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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Johnny Mercer canonical	75

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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 ⓘ
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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Academy Award for Best Original Song → notableMultipleWinners → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

The Harvey Girls → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" → themeSongLyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's

Capitol Records → foundedBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Baby, It’s Cold Outside → coveredBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Daddy Long Legs → screenwriter → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)

Daddy Long Legs → musicBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)

Daddy Long Legs → songwriterOfNominatedSong → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)

The Belle of New York → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Moon River → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Johnny Mercer → coFoundedBy → Johnny Mercer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Capitol Records

Harold Arlen → collaboratedWith → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Songwriters Hall of Fame → foundedBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Songwriters Hall of Fame → hasNotableInductee → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

The Long Goodbye → themeSongLyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

subject surface form: The Long Goodbye (1973 film)

Great American Songbook → hasNotableSongwriter → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe → notablePerformer → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Satin Doll → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Hoagy Carmichael → associatedAct → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Henry Mancini → collaboratedWith → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Come Rain or Come Shine → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Midnight Sun → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Midnight Sun → laterHadLyricsAddedBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Margaret Whiting → associatedAct → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Something's Gotta Give → writer → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Something's Gotta Give → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Arthur Schwartz → notableCollaboration → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

What'll I Do → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

subject surface form: "What'll I Do"

Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer version → performer → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Mercer → hasNotableBearer → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Days of Wine and Roses → songLyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Bonaventure Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

You Were Never Lovelier → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Hooray for Hollywood → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Jeepers Creepers → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

That Old Black Magic → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

That Old Black Magic → hasLyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Skylark → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Skylark → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Blues in the Night → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Blues in the Night → hasNotableRecordingBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Autumn Leaves (English lyrics) → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Too Marvelous for Words → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive → lyricist → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive → lyricsBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive → coveredBy → Johnny Mercer ⓘ