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Johnny Mercer

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Aliases
Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra
Real name
John Herndon Mercer
Born
November 18, 1909
Died
June 25, 1976
Country
United States
IPI
00020520152 184 works
20520152 2 works
00431195479 23 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Songwriter, lyricist, and vocalist. He is the Founding President of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and inducted into it in 1971.
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Capitol Records   founder of
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
 REC,REL November 1944 (128 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
 REL April 1949 (449 artists)
Originally by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
February 1945 (113 artists)
1943 (13 artists)
September 1947 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
How Many Hearts Have You Broken Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and His Orchestra November 1944 Unverified
November 1942 (12 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1937 (9 artists)
July 1948 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive July 1946 (10 artists)
1940 Ruth Olay - Orchestra conducted by Jerry Fielding
 REL April 1945 (53 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
 REL September 1947 (14 artists)
Originally by Cootie Williams and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Merrell REC
June 29, 1942 (15 artists)
December 1947 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 1945 (25 artists)
1974 Lee Lessack