Topic: Johnny MERCER
One summer night 50 years ago, the great American songwriter Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) could be seen sitting on a curb near a musicians bar on West 48th street, New York, sobbing inconsolably and muttering, "Nobody gives a damn. Nobody cares."
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Topic: Johnny MERCER
Johnny Mercer's main claim to immortality is his incredible songwriting output, penning the lyrics or music and lyrics to roughly 1,500 songs. Marked by a sophisticated, occasionally whimsical mastery of language and rhymes, many of Mercer's songs have become standards regularly covered by jazz artists. Yet Mercer was also a successful singer, with a relaxed, Southern-accented, jazzy, rhythmically agile delivery that resulted in several major hits in the 1940s.
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