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He wrote lyrics for about 1000 songs in his career.
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Johnny Mercer was born on this date. (Original Post)
Dyedinthewoolliberal
Nov 2021
OP
Thanks. I'll get around to posting one of my extensive posts in a while.
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2021
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,626 posts)1. Thanks. I'll get around to posting one of my extensive posts in a while.
I was checking to see if I had made a huge post last year, and I saw that you had made a post on this occasion in 2020 too.
Great lyricist.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,590 posts)3. Your posts are much more thorough than mine.
So please, post away! Mine are the Cliff Notes version
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)2. Written on the bar at P J Clarke's:
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,626 posts)4. DU is on it, 2007:
Last edited Thu Nov 18, 2021, 03:16 PM - Edit history (2)
Tue Jan-30-07: What is the greatest song with the word "creep" in the title?
1. Jeepers Creepers..
"where'd ya get those peepers"
1938 Johnny Mercer.
"where'd ya get those peepers"
1938 Johnny Mercer.
Official Trailer: Jeepers Creepers (2001)
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A brother and sister driving home for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature in the isolated countryside that is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree.
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A brother and sister driving home for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature in the isolated countryside that is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree.
Oh, sorry. Different "Jeepers Creepers." Let's try again.
This is from the Timex All-Star Jazz Show. This episode aired on April 30, 1958. Jack Teagarden was on the show twice, and Louis Armstrong three times, so narrowing the video down to this one episode was easy.
Hat tip, the internet
Jeepers Creepers 1958 Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden
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ARMYMan92
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The Greatest of Jazz unites yet once again to deliver some more of the Greatest Music in the world.
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ARMYMan92
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The Greatest of Jazz unites yet once again to deliver some more of the Greatest Music in the world.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,626 posts)5. And now, in spite of popular demand, ...
Wed Jan 22, 2020: On January 20, 1923, Slim Whitman was born.
Friday, January 19, 2018: A very special "happy 95th birthday" to January 20's honoree, Slim Whitman
Slim Whitman
Whitman in 1968
Website: http://www.slimenet.com
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman (January 20, 1923 June 19, 2013), was an American country music and western music singer-songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as "countrypolitan". He stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records. In the 1950s Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film Mars Attacks!; his iconic "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played.
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Whitman in 1968
Website: http://www.slimenet.com
Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman (January 20, 1923 June 19, 2013), was an American country music and western music singer-songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as "countrypolitan". He stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records. In the 1950s Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film Mars Attacks!; his iconic "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played.
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I Remember You (1941 song)
"I Remember You" is a popular song, published in 1941. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
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History
"I Remember You" was one of several songs introduced in the film The Fleet's In (1942). Dorothy Lamour sang it with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
Renditions
Australian singer Frank Ifield recorded the song in a yodeling country-music style on 27 May 1962, and his version went to number one on the UK Singles Chart, selling 1.1 million copies in the UK alone. The recording stayed at No.1 for seven weeks. It also reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the U.S. Easy Listening chart.
The Beatles covered the song on stage early in their career, as recorded on an amateur taping made at the Star Club in Hamburg in December 1962. That version was ultimately published in 1977 on the bootleg recording "Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962".
Glen Campbell covered the song on his 1987 album Still Within the Sound of My Voice. His version peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988.
Björk recorded a stripped-down acoustic cover, accompanied by a harp, that is featured on the B-side of her 1993 single, Venus as a Boy.
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"I Remember You" is a popular song, published in 1941. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
{snip}
History
"I Remember You" was one of several songs introduced in the film The Fleet's In (1942). Dorothy Lamour sang it with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
Renditions
Australian singer Frank Ifield recorded the song in a yodeling country-music style on 27 May 1962, and his version went to number one on the UK Singles Chart, selling 1.1 million copies in the UK alone. The recording stayed at No.1 for seven weeks. It also reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the U.S. Easy Listening chart.
The Beatles covered the song on stage early in their career, as recorded on an amateur taping made at the Star Club in Hamburg in December 1962. That version was ultimately published in 1977 on the bootleg recording "Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962".
Glen Campbell covered the song on his 1987 album Still Within the Sound of My Voice. His version peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988.
