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July-December 2004
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hursday 12/23/2004
7:46:34pm |
| Name: |
Samantha |
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http://none |
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non |
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| City/Country: |
owensboro |
| Comments: |
awesome...been
tryin to look for the lyric for a while jus to let ya know im 16
and i really do love this song...wish it were longer... |
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| Thursday 12/23/2004
12:35:23am |
| Name: |
Sara |
| Homepage: |
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monkeygirl_73@hotmail.com |
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| City/Country: |
Canada |
| Comments: |
Hey I am looking to
download the song "Baby
Its Cold Outside but am unable to do so with Kazaa if anyone
can help me that would be awesome the song is amazing! |
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| Sunday 12/19/2004
1:12:28pm |
| Name: |
Earl E. Gregory |
| Homepage: |
http://none |
| E-Mail: |
navy42@webtv.net |
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Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Long Beach,
California, USA |
| Comments: |
I live in a retirement apartment with 200 apartments, and we
have a birthday party for the tenants each month, and this site
is the HIT of HITS for all of us --old folks-- with memories of
when Music was Music. Now I need find the --"WORDS"--
for the "sing-a-longs". Great, great, site. Thank you
for your time and trouble, and the PLEASURE your site gives. |
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| Friday 12/17/2004
8:07:56pm |
| Name: |
charles beck |
| Homepage: |
http://none |
| E-Mail: |
magas628@aol.com |
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Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
los angles. ca. |
| Comments: |
I read his book, he
will be with us till days end, with the music that he wrote |
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| Wednesday
12/15/2004 12:31:50am |
| Name: |
James Oakes |
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| City/Country: |
Montreal, Canada |
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| Tuesday 12/14/2004
12:41:20am |
| Name: |
Mark Blackburn |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
mblackburn@gov.mb.ca |
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Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada |
| Comments: |
Terrific website.
Just posted a review for Sinatra's new "Christmas
Collection" at Amazon.com and found another reason to talk
about my favorite lyricist. (I first referenced Johnny Mercer in
my first Sinatra review for the 3-CD "The Capitol
Years" and never tire of telling people that Johnny was the
greatest (non-theatrical) lyricist who ever lived. It's a
testament to his greatness (and deceptive simplicity) that my granddaughter
Emily quickly picked up the words to "I Remember You"
and "I Thought About You" when I sang her to sleep
with them, starting age two. Anyway, thanks for creating this
wonderful website. Keep up the good work!
God bless America!
Mark Blackburn
Winnipeg MB |
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| Tuesday 12/14/2004
11:16:21am |
| Name: |
Mark Whitty |
| Homepage: |
http://www.cdbaby.com/whitty3> |
| E-Mail: |
finetunes@bigpond.com |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
Narooma NSW
Australia |
| Comments: |
Hi,
An anonymous person in Chesieres Switzerland has bought all
three of my CDs. Wishing to thank him I tried to find him. Using
Google: "chesieres jazz", to my pleasant
surprise brought up your site!
I have been a singer/muso/composer since 1954 (My golden
anniversary now).
In that 50 years many of Johnny's songs
have graced my repertoire.
I have been signing off since 1984 or so
with "Blues In The Night" All apologies
to Johnny, I never realised it was his song. I heard Louis do it
with Oscar Petersen & fell in love with it.
Thank you for being you Johnny!
Best regards, Mark Whitty
http://www.cdbaby.com/whitty3 |
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| Monday 12/13/2004
3:55:56pm |
| Name: |
sonny williams |
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esonnybob@hotmail.com |
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| City/Country: |
canada |
| Comments: |
switcharunny means
change the key back to C |
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| Friday 12/10/2004
7:33:23pm |
| Name: |
Roger E. Hirstein |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
Retiredrog@aol.com |
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| City/Country: |
East Peoria IL U.S.A. |
| Comments: |
Great just wonderful
music!!!!! |
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| Friday 12/10/2004
6:39:58pm |
| Name: |
Cris |
| Homepage: |
http://www.worldnewsdirectory.org/Top_Stories/ |
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Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Gibraltar |
| Comments: |
Excellent Web site.
