The Complete Lyrics Of Johnny Mercer
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The Complete Lyrics Of Johnny Mercer
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Author : Johnny Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2009-10-20
The Complete Lyrics Of Johnny Mercer written by Johnny Mercer and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-20 with Music categories.
The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.” During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini). You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.
Johnny Mercer
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Author : Johnny Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)
Release Date : 2008-12
Johnny Mercer written by Johnny Mercer and has been published by Cherokee Publishing Company (GA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12 with Lyricists categories.
Provides an overview of the career of songwriter Johnny Mercer, with photographs, song lyrics, a listing of the songs he wrote for theatrical productions, a discography, personal letters, and other memorabilia.
Johnny Mercer
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Author : Glenn T. Eskew
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2013-11-15
Johnny Mercer written by Glenn T. Eskew and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Herndon “Johnny” Mercer (1909–76) remained in the forefront of American popular music from the 1930s through the 1960s, writing over a thousand songs, collaborating with all the great popular composers and jazz musicians of his day, working in Hollywood and on Broadway, and as cofounder of Capitol Records, helping to promote the careers of Nat “King” Cole, Margaret Whiting, Peggy Lee, and many other singers. Mercer’s songs—sung by Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, and scores of other performers—are canonical parts of the great American songbook. Four of his songs received Academy Awards: “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe,” and “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening.” Mercer standards such as “Hooray for Hollywood” and “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” remain in the popular imagination. Exhaustively researched, Glenn T. Eskew’s biography improves upon earlier popular treatments of the Savannah, Georgia–born songwriter to produce a sophisticated, insightful, evenhanded examination of one of America’s most popular and successful chart-toppers. Johnny Mercer: Southern Songwriter for the World provides a compelling chronological narrative that places Mercer within a larger framework of diaspora entertainers who spread a southern multiracial culture across the nation and around the world. Eskew contends that Mercer and much of his music remained rooted in his native South, being deeply influenced by the folk music of coastal Georgia and the blues and jazz recordings made by black and white musicians. At Capitol Records, Mercer helped redirect American popular music by commodifying these formerly distinctive regional sounds into popular music. When rock ’n’ roll diminished opportunities at home, Mercer looked abroad, collaborating with international composers to create transnational songs. At heart, Eskew says, Mercer was a jazz musician rather than a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, and the interpenetration of jazz and popular song that he created expressed elements of his southern heritage that made his work distinctive and consistently kept his music before an approving audience.
Popular Performer Mercer
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Author : Johnny Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Alfred Music
Release Date : 2007-10-29
Popular Performer Mercer written by Johnny Mercer and has been published by Alfred Music this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-29 with Music categories.
Johnny Mercer is one of the most prolific lyricists in history, having written the words for more than 1,000 songs. He collaborated with many composers, including Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael and Henry Mancini, to name a few. These beautiful arrangements by Melody Bober are perfect piano solos for lessons, recitals, or social gatherings. To show the clever brilliance of Mercer’s craft, the lyrics have been included. Titles: * Blues in the Night * Come Rain or Come Shine * Days of Wine and Roses * The Glow Worm * Hooray for Hollywood * Jeepers Creepers * On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe * Skylark * Summer Wind * You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.
Our Huckleberry Friend
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Author : Johnny Mercer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Our Huckleberry Friend written by Johnny Mercer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Combines Johnny Mercer's popular song lyrics with a survey of his life and a collection of letters, sheet music, photographs, and other memorabilia.
The Complete Book Of 1930s Broadway Musicals
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Author : Dan Dietz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-03-29
The Complete Book Of 1930s Broadway Musicals written by Dan Dietz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-29 with Performing Arts categories.
