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Russell Scott Management Presents.....An evening of
Johnny Mercer |
Amy Anzel
Originally from New York,
Amy now calls London home. She most recently performed at
the London Palladium as
Lottie Child in ‘Crazy For You.’ Other credits include: Marty in
the European Tour of ‘Grease’,
the
Musical directed by Garry
Marshall. Film and TV credits include MTV’s ‘Short Circuitz’,
‘Witchwise’ and ‘The
Bachelor.’ Amy has sung over 500 jingles and voiceovers, has
appeared in numerous
commercials an
Sondheim’s ‘Company’ at The
Barons Court Theatre.
Andrew
Glover
Andrew was born in New
Zealand, he studied at the Unitec School of Performing Arts,
making his operatic debut
in a NBR NZ Opera production of I
been awarded a Dame Malvina
Major Emerging Artist
honours at the Australian
Opera Studio
ensembles including the
the NBR New Zealand Opera
Company.
successful series of live
radio appearances featuring
Russell
Scott
Russell Scott has been in
the music industry, professionally for over 30 years
performer he has performed
all over the world
soundtracks, opera,
orchestras . With over
100,000 record sales across his
accomplished singer
sees his return to the
Cabaret world after a break of more than 15 years.
to be producing this
wonderful production
Janine
van den Berg
Janine van den Berg studied
singing and acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama. She works no
where she’s collaborated in
Dance, Jazz and Contemporary music. More recently she has
been working on a Gershwin
project performing
composer Steve Law.
Pascoe, Top Gear,
Cinderella in Pantomime,
Tour). Janine is delighted
to be performing tonight at Pizza on the Park .
James
Burn (Piano)
James is
a versatile musician and composer who most recently
production
of The Lion King at the Mogador Theatre, Paris. His
week run
at the New Players Theatre in London The Firebird to be performed in Bermuda
next Christmas.
With
special thanks to our Production Team and everyone at Pizza on the Park
www.russellscottmanagement.com
. Johnny
Mercer: Moon River Johnny Mercer Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook (2CD)
He had a phenomenal career during
which he wrote over 100 hit songs (more hits than Cole Porter, Burt Bacharach
and the Beatles combined). In 1942 he was co-founder of Capitol Records, the
label that nurtured the careers of such artists as Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee and
Frank Sinatra. He was Sinatra's favorite lyricist. Frank recorded more than 25
Mercer songs including "Summer Wind" and "One For My Baby."
It is said that every minute of every day, a Johnny Mercer song is being
performed somewhere around the world on radio and TV. His songs are being used
in over 400 movies. His film songs gathered 18 Academy Award nominations and he
was a four-time Academy Award Winner. His song "Hooray For Hollywood"
is heard every year at the Academy Awards. In an American Film Institute Poll
for the greatest film songs of all time, the top three were "Over The
Rainbow" ( from the Wizard of Oz. 1939 ) "White Christmas" (from
Holiday Inn 1942) and Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River"
(from Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 ).
Of all the great American songwriters, Johnny Mercer was the ONLY one who could
have made a living as a singer - and, from time to time, he did sing
professionally. During the 1940s and '50s he had his own radio show which
competed in popularity with such stars as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. As a
recording artist, he notched up 28 chart records and was four times number one
on Billboard's Top 100.
Johnny Mercer's career was unique. He was old enough to have been a major force
in the Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood of the 1930s and '40s yet young enough to
have competed in the 1960s and '70s with the likes of Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach
and the Beatles. In 1974 when he was in London making these recordings and
working on a musical with Andre Previn, he received an invitation to write with
Paul McCartney but was too busy to accept. Soon after, he suffered the brain
tumour from which he died in 1976.
Over the past 75 years, every major singer has sung or recorded a Mercer song -
from Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire (in the 1930s and '40s) to
Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and Ella Fitzgerald ( in the 1950s and '60s ) to Elvis
Presley, Pat Boone and Bobby Darin ( in the 1960s and '70s ) to the present day
with such artists as Robbie Williams, Westlife, Diana Krall and Michael Buble.
You'll even find Johnny represented on Susan Boyle's new album.
Latest from Hollywood - Executive Producer, Clint Eastwood has just signed off
on final cut of the new documentary JOHNNY MERCER - THE DREAM'S ON ME. Jamie
Cullum, who appears and performs in the film, will go on TV to promote the
picture which will be screened nationally on Turner Classic Movies on November
4th along with a season of Johnny Mercer musicals……………
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