John Herndon Mercer

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co-founder of record label human lyricist record producer singer songwriter

John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.

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instanceOf co-founder of record label ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Johnny Mercer ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
coFounded Capitol Records ⓘ
coFounderWith Buddy DeSylva ⓘ
Glenn E. Wallichs NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-06-25 ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hallOfFame Georgia Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced American popular song ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
name John Herndon Mercer self-link ⓘ
notableFor contributions to film music ⓘ
witty and sophisticated lyrics ⓘ
notableWork Autumn Leaves (English lyrics) ⓘ
Blues in the Night ⓘ
Come Rain or Come Shine ⓘ
Days of Wine and Roses ⓘ
Hooray for Hollywood ⓘ
Jeepers Creepers ⓘ
Moon River ⓘ
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ⓘ
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) ⓘ
Skylark ⓘ
That Old Black Magic ⓘ
Too Marvelous for Words ⓘ
numberOfAcademyAwardsWon 4 ⓘ
occupation lyricist ⓘ
music publisher ⓘ
record executive ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
placeOfBirth Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabelFounded Capitol Records ⓘ
spouse Ginger Meehan ⓘ

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