Despite the stock market crash of October 1929, thousands of theatregoers still flocked to the Great White Way throughout the country’s darkest years. In keeping with the Depression and the events leading up to World War II, 1930s Broadway was distinguished by numerous political revues and musicals, including three by George Gershwin (Strike Up the Band, Of Thee I Sing, and Let ’Em Eat Cake). The decade also saw the last musicals by Gershwin, Jerome Kern, and Vincent Youmans; found Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in full flower; and introduced both Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen’s music to Broadway. In The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway from 1930 through 1939. This book discusses the era’s major successes, notorious failures, and musicals that closed during their pre-Broadway tryouts. It includes such shows as Anything Goes, As Thousands Cheer, Babes in Arms, The Boys from Syracuse, The Cradle Will Rock, The Green Pastures, Hellzapoppin, Hot Mikado, Porgy and Bess, Roberta, and various editions of Ziegfeld Follies. Each entry contains the following information: Plot summary Cast members Names of all important personnel, including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Opening and closing dates Number of performances Critical commentary Musical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Details about London and other foreign productions Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, including a discography, filmography, and list of published scripts, as well as lists of black-themed and Jewish-themed productions. This comprehensive book contains a wealth of information and provides a comprehensive view of each show. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.
The Complete Book Of 1940s Broadway Musicals
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Author : Dan Dietz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-02-02
The Complete Book Of 1940s Broadway Musicals written by Dan Dietz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-02 with Performing Arts categories.
The debut of Oklahoma! in 1943 ushered in the modern era of Broadway musicals and was followed by a number of successes that have become beloved classics. Shows produced on Broadway during this decade include Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Carousel, Finian’s Rainbow, Pal Joey, On the Town, and South Pacific. Among the major performers of the decade were Alfred Drake, Gene Kelly, Mary Martin, and Ethel Merman, while other talents who contributed to shows include Irving Berlin, Gower Champion, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Agnes de Mille, Lorenz Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Jerome Robbins, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II. In The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines every musical and revue that opened on Broadway during the 1940s. In addition to providing details on every hit and flop, this book includes revivals and one-man and one-woman shows. Each entry contains the following information: Opening and closing dates Plot summary Cast members Number of performances Names of all important personnel, including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Musical numbers and the names of performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Critical commentary Details about London and other foreign productions Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, such as a discography, film versions, published scripts, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and non-musical productions that utilized songs, dances, or background music. A treasure trove of information, The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals provides readers with a complete view of each show. This significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.
Skylark
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Author : Philip Furia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-09-01
Skylark written by Philip Furia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with categories.
Johnny Mercer was an enormously popular and influential lyricist. Raised in Savannah, GA, Mercer brought Southern style and the influence of everything from black spirituals to lullabies to his lyrics. Part of a golden guild whose members included Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, Mercer took Hollywood by storm in the midst of the Depression. He wrote one hit after another (¿Moon River,¿ ¿Hooray for Hollywood¿, ¿That Old Black Magic,¿ ¿Come Rain or Come Shine¿). He helped found Capitol Records, where he discovered many singers, incl. Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole. He also began an intense affair with Judy Garland, who inspired some of his most heartbreaking lyrics. ¿An important book about one of the great characters in 20th-century popular music.¿ Illus.
The Great American Lyricist 18 Fabulous Songs By Johnny Mercer
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Author : Johnny Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Warner Bros. Publications
Release Date : 1999
The Great American Lyricist 18 Fabulous Songs By Johnny Mercer written by Johnny Mercer and has been published by Warner Bros. Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Motion picture music categories.
The Great American Lyricist is a series of books featuring the works of America's greatest lyricists and the composers who have written the music to those lyrics. The Johnny Mercer edition includes: Accent-tchu-ate the Positive * And the Angels Sing * Autumn Leaves * Blues in the Night * Charade * Days of Wine and Roses * Fools Rush In and many more.
Portrait Of Johnny
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Author : Gene Lees
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date : 2004
Portrait Of Johnny written by Gene Lees and has been published by Hal Leonard Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A life story of the esteemed lyricist offers insight into his complicated private life, discussing such topics as his Savannah childhood, Hollywood achievements, temperamental personality, and colleague partnerships.