One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)." "Autumn Leaves." "Days of Wine and Roses." "I Wanna Be Around." "How Little We Know." "Laura." "Come Rain or Come Shine." "That Old Black Magic. If Johnny Mercer had written only those tunes, he would be immortal.
OLAF FUB SEZ: A favorite lyric from songwriter Johnny Mercer, born on this date in 1909, "When an irresistible force such as you/ Meets an old immovable object like me/ You can bet as sure as you live/ Something's gotta give ***
NORFOLK - , 62, better known as "Johnny Fool", of the 2400 block of Cromwell Road, passed into eternal rest Feb. 10, 2006. Johnny was born Feb. 15, 1943, in Norfolk to Ruby and the late Raymond Mercer. Johnny was employed by the City of Norfolk for 12 years and received an honorable discharge after serving five years in the U.S. Air Force.
Dolly Parton has been selected by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as this year's recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award. The award is presented to a songwriter "whose body of work is of such high quality and impact, that it upholds the gold standard set by the legendary Johnny Mercer," the organization said Tuesday in a statement.
NEW YORK - Stevie Wonder has been selected as recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award by The National Academy of Popular Music/ Songwriters Hall of Fame. The award will be presented June 10 at the 2004 awards at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Not everybody was impressed with the good doctor's first prescription, 1968's Gris Gris. "What is this shit?" [Mac Rebennack] remembers Atlantic records head Ahmet Ertegun yelling when he stopped by a Bobby Darin session Rebennack was working on to vent his anger after hearing the record for the first time. Ertegun described Dr. John's initial output as "a boogalee coonass record." Even Rebennack's colleague Harold Batiste thought it might "slot off into the psychedelical market. It didn't go that way," Rebennack says of the record that established his career and became a cult classic. "And that's why life is inarrestin' and full of surprises, and shit happens." For his own edification, Dr. John has just recorded Mercerized: The Songs of Johnny Mercer, out May 23 on Blue Note. It ...
Gordon Bok - Branford Folk Coffeehouse 8 p.m. Saturday, $16, under 12 $3, reservations required, (203) 488-7715, First Congregational Church, 1009 Main St., Branford; (203) 488-7201. Irish Chamber Orchestra 8 p.m. Friday, $35, Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield; (203) 371-7908. Johnny Mercer Broadway Songbook" 4 p.m. today, $35, under 18 with ID $5, info: (203) 222-7070, Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport; (203) 259-0346.
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. First and foremost, the distinguished posthumous subject: Johnny Mercer, who was born in Savannah, Ga., on Nov. 18, 1909, and died in Los Angeles on June 25, 1976, after failing to recover from a brain- tumor operation.
Grateful as I feel to Turner Classic Movies for its centennial tribute to Johnny Mercer this month, it's a bit surprising that the management has failed to make an additional place for actor Robert Ryan, born Nov. 11, 1909, in Chicago, where his family owned a contracting business. Well-educated, Ryan graduated from Loyola Academy in his hometown and then Dartmouth College, where he achieved the remarkable athletic feat of remaining an undefeated intercollegiate heavyweight champion during four years of boxing competition.
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS Musical by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer, with book by Lawrence Kasha and David S. Landay, based on the 1954 film by Stanley Donen and "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen Vincent Benet. With additional material by Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, de Paul, Mercer and Saul Chaplin. Directed by Scott Schwartz. At the Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn.
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