The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Mercer, Johnny / Kimball, Robert / Day, Barry / Kreuger, Miles / Davis, Eric
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...