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Duke Station
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919-684-2957
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Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
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Johnny Mercer | Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive | Great American Songwriters: Johnny Mercer | Rhino | happy birthday Johnny Mercer! |
Johnny Mercer | It Ain't Necessarily So | Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer | Mosaic | born today 1909 |
Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer | Friendship | Judy Garland the Best of the Decca Years | Mercer was married to one woman for most of his life but Judy was his great love, they had an on-off affair for many years | |
Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer | Small Fry | Crosby: His Legendary Years | BMG | |
Johnny Mercer | G.I. Jive | Wartime Anthems | ||
Nat King Cole Trio | Laura | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | inst. |
Hoagy Carmichael | Lazy Bones | Hoagy Carmichael and Friends | ASV | Carmichael & Mercer's first hit together |
Dinah Shore | Blues in the Night | Cocktail Hour | Columbia River | this song being overlooked for "Best Song" Oscar caused rules change, this song is why it's now called "Best Original Song" |
Harry James Orch v/ Helen Forrest | Skylark | The Complete Helen Forrest | ||
Artie Shaw Orch | Day In, Day Out | Begin the Beguine | Membran | |
Bing Crosby | You Must have Been a Beautiful Baby | Crosby: His Legendary Years | BMG | |
Nat King Cole Trio | Too Marvelous for Words | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | |
Erroll Garner | Too Marvelous for Words | The Erroll Garner Collection | inst. | |
Frank Sinatra | One for My Baby | Only the Lonely | Capitol | m. Harold Arlen w. Johnny Mercer; lyrics were about Judy Garland |
Chet Baker | I Remember You | The Best of Chet Baker Sings | also written for/about Judy Garland | |
Sammy Davis Jr. | That Old Black Magic | Yes I Can! | Rhino | also written for/about Judy Garland |
The Mills Brothers | The Glow Worm | Mills Brothers Anthology | ||
June Christy | Midnight Sun | Spotlight on June Christy - Great Ladies of Song | ||
Nelson Riddle | Day In - Day Out | Sing a Song with Riddle | Capitol | inst. |
Bobby Darin | Charade | Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin | Capitol | m. Henry Mancini w. Johnny Mercer from movie of same name |
Judy Garland & the Merry Macs | On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe | Great American Songwriters: Johnny Mercer | Rhino | Oscar best song 1946 from "The Harvey Girls" |
Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman | In The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | Your Hit Parade, 1951-53 | Oscar best song 1951 from "Here Comes the Groom" | |
Audrey Hepburn | Moon River | Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn | Oscar best song 1961 from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" | |
Peggy Lee | The Days of Wine and Roses | And the Winner Is...Capitol Sings the Best Movie Songs | Capitol | Oscar best song 1962 from movie of same name |
George Shearing | The Days of Wine and Roses | Mondo Hollywood | Capitol | inst. |
Johnny Mercer | The Autumn Leaves | My Huckleberry Friend | this recording made in the 70s a few years before Mercer's death | |
Frank Sinatra | Summer Wind | The Reprise Collection | Reprise | Mercer's last big hit |
Mel Torme | My Shining Hour | Mel Torme in Hollywood | ||
Julie London | Laura | Julie Is Her Name | theme song from movie "Laura," Mercer heard the song on the radio and approached the composer about writing lyrics for it | |
Dinah Washington | Come Rain or Come Shine | Dinah Jams | ||
Nancy Wilson | Satin Doll | Ballads, Blues & Big Bands | I had no idea Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to this Billy Strayhorn song | |
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Satin Doll | The Duke: Best of the Columbia Years | Columbia | inst. |
Benny Goodman Orch v/ Johnny Davis | Hooray for Hollywood | Hollywood Hotel OST | 20th Century Fox | The studio tried to force Goodman to let Davis perform trumpet in the band until Goodman threatened to walk; Davis is seen in the movie holding up a trumpet but not playing |
Benny Goodman Orch v/ Martha Tilton | And the Angels Sing | Let's Dance | c. Ziggy Elman | |
Fred Astaire | Dearly Beloved | Starring Fred Astaire | ||
Jimmy Dorsey | Tangerine | The Wartime Years | ||
Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer | Baby, It's Cold Outside | And the Winner Is...Capitol Sings the Best Movie Songs | Capitol | not written by Johnny Mercer |
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra | Jeepers Creepers | Satchmo | this Mercer/Harry Warren song became a standard for Armstrong | |
Ella Fitzgerald | This Time the Dream's On Me | The Johnny Mercer Songbook | Verve | |
Sarah Vaughan | Dream | Live at Mister Kelly's | ||
Paul Whiteman Orch v/ Jack Teagarden & Johnny Mercer | Fare Thee Well to Harlem | Paul Whiteman | Teagarden & Mercer were friends when Mercer was just breaking into the music business |