Ralph C. Mitchell III

 

revised- March 24th, 2008

 

 

Ralph has compiled a listing of  1782 performances of 506 Mercer songs, which appear in CD format. Thanks Ralph for agreeing to share this most valuable resource with the worldwide readers of the Johnny Mercer Educational Archives!

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There are 107 different composers represented among the 503 songs:

 

  • Harold Arlen = 61
  • Johnny Mercer= 51
  • Harry Warren= 44
  • Gene DePaul= 32 
  • Robert Dolan=30
  • Richard Whiting=23
  • Henry Mamcini=19
  • Bernie Hanighen=17
  • Hoagy Carmichael=17
  • Andre Previn=15
  • Barry Manilow=13
  • Rube Bloom=9
  • Jerome Kern=9
  • Victor Schertzinger=8
  • Johnny Green=8
  • Arthur Schwartz=9
  • Jimmy McHugh=7
  • Walter Donaldson=6
    Saul Chaplin=6
    Matty Malneck=7
  • Jimmy Rowles=5
    Jimmy Van Heusen=4
  • Alfred Newman=3
  • Lewis Gensler=3
  • John Williams=3
    Paul Weston=3
    David Raskin=2
  • Fred Astaire=2
  • Blossom Dearie=2
    Alec Wilder=2
  • Gordon Jenkins=2
  • Wingy Manone=2
  • Sammy Nestico=2
  • Duke Ellington =2
    Steve Allen =2
    Phil Ohman=2
  • Benny Goodman=2
  •  
  • plus 71 other composers with one song each; a total of 107 different composers.

 

  • Almeida, Laurendo

    Aloma, Harold/Jacobs, Al

    Bates, Charles

    Bernstein, Elmer

    Bleyer, Archie

    Borne, Hal

    Bozage, Donald

    Bright, Ronnell

    Carter, Benny

    Cleary, Michael
    Clarkson, Geoffrey

    Darin, Bobby/Mercer, Johnny

    Dexter

    Elman, Ziggy

    Fine, Sylvia
    Foster, Stephen (Johnny wrote a special lyric in 1940)

    Fried, Gerald

    Gallegher/Shean

    Garner, Erroll

    Goodman, Benny/McDonough, Dick

    Gray, Jerry

    Hampton, Lionel/Burke, Sonny

    Hefti, Neal

    Herman, Woody/Burns, Ralph

    Himber, Richard
    Hodges, Johnny

    Humphies, Rolfe
    Jarvis, Al/Rene, Leon

    Kahn, Donald

    Kosma, Joseph

    LaRocca, D. J./Shields, Larry

    LeGrand, Michel/Barclay, Eddie

    Lilley, Joseph

    Lincke, Paul
    Lindsey, Mort

    Mandel, Johnny
    Marsh, Royal

    Marshall, Jack
    Mayer, Henry

    McGrath, Fulton

    McGregor, Chummy

    McPartland, Marian

    Mendez, Jose Antonio

    Milham, Margot

    Miller, Eddie

    Miller, Everett

    Minard, Brian

    Mundy, Jimmy/Young, Trummy

    North, Alex

    Ohman, Phil

    Ohman, Phil/Teetor, Macy

    Opler, Alfred

    Philippe-Gerard

    Quadling, Lew

    Raskin, Milt

    Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholai

    Robison, Willard

    Rotella, John

    Samuels, Eddie

    Scibetta, Tony

    Sharpe, John Rufus

    Shaw, Artie

    Sigman, Carl/Meyer, Joseph

    Spina, Harold

    Swanson, Robert

    Tauber, Doris

    Tinturin, Peter
    Troup, Bobby

    Wayne, Bernie

    Weill, Kurt/Brecht, Eugene

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