Greetings. Merry Christmas !!! |
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| Tuesday 12/07/2004
11:09:40pm |
| Name: |
john michael |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
fitstu_dcsyete@yahoo.com |
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| City/Country: |
manila, philippines |
| Comments: |
really like to hear
the song Moon River, its so romantic.... i appreciate to write
to this, just for my favorite song!.... |
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| Monday 12/06/2004
8:09:59am |
| Name: |
Michael |
| Homepage: |
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peterthegreat1998@yahoo.com |
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| Comments: |
Looking at people's
comments about how "Moon River" fits in with B at T, I
think the basic point has been lost. I don't believe much ground
can be covered either by looking into the huckleberry story from
the author's past. instead, more may be seen by comparing
holly's two selves with Twain's "Huckleberry Finn."
Next to about 4 or 5 other american books, "H.F." is
considered the finest book to have ever come from an american
author. it follows the adventures of teenaged Huck Finn as he
runs (or floats) away from home by coasting on an old raft with
a run away slave, Jim. Taking place in the pre-Civil War South,
the book contrasts the pain of slavery with Jim's love for Huck
as Huck confronts some of life's deep rooted problems that
adults (and America) shirk from fixing as they abandon
childhood.
Huck and Jim seem to have little to live for: As a runaway, Jim
faces lynching if caught. As a slave, obviously he faces mere
servitude. As a youngster, Huck faces a fatherless life, a
withered, zealous aunt, and the general back stabbing nature of
the world.
As he and Jim coast easily down the river, however, they're able
to come to some understanding about life, which does not include
becoming resigned to its depressing and unjust aspects. This is
no sudden epiphany for Huck, but rather a slowly developing
shift in his mind, which stems in part from stepping out of
society, forming his own "nation" on the raft, and
learning (most importantly) from the sage Jim.
B at T shows both Holly and her neighbor (I'm forgetting his
name...Fred!) as Huckleberry and Jim characters, drifting down
the morass of American ennui, which for each character stems
from different but similar forces: Holly misses home, has hurt
not a few people, regrets serious mistakes, longs for a husband,
security. She has changed her name, revealing later in the
movie, that in fact, she is nameless, just as her cat--symptomitic
of the american life, where it seems we live anonymously.
Similarly, "Fred" has writer's block, may not be that
great of a writer in the first place, has the ignominy of seeing
his book in the dried up library where no one knows him or his
work. He's locked into an affair with an older, depressed and
rich woman who is using him to escape her own desperate life.
In Moon River, the words sound as if it is Jim from H.F who is
singing to his "huckleberry friend" as if huck was
asleep. I'm don't know where in the book it occurs, but i'm sure
a similar scene in which Jim addresses the moon or at leasts
prays by himself. while sad, the song still envisions better
times ahead, which, while coasting down the mississippi, Jim and
Huck can only dream about having many people after them and only
crooks ahead of them.
but the love between jim and Huck serves as the buffer between
the world's injustices and trials, and the unconquerable human
spirit that the book aims to uncover for us.
similarly, in b at t, holly's lust for life, while over the top,
is beautiful especially in place of the anonymous streets of new
york. only tiffany's serves as a temporary respite from the the
city's grayness. even at the store, holly encounters the gray,
conceited (but helpful...) attitude that pervades the city (or
nation.)
but holly need to be loved and to love properly hasn't been
stifled by the city, though the movie begins with the
possibility of losing her battle becoming more of a reality.
while she sings her song in the movie, i don't believe she's
thinking (yet) of Fred as her huckleberry friend--that comes at
the end. rather, i think she's singing to a part of herself that
has been submerged in the lifeless waters of new york (or choose
your adversary). the idea, however, that like Jim and Huck, she
travels to a better place, provides a more profound reading to
the her seemingly stagnant position, from which, she longs to
escape. i think that coupled with Fred, she has found herself in
another person, which gives her the greatest chance or
surviving, just as huck and jim ultimately survive their
harrowing and at times lonely odyssey. |
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| Sunday 12/05/2004
3:43:57pm |
| Name: |
FrankieB |
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| Comments: |
just looking |
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| Sunday 12/05/2004
0:29:11am |
| Name: |
J. RALPH |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
JABERALPH@AOL.COM |
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| City/Country: |
SILVER SPRING, MD. |
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| Saturday 12/04/2004
8:37:20am |
| Name: |
Carolyn Boselli |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
ladyivanor@snet.net |
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| City/Country: |
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| Comments: |
One of the great
lyricists of my lifetime. |
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| Friday 12/03/2004
8:45:44pm |
| Name: |
pam trenary |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
ptrenary.charter.net |
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By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Astoria, OR |
| Comments: |
I play jazz for
Community Radio Station, KMUN, 91.9 FM,located on the upper left
edge of OR.
