John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (18 November 1909 – 25 June 1976) is regarded … Read Full Bio ↴John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (18 November 1909 – 25 June 1976) is regarded as one of America's greatest songwriters. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.
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Johnny Mercer Lyrics
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive Gather 'round me, everybody Gather 'round me, while I preach…
Baby It's Cold Outside Baby, It's Cold Outside Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer (in…
Blues In The Night My mama done tol' me, When I was in knee pants, My…
Candy Some say that love is sweet as a rose, Some say…
Conversation While Dancing Do you know what's groovy Have you seen the latest movie Sho…
G.I. Jive This is the G. I. Jive Man alive It starts with the…
Glow Worm Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-w…
Jamboree Jones I'll begin the story Out in West Virginia Is a little colleg…
Mister Meadowlark I'm out in the country But I don't know why 'Cause I'm…
My Sugar Is So Refined My sugar is so refined SHe's one o' them high-class kind she…
On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe Do ya hear that whistle down the line? I figure that…
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place…
Personality When Madam Pompadour was on a ballroom floor Said all the…
Small Fry Small fry, strutting by the pool room Small fry, should be…
Strip Polka This is the strip polka I adore this ? There's a burlesque…
Sugar Blues Have you heard these blues That I'm goin' to sing to…
The Dixieland band I smoke the whole damn pound I'm a need another one,…
The Old Music Master One night long ago by the light of the moon, An…