Johnny Mercer

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Capitol Records co-founder human lyricist record producer singer songwriter

Johnny Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter, and co-founder of Capitol Records, renowned for penning numerous popular standards and winning multiple Academy Awards for his film songs.

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instanceOf Capitol Records co-founder ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSongFor Days of Wine and Roses ⓘ
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening ⓘ
Moon River ⓘ
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
birthDate 1909-11-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
burialPlace Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
coFounded Capitol Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFoundedBy Johnny Mercer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1976-06-25 ⓘ
era 20th-century music ⓘ
familyName Mercer ⓘ
fullName John Herndon Mercer ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
heritage Southern American ⓘ
influenced American popular song ⓘ
knownFor American popular standards ⓘ
witty and sophisticated lyrics ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
memberOf American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
nickname Johnny ⓘ
notableWork Days of Wine and Roses ⓘ
Moon River ⓘ
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ⓘ
numberOfAcademyAwardsForBestOriginalSong 4 ⓘ
occupation lyricist ⓘ
music publisher ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
spouse Ginger Meehan ⓘ
workedOn Hollywood films ⓘ
wroteForFilm Breakfast at Tiffany's ⓘ
Days of Wine and Roses ⓘ
surface form: Days of Wine and Roses (film)

The Harvey Girls ⓘ
wroteSong Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive ⓘ
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home ⓘ
Autumn Leaves (English lyrics) ⓘ
Blues in the Night ⓘ
Come Rain or Come Shine ⓘ
Days of Wine and Roses ⓘ
Dream ⓘ
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) ⓘ
Goody Goody ⓘ
Hooray for Hollywood ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned ⓘ
I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) ⓘ
Jeepers Creepers ⓘ
Laura ⓘ
Moon River ⓘ
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ⓘ
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) ⓘ
Satin Doll ⓘ
surface form: Satin Doll (lyrics)

Skylark ⓘ
Something's Gotta Give ⓘ
That Old Black Magic ⓘ
Too Marvelous for Words ⓘ
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby ⓘ

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Johnny Mercer → coFoundedBy → Johnny Mercer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Capitol Records
Harold Arlen → collaboratedWith → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
Baby, It’s Cold Outside → coveredBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
Capitol Records → foundedBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame → foundedBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
Moon River → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
The Belle of New York → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
The Harvey Girls → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
Daddy Long Legs → musicBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Daddy Long Legs → screenwriter → Johnny Mercer ⓘ
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's