This is a great resource. |
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| Wednesday
12/01/2004 3:18:30pm |
| Name: |
Cindi White |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
cynthia.white@mss.gov |
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| City/Country: |
Martinsburg, WV |
| Comments: |
Did HE write Mares
eat oats and does eat oats, etc???????? |
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| Tuesday 11/30/2004
7:39:10pm |
| Name: |
im 13 and doin a
paper on Johnny Mercer |
| Homepage: |
http://Home |
| E-Mail: |
linkin_patty_rockin_world@yahoo.com |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
USA |
| Comments: |
I just wanted to
know where Johnny is buried??? pleaze e-mail me |
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| Thursday 11/25/2004
4:10:59pm |
| Name: |
dave myers |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
dmyers01@bresnan.net |
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| City/Country: |
billings, mt/ usa |
| Comments: |
Thanks for the
chance to connect |
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| Wednesday
11/24/2004 2:57:38pm |
| Name: |
Scott |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
aaron_grae@hotmail.com |
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By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Toronto, Canada |
| Comments: |
Help. I am trying
to search down a version of Baby, It's Cold Outside. I first
heard it two eyars ago on a Wine Rack CD (as in the wine store).
It sounded like an older recording.
It began with a door openning, a gust of wind, then a door
shutting, and is followed by a simple duet. It is the best
version of the song I have heard, yet no one else seems to
remember it. Does anyone know what recording I am talking about?
Please help.....
Happy Holidays....
Scott |
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| Monday 11/22/2004
11:29:31pm |
| Name: |
Eleanor Owens |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
tomelo@verizon.net |
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| City/Country: |
North Edwards,
California |
| Comments: |
Well organized,
informative, and attractive. |
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| Sunday 11/14/2004
2:29:38pm |
| Name: |
brian dunt |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
brian@townandcountrytours.co.uk |
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Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
england |
| Comments: |
Sunny autumn sunday
in uk.Micheal Parkinson playing great standards on BBC radio.
Takes your mind back to Parkinsons fantastic tv shows with the
great Johnny Mercer in 60s 70s |
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| Sunday 11/14/2004
1:57:25pm |
| Name: |
henry scherer |
| Homepage: |
http://henryroxane |
| E-Mail: |
henryroxane@AOL.com |
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| City/Country: |
Hancock CTY ME
& the Bronx NYC |
| Comments: |
Roxane and I went
to Savannah to see the tombstones of Johnny and Ginger. His read
AND THE ANGELS SING Hers read YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL
BABY How well that covered the two of them |
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| Sunday 11/14/2004
2:29:46am |
| Name: |
eillen jones |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
trevs.jones@btinternet.com |
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| City/Country: |
liverpool england |
| Comments: |
playing at husbands
funeral |
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| Friday 11/12/2004
7:30:54pm |
| Name: |
Munroe, John K. |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
w7kcn@cs.com |
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| City/Country: |
Bellingham, Wa. |
| Comments: |
Does anyone have
tape of the JM CBS radio shows around 1953-4? |
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| Friday 11/12/2004
1:18:12pm |
| Name: |
Victor & Adele
Galindo |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
vandag@LWorld.net |
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| City/Country: |
Laguna Woods, CA
92637 |
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| Friday 11/12/2004
12:51:58am |
| Name: |
Patricia Logan |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
tishy_53@yahoo.com |
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| City/Country: |
Mesquite, Tx USA |
| Comments: |
I was looking for
any references to The Sweetheart Tree song from the great
race..Thanks |
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| Thursday 11/11/2004
4:35:10pm |
| Name: |
Danny Haszard |
| Homepage: |
http://www.DannyHaszard.com |
| E-Mail: |
Rollingthunderboywonder@yahoo.com |
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| City/Country: |
Bangor Maine USA |
| Comments: |
You stand and deliver
a touch of class picture perfect 5 stars and rising,shine
on.Best regards,Danny Haszard Bangor Maine USA
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| Tuesday 11/09/2004
9:22:51pm |
| Name: |
larry fugate |
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| City/Country: |
ls vegas |
| Comments: |
when i think of mr.
mercers contributions to the song world, it just leaves me in
awe. |
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| Tuesday 11/02/2004
1:59:56am |
| Name: |
Dick van der Geld |
| Homepage: |
http://www.amsterdamtelevisie.nl |
| E-Mail: |
d.vdgeld@chello.nl |
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Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Almere-Haven / The
Netherlands |
| Comments: |
Your site is
beautifull, very good informations about artist songs etc.
