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Iggy Pop, Bjork, John Cale Cover Johnny Mercer For 100th Birthday

The prolific singer and lyricist Johnny Mercer wrote over 1500 songs in his lifetime, including "Come Rain Or Come Shine," "Fools Rush In," and "That Old Black Magic." Full Article at NPR

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    Johnny Mercer's name may not be as familiar as those of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin or his sometime collaborator Jerome Kern, but you've definitely heard his songs. Full Article at New York Post

  2. Songwriter Johnny Mercer died in 1976, but his words live on in such enduring tunes as Skylark, Blues in the Night, One for My Baby, I'm Old Fashioned and Moon River. Full Article at N.J. Courier-Post Online

  3. Johnny Mercer, the Savannah songwriter with the gap-toothed smile, wrote songs with everyone from Duke Ellington to Sadie Vimmerstedt. Full Article at AccessAtlanta

  4. It’s the plaintive calling – “Moon River, wider than a mile, I’m crossing you in style, some day”— that is perhaps Johnny Mercer’s claim to immortality. Full Article at Amesbury News

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