Johnny Mercer News

It's a year of anniversaries - as every year is, of course - and we're here to honor the great American lyricist Johnny Mercer , whose 100th birthday would've been Nov.

Today is the 100th anniversary of Johnny Mercer's birth. To celebrate it, Dave Frishberg and Rebecca Kilgore will be the guests on National Public Radio's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

The Mercer House. Photo / Savannah Conv.Visitors Bureau . Johnny Mercer is one of those song writers who wrote so many familiar lyrics, that people tend to say, "Wow, he wrote that, too?" He won Academy Awards for best song four times for writing the lyrics to the following songs: On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe in 1946 In the Cool, Cool, ...

On Wednesday, prolific songwriter and singer Johnny Mercer would have turned 100.

When it comes to popular composers of the last 50 years, it's hard to beat Henry Mancini.

In May 1971, songwriter Johnny Mercer appeared at New York's 92nd Street Y to sing and talk about his remarkable career.

One of several Johnny Mercer tributes was held earlier tonight at Blowin' Smoke BBQ.

You'd never know it, But, buddy, I'm a kind of poet, And I've got a lotta things to say .

The latest newsletter from local jazz man Curtis Stigers makes me embarrassed that I complained about being tired and went to bed at 9 p.m. last night.

For all the Johnny Mercer lyrics we've heard in the movies, from "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe " through "Moon River," radio has always been his real home base.

Johnny Mercer's song "I'm Old Fashioned" describes Atlanta-based trumpeter Joe Gransden, perfectly.

Mrs. T and I recently got around to watching Turner Classic Movies' Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me , a Clint Eastwood-produced two-hour documentary full of priceless archival footage.

Film director Clint Eastwood's love of jazz and American popular song is far from a secret, especially following his feature-length biopic about alto saxophonist Charlie Parker , during which the ever restless Eastwood got the idea to produce a feature-length film about pianist Thelonious Monk , released somewhat later during the same year as ...

The rhythms of the street propelled Britons Steve McNicholas and Luke Creswell to create STOMP, the danceandpercussion show that's been touring the world since 1991, and is coming to Savannah's Johnny Mercer Theatre Dec.

Johnny Mercer, the Savannah songwriter with the gap-toothed smile, wrote songs with everyone from Duke Ellington to Sadie Vimmerstedt.

A serendipitous convergence will make the next week doubly gratifying for people who cherish notable American songwriters - and would be receptive to recalling their careers by watching fond but also discerning biographical features.

The New York Pops celebrates the centenary of the birth of lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer at Carnegie Hall on Friday, November 20 at 8:00PM. Joining Music Director Steven Reineke and the orchestra are multi-platinum selling singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway , known for starring in the hit Broadway musical "SWING!"; Broadway performer ...

The news about Wilco's appearance at the 2010 Savannah Music Festival has spread like wildfire, but there are lots of other shows worth talking about on the justannounced schedule.

The news about Wilco's appearance at the 2010 Savannah Music Festival has spread like wildfire, but there are lots of other shows worth talking about on the just-announced schedule.

It's a thrill, to be sure, when a musician the caliber of Bonnie Raitt chooses to record one of your songs.