I hope you can help me out to find a special song from The
Andrew Sisters.
I have have family in the states they live in Michigan, and I
visit in 2002 for tyhe last time your fantastic country! Some
day I want to go back to my cousins and orther members of my
family, and I prefer to live there for a longer time.My
impression of your country are very very positif, nice people,
nice nature very kind rules about the "life style" I
like that very much!
I hope you can help me out
Thanks!!!
Mr. Dick van der Geld
The Netherlands |
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| Monday 11/01/2004
10:57:46pm |
| Name: |
Jim Link |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
linkjc@juno.com |
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| City/Country: |
Cape Coral, FL |
| Comments: |
Just watched
"Dream" at the Florida Rep. Book by Jack Wrangler.
What a wonderful evening of Johnny in review. Rendition of
"Spring, Spring, Spring" brought down the house and
showedthe very clever lyrics of this genius. |
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| Friday 10/29/2004
5:17:17pm |
| Name: |
Nancy Ciucevich
Story |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
mtgodess1@yahoo.com |
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| City/Country: |
Boulder/ CO |
| Comments: |
Johnny gave me my
first books of poetry. He encouraged and inspired me to continue
writing. I still do that, Uncle Johnny! |
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| Thursday 10/28/2004
8:37:31pm |
| Name: |
Mark |
| Homepage: |
http://www.affiliateseeking.com |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Comments: |
I think this is the
first time I've been to your site and I think it has some nice
information. |
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| Tuesday 10/26/2004
2:37:52am |
| Name: |
Kielce |
| Homepage: |
http://www.kkf.pl |
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| City/Country: |
Kielce |
| Comments: |
Kielecki Katalog
Firm. Respect! |
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| Monday 10/25/2004
1:27:21am |
| Name: |
Ralph C. Price |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
pricega1@comcast.net |
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By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Savannah, GA |
| Comments: |
Great source of
information on Johnny Mercer. Keep up the good work! |
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| Saturday
10/16/2004 3:09:44am |
| Name: |
Haim
Noy |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
haimnoy@actcom.co.il |
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| City/Country: |
ISRAEL |
| Comments: |
Thanks
for the greats songs and a the lovely site |
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| Friday 10/15/2004
7:42:50pm |
| Name: |
Phil Pearson |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
phpearso@yahoo.com |
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By: |
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Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Marion, In USA |
| Comments: |
Love the music!!!
Wanted to find Buttons and Bows lyrics. Google did it. |
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| Sunday 10/10/2004
4:44:57am |
| Name: |
Norman Gifford |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
enngee@wol.co.za |
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Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Johannesburg/South
Africa |
| Comments: |
Greetings from the
Johannesburg Big Band Music Appreciation Society - we love your
music and it's a great site.
Norman Gifford
Secretary |
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| Saturday 10/09/2004
5:59:09pm |
| Name: |
Diane Mehok |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
lojo40@cox.net |
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E-Mail |
| City/Country: |
Scottsdale, Az. USA |
| Comments: |
Thank you for
maintaining this fun website that brings back FLOODS of
memories! |
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| Saturday 10/09/2004 4:29:25am |
| Name: |
Sandy |
| Homepage: |
http://RichardWidmark.eu.kz |
| E-Mail: |
GunShy@outgun.com |
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E-Mail, Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Phoenix,Az,..USA |
| Comments: |
Great site! I love the photo
with Martha Raye! She was great!
This is a note to Steve,..
Thank you so much for your help with the lyrics I needed.
Take care,
Sandy |
| Friday 10/08/2004
7:23:52am |
| Name: |
Esther Kreis |
| Homepage: |
http://www.comedian-company.ch |
| E-Mail: |
info@comedian-company.ch |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
Zurich/Switzerland |
| Comments: |
The Sluefoot
has always been one of my favourite Astaire/Caron
dance numbers and I’m still working on convincing my
partners to perform on stage together with young dancers in
Zurich/Switzerland. I think young people would love to do it
even today. It shows the whole joy and fun of dancing. Such
music and those idols make us go on in showbusiness! Break a leg
to all dancers! What a relief that I finally found this website!
