Johnny Mercer
USA
Born: 18 November 1909
Died: 25 June 1976
Styles: Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vocal Pop, Vocal Jazz
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Johnny Mercer's main claim to immortality is his incredible songwriting output, penning the lyrics or music and lyrics to roughly 1,500 songs. Marked by a sophisticated, occasionally whimsical mastery of language and rhymes, many of Mercer's songs have become standards regularly covered by jazz artists. Yet Mercer was also a successful singer, with a relaxed, Southern-accented, jazzy, rhythmically agile delivery that resulted in several major hits in the 1940s. At first, Mercer was torn between acting and songwriting, but having failed to land ...
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