This music man was enormously talented. Songwriter, lyricist, singer Johnny Mercer was born on November 18, 1909 and the world became a better place for it. In August, I blogged a piece about this multi-Oscar winner and included some of his music. I'm giving you more of his music here -- and you may not even know that he wrote a couple of these gems. First up is "Travlin' Light" sung by Billie Holiday.
This classic song was later sung by Ida Lupino in ROAD HOUSE (1948) and by Frank Sinatra in YOUNG AT HEART (1954). But Johnny Mercer with Harold Arlen wrote it for Fred Astaire to introduce in THE SKY'S THE LIMIT (1943). Astaire played a G.I. on leave who just broke up with his sweetheart and tries to drink his blues away. Another song in the score, "My Shining Hour," brought Mercer an Oscar nomination for Best Song. Here's "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road).
Mercer with Jerome Kern wrote "I'm Old Fashioned" for Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth to introduce in YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (1942). Another song in the score, "Dearly Beloved," brought Mercer an Oscar nomination for Best Song.
Numerous top vocalists recorded "Moon River" from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. But my favorite version of this song Mercer wrote with Henry Mancini is the original one -- introduced wistfully in the film by Audrey Hepburn. It won the Oscar for Best Song of 1961.
If you've got time for one more, here's Johnny Mercer singing the tune he wrote for Bing Crosby to do in Paramount's HERE COMES THE WAVES (1944). It got an Oscar nomination for Best Song. You hear this vocal in the opening minutes of the 1997 crime drama, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.
Johnny Mercer was a true American artist.
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