Keep on going guys with lots of hugs and kisses and gruezi from
Zurich. |
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| Thursday 10/07/2004
2:21:52pm |
| Name: |
Dennis M. Sprick |
| Homepage: |
http://www.heartfultouch.com |
| E-Mail: |
dennis@heartfultouch.com |
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By: |
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Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Montclair, NJ |
| Comments: |
I love singing
Mercer songs, and I'm impressed by
all the material on your Mercer Web site. Keep up the good work. |
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| Thursday 10/07/2004
12:47:58am |
| Name: |
John |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
mejal@charter.net |
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| City/Country: |
Redding, CA USA |
| Comments: |
I grew up with Moon
River, too. The tune and the words, that is. And even though
I've never even been to Burnside Island (Why is it called that?)
I still like them. And I imagine that it's Moon River is
beautiful! I wish, I could see the river some day, for real. I
wish, I could even live in that house.
Anyone out there, women out there, who are 41, who grew up with
Moon River? Want to correspond by email? |
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| Sunday 10/03/2004
4:00:24am |
| Name: |
Vicky Martin |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
Pearlyman@webtv.net |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
Santa Monica, CA
USA |
| Comments: |
My Late Husband,
Jack Martin did the vocal on the recording, "Huggin'
And A' Chalkin'" when he was a member of the Kay Kyser
Orchestra. Jack passed away in 1984. vgm |
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| Thursday 09/30/2004
7:40:28pm |
| Name: |
stephanie l. silva |
| Homepage: |
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Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
macomb, mi |
| Comments: |
Visited savannah
georgia and discovered the magic of johnny mercer. He had
contributed such beautiful and thoughtful lyrics to so many
songs and I am truly thankful. |
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| Thursday 09/30/2004
5:48:56am |
| Name: |
MARIE-ELAINE HULSE |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
sequana62@btinternet.com |
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By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Comments: |
I am reading
"No Direction Home" by Robert Shelton, The Life And
Music of Bob Dylan. (My hero) page's 30 & 31 mention Bob
singing "Accentuate The Positive" as a boy. This lead
me to here. To quote Dylan "The truth was obscure, too
profound and too pure; to live it you have to explode." |
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| Wednesday
09/29/2004 10:20:39pm |
| Name: |
Bob Colonna |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
rjcolonna@att.net |
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By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Providence |
| Comments: |
My Dad, Jerry
Colonna, was a good friend to Johnny, especially in the
early days of Capitol. Johnny was a frequent visitor in our
home. I remember him as a genial and brilliant raconteur who
could knock you on your ass laughing with, for instance stories
in the Gullah dialect. An amazing gentleman, sorely missed. I
have one of his watercolors, a view of Independence Hall in
Philly. Not bad at all. Favorite lyric: I Thought About You. |
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| Tuesday 09/28/2004
1:00:33pm |
| Name: |
Jack Miskelly |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
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| Comments: |
The epitomy of
style |
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| Monday 09/27/2004
6:44:55pm |
| Name: |
Garry Neel |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
gaben1@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Derby, KS USA |
| Comments: |
Have always enjoyed
Johnny Mercer pieces, and am happy to find his website. |
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| Sunday 09/26/2004
5:11:23pm |
| Name: |
Anna Silva |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
annakrazy@yahoo.com |
| Referred
By: |
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| City/Country: |
San Diego |
| Comments: |
I've always liked
that song thank you for putting it on the internet. |
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| Friday 09/24/2004
12:34:00am |
| Name: |
Mary Ellen Skuse |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
MESkuse@hotmail.com |
| Referred
By: |
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| City/Country: |
Chicago |
| Comments: |
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| Wednesday 09/22/2004
2:44:21pm |
| Name: |
Larry Stoler |
| Homepage: |
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| Referred By: |
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| City/Country: |
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| Comments: |
It is a pleasure to discover
your site. I am enjoying it.
I miss hearing this great music on the radio. It is time for a station to
provide the great American song book on FM in New York.
Recently, I visited CHWO in Toronto, Canada. They play standards. They are
a 50,000 watt AM station at 740 on the dial. They are number six in the
Toronto market.
Now if that can be achieved in Canada, their is no reason this can't
happen in New York.
Their is an audience that makes money that wants this music again. We
haven't had an attempt at this format since December, 1998.
If the listeners in New York can protect WQXR, a 24 hour commercial
classical station then they can do the same for American popular music on
FM with a signal from the Empire State Building and no competition to
speak of.
Thank you for reading this e-mail. Feel free to add this to your guestbook.
