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Johnny Mercer
For several decades through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Johnny Mercer was one of
America's most celebrated singers and songwriters, responsible for many of the
biggest hits of the era, and making a significant contribution to the great
American songbook in the process. A direct descendant of a Confederate General
and a distant cousin to General George Patton, Mercer was the son of an attorney
and a real estate developer, but inherited his passion for music from his
mother, a ballad singer who took him to see minstrel and vaudeville shows.
Unusually for a white boy at the time, he...
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa FeJohnny Mercer
Sweet Georgia BrownJohnny Mercer
The Glow WormJohnny Mercer
PersonalityJohnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers
PersonalityJohnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers
Save the Bones for Henry JonesJohnny Mercer and Nat King Cole
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa FeJohnny Mercer
Great Jazz Voices
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Sweet Georgia BrownJohnny Mercer
Sweet Georgia Brown
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The Glow WormJohnny Mercer
PersonalityJohnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers
Jumpin' At The Record Shop
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PersonalityJohnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers
Save the Bones for Henry JonesJohnny Mercer and Nat King Cole
Capitol Collectors Series
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