Björk recorded a stripped-down acoustic cover, accompanied by a harp, that is featured on the B-side of her 1993 single, Venus as a Boy.
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Is this the only Johnny Mercer song the Beatles ever covered? Here aren't the Beatles:
Slim Whitman,I remember you
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I Remember You
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I Remember You
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,626 posts)6. "Moon River"
Tue Oct 5, 2021: On this day, October 5, 1961, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was released.Hat tip, On This Day in Film and Television
1961 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" film, based on the novella by Truman Capote, directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, and Buddy Ebsen, premieres
Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)
Original theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Release date: October 5, 1961
Budget: $2.5 million
Box office: $14 million
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name, and starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer. It was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on October 5, 1961, to critical and commercial success. In 2012 the film was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry.
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Music
Main article: Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture
During the film, Hepburn sang the film's signature song, "Moon River" by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. The song was tailored to Hepburn's limited vocal range, based on songs she had performed in 1957's Funny Face. On the Anniversary Edition DVD of Breakfast at Tiffany's, co-producer Dick Shepherd says in his audio commentary that after a preview in San Francisco, Martin Rankin, Paramount's head of production, wanted "Moon River" replaced with music by somebody else but "Marty [Jurow, co-producer] and I both said 'over our dead bodies,'" - a remark attributed to Hepburn herself in another account.
According to Time magazine, Mancini "sets off his melodies with a walking bass, extends them with choral and string variations, varies them with the brisk sounds of combo jazz. 'Moon River' is sobbed by a plaintive harmonica, repeated by strings, hummed and then sung by the chorus, finally resolved with the harmonica again."
The soundtrack featured a score composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, with songs by Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Mancini and Mercer won the 1961 Oscar for Best Original Song for "Moon River". Mancini won for Best Original Score. There are also unreleased score pieces from Breakfast at Tiffany's in existence; "Carousel Cue" is from an unsurfaced scene, while "Outtake 1" is from a deleted scene in which Holly and Fred visit Tiffany's and is a variation of the main theme.
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Original theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Release date: October 5, 1961
Budget: $2.5 million
Box office: $14 million
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name, and starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer. It was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on October 5, 1961, to critical and commercial success. In 2012 the film was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry.
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Music
Main article: Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture
It took me a long time to figure out what Holly Golightly was all about. One night after midnight I was still trying. I don't drink much, but I was sipping. And it came to me. I wrote ["Moon River"] in half an hour.
Henry Mancini
During the film, Hepburn sang the film's signature song, "Moon River" by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. The song was tailored to Hepburn's limited vocal range, based on songs she had performed in 1957's Funny Face. On the Anniversary Edition DVD of Breakfast at Tiffany's, co-producer Dick Shepherd says in his audio commentary that after a preview in San Francisco, Martin Rankin, Paramount's head of production, wanted "Moon River" replaced with music by somebody else but "Marty [Jurow, co-producer] and I both said 'over our dead bodies,'" - a remark attributed to Hepburn herself in another account.
According to Time magazine, Mancini "sets off his melodies with a walking bass, extends them with choral and string variations, varies them with the brisk sounds of combo jazz. 'Moon River' is sobbed by a plaintive harmonica, repeated by strings, hummed and then sung by the chorus, finally resolved with the harmonica again."
The soundtrack featured a score composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, with songs by Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Mancini and Mercer won the 1961 Oscar for Best Original Song for "Moon River". Mancini won for Best Original Score. There are also unreleased score pieces from Breakfast at Tiffany's in existence; "Carousel Cue" is from an unsurfaced scene, while "Outtake 1" is from a deleted scene in which Holly and Fred visit Tiffany's and is a variation of the main theme.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (3/9) Movie CLIP - Moon River (1961) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Fred (George Peppard) hears Holly (Audrey Hepburn) singing on the fire escape below his apartment and goes out to listen.
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6,429,850 views Oct 8, 2011
Movieclips
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Breakfast at Tiffany's movie clips: http://j.mp/1BcPMOI
BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/rVUTNN
Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr
CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Fred (George Peppard) hears Holly (Audrey Hepburn) singing on the fire escape below his apartment and goes out to listen.
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