Larry Stoler
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| Thursday 09/16/2004
11:45:56pm |
| Name: |
Bruno Scarcella |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
brunoscarcella@hotmail.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Melbourne/Australia |
| Comments: |
I have always been
a fan of Johnny Mercer and was thrilled whilst surfing the net I
came across this page. I will now endeavour to get hold of some
of his records in Australia |
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| Tuesday 09/14/2004
1:00:18pm |
| Name: |
Fred Goldrup |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
fred.goldrup@maine.gov |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Lewiston/Maine |
| Comments: |
Seems like every
time I look for favorite lyrics I find Johnny Mercer!
That man must be the unsung (no pun intended) king of American
Tin Pan Alley songs!! |
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| Monday 09/13/2004
2:20:50pm |
| Name: |
Jerry Carroll
Barnes, Ed.D |
| Homepage: |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
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| Comments: |
I have to
congratulate you folks on this website; it's pretty damn
impressive. Sorry to say I didn't know about it until this
evening - but what a treat! Johnny Mercer is my nominee for
all-time best lyricist (with Larry Hart running a close second).
And Margaret Whiting is a dead-on tie for my all-time favorite
female vocalist (along with Jo Stafford). Sad as hell that so
few folks my age recognize these names today - I guess we
40-somethings are a dunderheaded lot. But Johnny is STILL a
master - and Margaret still looks damn fine!
Best wishes to you all.
Jerry Carroll Barnes, Ed.D. |
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| Sunday 09/05/2004
6:52:35pm |
| Name: |
Chuck Thompson |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
ChiliChuck@ChiliTech.com |
| Referred
By: |
Search Engine |
| City/Country: |
Houston |
| Comments: |
>>> FROM
the OLDEST LIVING RADIO DISC JOCKEY from the 1940s, '50s and
'60s... In those days I played hundreds of Johnny Mercer's great
songs... In 1956, Johnny wrote me such a warm and generous note
about a book I was writing.... The warm spot I had in my heart
for Johnny Mercer got even warmer after I received that note. |
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| Saturday 09/04/2004
12:06:02am |
| Name: |
O DAVE |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
22MUGU@MUGU.COM |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
LOME TOGO |
| Comments: |
MY GUYS I BEG
OOOOOOOOOOOO |
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| Friday 09/03/2004
0:32:22am |
| Name: |
Dr. D. Dahrinet |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
dr-sam@sbcglobal.net |
| Referred
By: |
Search Engine, Just
Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Frazier Park, Ca.
93225-1286 |
| Comments: |
I am an ex
prof.ballroom dancer and have danced to his music many times. my
partner, Rolf Erhardt, has disappeared, evidently, but perhaps
he will check in here one day, but he wd. not recognize the
name. but we loved to dance to such great music. God bless.
"Sam" |
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| Friday 09/03/2004
0:17:22am |
| Name: |
Dr. D. Dahrinet |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
dr-sam@sbcglobal.net |
| Referred
By: |
Search Engine, Web
Ring |
| City/Country: |
Frazier Park, Ca.
93225 |
| Comments: |
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| Thursday 08/26/2004
10:59:14am |
| Name: |
Ernst Pattynama |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
e.pattynama@esomar.org |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Amsterdam, The
Netherlands |
| Comments: |
I've been humming
"Moon River" for quite a few days now. It has the
quality of a folk song: stunning in its 'simplicity' as to
lyrics and melody. It is truly one of the great songs in the
Great American Song Book, that major American contribution to
the world. And JM is the first among peers! |
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| Saturday 08/21/2004
2:24:51pm |
| Name: |
Don Hamasaki |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
kapulena@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Friend |
| City/Country: |
Huntington Beach,
CA USA |
| Comments: |
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| Saturday 08/21/2004
2:22:10pm |
| Name: |
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| Homepage: |
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By: |
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| City/Country: |
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| Comments: |
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| Saturday 08/21/2004
1:15:02pm |
| Name: |
grunt |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
fmfjarhead@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
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| City/Country: |
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| Comments: |
such a pleasure to
listen to a J mercer tune to make one forget whats passing for
music today. thank you |
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| Friday 08/20/2004
2:52:31pm |
| Name: |
mugu |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
mugu@magatony.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
london |
| Comments: |
i dey brother! |
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| Tuesday 08/17/2004
6:45:34am |
| Name: |
Jude Phillips Smith |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
judeandjoe@comcast.net |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Atlanta Ga |
| Comments: |
I am a native of
Savannah. My father the late John A Phillips Sr [Johnny Phillips
Orchestra] grew up with and was a friend of Johnny Mercer. When
ever JM came to town he would call JP and they would get
together for a visit. My father thought the world of him! Good
Memories!!! JPS |
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| Monday 08/16/2004
2:43:50pm |
| Name: |
Richard Leigh |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
richard@richardleigh.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Cornersville, TN |
| Comments: |
A talent as big as
Mercer's gets handed out only once or twice in a century. |
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| Monday 08/16/2004
10:44:42am |
| Name: |
Annette Burdett |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
aburdet@sbcglobal.net |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Houston, Texas
United States of America |
| Comments: |
Johnny Mercer and
all the musicians of his time will always be remembered for
their great music. Now'adays what is considered music is more
noise than anything else, and the lyrics really have nothing to
say that is inspiring. |
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| Saturday 08/14/2004
4:01:23am |
| Name: |
Mary Ellen Bond |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
happydayz4me@msn.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Bradenton Florida |
| Comments: |
Mom and Dad shared
Johnny's music, and now that I am older, I am appreciating it
much more - why did I wait so long?
