Johnny Mercer, part 3: selected standards 1940 to 1949
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See also:
- Johnny Mercer, part 1: selected standards 1930 to 1935
- Johnny Mercer, part 2: selected standards 1936 to 1939
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Johnny Mercer biographies:
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1940
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) (m. Rube Bloom, w. Johnny Mercer)
1941
Blues in the Night (m. Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer) – see also Harold Arlen: selected songs 1930-37
Skylark (m. Hoagy Carmichael, w. Johnny Mercer)
I Remember You (m. Victor Schertzinger, w. Johnny Mercer) — Feature page to be added.
1942
Tangerine (m. Victor Schertzinger, w. Johnny Mercer)
Trav’lin’ Light (m. James R. Mundy and Trummy Young, w. Johnny Mercer)
Harold Arlen and Richard Rodgers Medley – Judy Garland and Diahann Carroll (1964) — among the 14 songs in the medley are four with music by Harold Arlen and words by Johnny Mercer:
- Hit the Road to Dreamland (Arlen-Mercer) – Star Spangled Rhythm (film), 1942
- That Old Black Magic (m. Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer) – Star Spangled Rhythm (film),1942
- Lets Take the Long Way Home (Arlen-Mercer) – Here Come the Waves (film), 1944
- Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home (Arlen-Mercer) – St. Louis Woman, 1946
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1943
My Shining Hour (m. Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer)
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (m. Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer)
1944
Dream (Johnny Mercer)
1945
Laura (m. David Raksin, w. Johnny Mercer)
Out of This World (m. Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer)
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer) – Feature page to be added.
1946
Come Rain or Come Shine (m. Harold Arlen, w. Johnny Mercer)
1947
Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes) (French: Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert-1945 ; English lyrics: J. Mercer- 1947)
1949
Early Autumn (m. Ralph J. Burns, Woody Herman w. Johnny Mercer)
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