The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.” During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini). You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.

The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

Literature & Fiction

Kimball, Robert

Mercer, Johnny

Day, Barry

Kreuger, Miles

Davis, Eric

Dramas & Plays

KNOPF

Titles include: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive * Blues in the Night * Bob White (Watcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) * Charade * Come Rain or Come Shine * Dream * Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) * The Glow Worm * Goody Goody * Hooray for Hollywood * I Wanna Be Around * I'm an Old Cowhand (from the Rio Grande) * Jeepers Creepers * Laura * On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe * Satin Doll * Skylark * Something's Gotta Give * Summer Wind * That Old Black Magic * Too Marvelous for Words * You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby.

American Songwriters -- Johnny Mercer: Piano/Vocal/Chords (American Songwriters Series)

Arts & Photography

Music

Alfred Music

Combines Johnny Mercer's popular song lyrics with a survey of his life and a collection of letters, sheet music, photographs, and other memorabilia.

Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

Bach, Bob

Mercer, Ginger

Humor & Entertainment

LYLE STUART +

Two drifters, off to see the world / There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end, waiting, round the bend / My Huckleberry Friend, Moon River, and me Follow a girl (accompanied by her teddy bear―"two drifters") as she dreams about the wide and wonderful world. Cozy scenes of pajamas and bedtime make this a perfect story to share at the end of the night.
Godwin Books

Moon River

Children's Books

Mancini, Henry

Animals

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Unflinching, action-packed, and laced with wry humor, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is a compelling read. "An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan." —Andy McNab The rounds were single shot from the same two enemy positions, trying to pick me off. They were kicking up the dirt around me. Then all hell broke loose as the gunship's Gatling vomited ammo right over my head. The sound was deafening. It was now or never. I got up and ran. A captain in 29 Commando, Johnny Mercer served in the army for 12 years. On his third tour of Afghanistan he was a Joint Fires Controller, with the pressurized job of bringing down artillery and air strikes in close proximity to his own troops. Based in an area of northern Helmand that was riddled with Taliban leaders, he walked into danger with every patrol, determined to protect them. Then one morning, in brutal close quarter combat, everything changed . . . In We Were Warriors, Johnny takes us from his commando training to the heat, blood, and chaos of battle. With brutal honesty, he describes what it is like to risk your life every day, pushing through the fear that follows watching your friends die. He took the fight back to the enemy with a relentless efficiency that came at a high personal cost. Back in the UK, seeing the inadequate care available for veterans and their families, he was inspired to run for Parliament in the hope he could improve their plight.

We Were Warriors: A Powerful and Moving Story of Courage under Fire

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Pan Books

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