Great site. |
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| Friday 08/13/2004
5:48:20pm |
| Name: |
Robert |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
peggyleebook@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
California |
| Comments: |
Peggy Lee always
called Johnny Mercer her mentor.
He helped her reconstruct "It's A Good Day" and make
it a better song.
You can read more about Peggy and Johnny when you order:
Miss Peggy Lee: A Career Chronicle
barnesandnoble.com has a good discount.
Enjoy! |
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| Friday 08/13/2004
12:06:40am |
| Name: |
John Lee |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
john@kingstonway.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Referred
By: |
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| City/Country: |
Market Harborough ,
UK |
| Comments: |
Was there ever a
better wordsmith I doubt it. Johnny Mercer brought so much
pleasure to so many people - sadly so many may not have been
aware that they
were his lyrics so prolific was his output. What a talent |
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| Sunday 08/08/2004
1:26:11pm |
| Name: |
Marian Chacon |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
chacon618@cs.com |
| Referred
By: |
Friend |
| City/Country: |
Tucson, AZ |
| Comments: |
My sister and I
have had ongoing discussions about the actual words to "Mares
Eat Oats"! |
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| Sunday 08/08/2004
7:07:27am |
| Name: |
Edson |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
ed_micheletti@hotmail.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Los Angeles,
California |
| Comments: |
I use to sing
Moonriver since I was a teenager. And it is so nice to find a
site that talk about this wonderful song! |
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| Saturday 08/07/2004
5:26:58pm |
| Name: |
Wally Petsch |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
gambler339@msn.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Longview, Tx. usa |
| Comments: |
Only God knows how
much I miss his talents and his songs. |
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| Friday 08/06/2004
7:21:06pm |
| Name: |
Charles E. Browder |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
cearlbrowder@netscape.net |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Comments: |
Great site. Great
artist. Great human being. Let's honor his memory by ridding our
land of crooks and murderers like George Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul
Wolfowitz, John Ashcroft, et al. Peace and Justice and happy
listening |
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| Tuesday 08/03/2004
9:00:36am |
| Name: |
Mike Ellis |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
MJEllisUK@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
UK |
| Comments: |
The greatest
songwriter of all time. |
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| Friday 07/30/2004
1:43:02am |
| Name: |
Char Neilander
& Tom Nickel |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
char101.1@netzero.net
& tomart1@netzero.net |
| Referred
By: |
Search Engine, Just
Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Green Valley AZ
85614 USA |
| Comments: |
Love everything
about Johnny Mercer's music - what a great talent - his music is
still the best. |
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| Wednesday
07/28/2004 8:26:42am |
| Name: |
KEN JAMES |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
ki6a@
pacific.net |
| Referred
By: |
Search Engine, Just
Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Willits, CA |
| Comments: |
Such Class! |
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| Tuesday 07/27/2004
8:54:43pm |
| Name: |
Bob and Carolyn
Lappin |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
awizeoref@cox.net |
| Referred
By: |
Friend |
| City/Country: |
Wichita Ks. / USA |
| Comments: |
We have been to
Savannah 3 times in 4 years and each time we paid our respects
to Section H and Bonaventure Cemetery. We really like the new
bench since our last visit. We do miss seeing the bird girl, but
understand the reasons behind the removal. |
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| Sunday 07/25/2004
9:51:19am |
| Name: |
George Matlock |
| Homepage: |
http://www.londonvoice.radioheynow.com |
| E-Mail: |
george@radioheynow.com |
| Referred
By: |
Search Engine, Just
Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
London, UK |
| Comments: |
I interviewed Diane
Schuur on Friday at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. She
played When October Goes and that is when I realised how much
work Barry Manilow had done on Mercer's lyrics. I had, I
confess, little clue about how much Manilow worked on Mercer's
lyrics although I had heard of the association. If anyone wants
to hear that song tonight and the interview with Ms Schuur, we
invite you at 9pm London time (2000 GMT or 4pm New York time)
Sunday July 25, 2004. Welcome to London Jazz on http:www.radioheynow.com
!
