What is Johnny Mercer's middle name?
Herndon
What is Johnny Mercer's full name?
John Herndon Mercer
Johnny Mercer date of birth:
November 18, 1909
How old was Johnny Mercer when died?
66
Where was Johnny Mercer born?
Savannah, GA
When did Johnny Mercer die?
June 25, 1976
Where did Johnny Mercer die?
Bel Air, CA
Why did Johnny Mercer die?
Brain Tumor
Johnny Mercer body shape:
Average
Is Johnny Mercer gay or straight?
Straight
What is Johnny Mercer's ethnicity?
White
What is Johnny Mercer nationality?
American
Where did Johnny Mercer go to school?
Woodberry Forest School, Orange, VA (1927)
What is Johnny Mercer's occupation?
Songwriter, Lyricist
Johnny Mercer claim to fame:
Accentuate the Positive
What instruments does Johnny Mercer play?
Composer, Vocals, Arranger, Classical Music Entry
Who is Johnny Mercer's father?
George Anderson Mercer
Who is Johnny Mercer's mother?
Lillian Elizabeth (née Ciucevich)
Johnny Mercer brother(s):
Walter Mercer
Johnny Mercer friends:
Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Paul Whitman, Bing Crosby, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Buddy DeSylva, Dorothy Fields, Billie Holiday, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini, Margaret Whiting, Ziggy Elman, Lena Horne, Paul Weston, Bill Goodwin, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, David Raskin, Cab Calloway, Paul Whiteman, Arthur Murray, Eddie Cantor, Everett Miller, Irving Berlin, William Holden, Brenda Marshall, Alan Livingston, Bob Bach, Bill Harbach, Irving Lazar, Jimmy Van Heusen, Dave Dexter, Woody Herman, George Simon, Artie Shaw, Robert Emmett Dolan, Richard Whiting
Short Biography
Biography by Sandra BrennanJohnny Mercer is one of American's best-known lyricists and composers of popular movie music. He began his distinguished career as an actor and vocalist in a band. He went on to collaborate with many renowned composers, including Jerome Kern, Hoagy Carmichael, and Henry Mancini. Mercer was a prolific composer who wrote everything from Broadway musicals to pop songs, but interestingly, he could not read a note of music. During his career in films, Mercer won four Oscars for the songs "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls (1946), "In the Cool Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom (I951), "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the title song of Days of Wine and Roses (1962). "That Old Black Magic" and "Jeepers Creepers" are among his best-loved pop songs.