Iohannes Mercer

Ioannes Mercer (vulgo John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer; Savannae in Georgia die 18 Novembris 1909 natus; Ruscisilvae iuxta Angelopolim die 25 Iunii 1976 mortuus) fuit auctor carminum popularium, cantor, et conditor, cum Georgio DeSylva et Glenn Wallichs, societatis Capitol Records. Verba cantuum in pelliculis musicis The Harvey Girls et Seven Brides for Seven Brothers composuit.

Ioannes Mercer Novi Eboraci anno 1946, 1947, aut 1948.

Carmina

Quattuor ex eius cantibus Praemium Academiae acceperunt:

• "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (1946) (musica Henrici Warren) in pellicula The Harvey Girls
• "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) (musica Hoagy Carmichael) in Here Comes The Groom
• "Moon River" (1961) (musica Henrici Mancini) in Breakfast at Tiffany's
• "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962) (musica Henrici Mancini) in Days of Wine and Roses

Alia carmina nota sunt:

• "P.S. I Love You" (1934) (musica Gordon Jenkins)
• "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (1938) (musica Harrii Warren)
• "Fools Rush In" (1940) (musica Rube Bloom)
• "I Had Myself a True Love" (musica Haroldi Arlen)
• "That Old Black Magic" (1942) (musica Haroldi Arlen)
• "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (1943) (musica Haroldi Arlen)
• "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (1944) (musica Haroldi Arlen)
• "G.I. Jive" (1944) (musica et verba Mercer ipsius)
• "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (1946) (musica Haroldi Arlen)
• "Satin Doll" (1953) (musica Ducis Ellington et Gulielmi Strayhorn)
• "Sobbin' Women" (1954) (in pellicula Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, musica Saulis Chaplin)
• "Something's Gotta Give" (1954) (musica et verba Mercer ipsius)

Nexus externi

• Johnny Mercer Foundation