Johnny Mercer

Person · Open Library

Born

1909

Works

9

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1909-11-18

Active to

1976-06-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

257,591

Total plays

1,189,358

John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (18 November 1909 – 25 June 1976) is regarded as one of America's greatest songwriters. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broa

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,622x

2. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,704x

3. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,263x

4. WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression

   · 1993 · cited 6,568x

5. Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

   · 2015 · cited 6,298x

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Quotes

• “So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody”
• “I know all the songs that the cowboys know'bout the big corral where the doggies go,'Cause I learned them all on the radio.Yippie yi yo kayah”
• “From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blowI been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I knowA woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.”
• “I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.”
• “When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you”
• “Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And in your lonely flight,Haven't you heard the music in the night,Wonderful music,Faint as a will-o-the-wisp,Crazy as a loon,Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Johnny

Family name

Mercer

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Kent

Occupation

politician

Political party

Conservative Party

Languages spoken

English language

Conflict

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Military branch

British Army

Military rank

captain

Official website

www.johnnyforplymouth.co.uk

Image

Official portrait of Johnny Mercer (cropped).jpg

Work location

London

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