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| Sunday 07/25/2004
0:19:05am |
| Name: |
The Freedom
Train(Benny GOODMAN, Peggy L |
| Homepage: |
The Freedom
Train(Benny GOODMAN, Peggy LEE, Margaret WHITING, Johnny MERCER
And Pied PIPERS) |
| E-Mail: |
The Freedom
Train(Benny GOODMAN, Peggy LEE, Margaret WHITING, Johnny MERCER
And |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
The Freedom
Train(Benny GOODMAN, Peggy L |
| Comments: |
Is Margaret
actually still around??
Funny stuff, that Freedom Train, signed by so many.. |
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| Sunday 07/18/2004
12:41:53am |
| Name: |
UNCLE BARNEY |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
Chezversel@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Friend |
| City/Country: |
If Silver Spring MD
is a City--OK |
| Comments: |
Steve: Your Momma
Don Told Me about your website. I've known about it;--but have
never had the urge to visit.
However; when you Momma Done Told Me, I listened to my Sister
(and glad that I did) and I really did enjoy it. Good work Steve
and I believe this is another expression of Public Support just
like rescue of Motorists on the Long Island Expressway. |
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| Thursday 07/08/2004
9:30:24am |
| Name: |
Earl Nesmith |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
dukeoearltpearl@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
sarasota, fl |
| Comments: |
I'm a "saloon
entertainer" here. I just fell into this site. I'll be
sticking it into "my favorites", as I regard the
lyrics of Johnny Mercer.
Some parents leave their children monetary wealth. Mine left me
the music of the 30's&40's. A large part of that being the
lyrics of Mercer to the music of Carmichael and Arlen. In my
opinion the most imaginative lyrist of all time. "Midnight
Sun" blew me away as a child and was one of the first songs
I put in my repertoire when I left working with groups and bands
and started working alone.
I'll be visiting from time to time. |
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| Wednesday
07/07/2004 8:41:40pm |
| Name: |
tony |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
shoresbear@webtv.net |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Royal Oak, Michigan |
| Comments: |
I remember Margaret Whiting from
when I was younger. I loved her voice. During the summer of 1966
in Milwaukee Wisconsin she was doing a show at the Melody Top
Theater and for several weeks she stayed at the Milwaukee Inn
where I worked. I remember she had Mondays off and would come
down to eat. Usually Mondays were very slow at work and several
of us would sit around with her and talk for an hour or so when
she was done eating. She was a wonderful person with many good
stories about her life and career. I remember meeting her
daughter while she was staying there.
I would love to see her again. |
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| Monday 07/05/2004
5:51:37am |
| Name: |
Harry Lynn |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
webfoot@dodo.com.au |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
Tallebudgera,
Australia |
| Comments: |
As a long time fan,
I was amazed at the volume of work John had produced.
Makes my 95 songs pale into insignificance |
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| Monday 07/05/2004
2:28:21am |
| Name: |
Lynda Martinez |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
LyndaJM16@aol.com |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
San Jose/Santa
Clara County |
| Comments: |
I regarded Johnny
Mercer as a genius and three of his songs are favorites of mine.
The first man I was in love with was ironically named John
Mercer, but they were not related...My 3 favorite Mercer songs:
Fools Rush In, Skylark, and Moon River...just beautiful...And
two of my friends had Days of Wine & Roses played for their
first dance with their husbands at their weddings...great song! |
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| Friday 07/02/2004
3:04:54pm |
| Name: |
je rawls |
| Homepage: |
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| E-Mail: |
erawls@cableone.net |
| Referred
By: |
Just Surfed In |
| City/Country: |
duncan ok |
| Comments: |
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