stars@bluewin.ch
Location: CHESIERES, Switzerland
Date: Sunday, April 12, 1998 at 13:01:19
Comments:
Great Site Indeed! Dedicated to one of the GREATEST! (not only for Words but also for
Music!!) I'm a Vocal Jazz Collector On CD Contact me if you have the Same Interest Wishing
all the best
Name:Andree Valdry
Email:avaldry@aol.com
Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 at 11:59:57
Comments:
This is a great site...thanks!!
Name: john laughland
Email:laughland@escort.net.tr
Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 at 10:21:46
Comments:
no doubt about it he was the best, thanx for the site.[what else did he concider before
"huckleberry"? say ,DARRIN AND MERCER!!!
Name: Glen Avery
Email:bugla@admin.newcastle.edu.au
N.S.W. AUSTRALIA
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 1998 at 23:50:28
Comments:
Great site,beautifully compiled.I am after the vocal selection book for DARLING LILI
and the sheet music of EMILY.Can anyone assist with a photocopy.Many thanks..Glen
Name:Graham Woolwine
Email:73751.1142@compuserve.com
Location: New York, NY USa
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 1998 at 15:59:44
Comments:
I think you have done a fantastic job with the Johnny Mercer site... I commend you on
all your hard work and expertise. Too bad we don't have sites like this for ALL the great
songwriters!!
Name: Marie Lamb
Email:malamb@mailbox.syr.edu
Location: Syracuse, NYDate: Wednesday, April 8, 1998 at 03:48:01
Comments:
Marvelous site, and a fitting tribute to a fine lyricist, composer and singer! I just
told my boyfriend about it, too, and it should come in handy for many of my listeners at
WAER Jazz 88! Nice work!
Name: Thierry Van Bui
Email:tvanbui@hotmail.com
Location: San Jose, CA USA
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 1998 at 17:17:10
Comments:
I love this page. I was looking for the writer of the song "Skylark" because
it's such a beautiful song. I love Rosemary Clooney's rendition of it. Both my friend
Dennis and I love the song.
Name: James E. Mercer, Jr.
Email:AA4DZ@aol.com
Location: Raleigh, NCDate: Monday, April 6, 1998 at 15:10:00
Comments:
Name: Albert R.Levy
Email:alberto@webtv.net
Location: Berkeley, CA America
Date: Monday, April 6, 1998 at 08:45:29
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