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Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - A Christmas Fantasy w/Jack Teagarden & Johnny Mercer in "Christmas Night in Harlem" & Helen Jepson & Kraft Choir on Silent Night
DEC 20, 1934, NYC
#Vintage #Christmas #Music #Jazz #PaulWhiteman #JackTeagarden #JohnnyMercer #HelenJepsen
youtu.be/YHG9HCjJyg0
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a #popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by #HaroldArlen and the lyric by #JohnnyMercer. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #18thAcademyAwards in 1945 after being used in the film #HereComeTheWaves.
"I Wanna Be Around" is a #popularSong. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken. The song is credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and #JohnnyMercer.
"Fools Rush In" (1940) is a #popularSong. The lyrics were written by #JohnnyMercer with music by #RubeBloom. History of the song according to The Billboard, September 28, 1940 issue, page 34: Four years ago (1936) "Fools Rush In" was known as "Shangrila," composed by Rube Bloom.
I've just noticed that #JohnnyMercer MP's libel case against the #BBC is scrubbed from #Google results under the EU "right to be forgotten" legislation.
Even though that shouldn't apply to him, as he's a public, political, figure, who was voluntarily on national TV, and he discussed this issue […]
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Johnny Mercer:
🎵 Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
#6music #JohnnyMercer
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
#DoomScrollDanceBreak
"You got to:
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive.
E-lim-i-nate the negative.
And latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between."
music.youtube.com/watch?v=On7A...
#JohnnyMercer
#AccentuateThePositive
#Fallout
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Johnny Mercer:
🎵 Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
#6music #JohnnyMercer
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
"I Wanna Be Around" is a #popularSong. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken. The song is credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and #JohnnyMercer.
#ComingUpOnTCM
YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (1942) Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou
Dir.: William A. Seiter 5:00 AM PT
An Argentine heiress thinks an American dancer is her secret admirer.
1h 37m | Musical | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #JeromeKern #JohnnyMercer
"I Wanna Be Around" is a #popularSong. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken. The song is credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and #JohnnyMercer.
#OnThisDay in 1909, #JohnnyMercer, American singer, Academy Award-winning #lyricist ("Moon River"; "That Old Black Magic"; "And the Angels Sing": Come Rain Or Come Shine"), and record label executive (Capitol Records), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1976).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🕯️
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" is a song written by #HaroldArlen and #JohnnyMercer for the movie musical #TheSkysTheLimit (1943) and first performed in the film by #FredAstaire.
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records, was born on Nov. 18, 1909 (d. 1976). #JohnnyMercer
Harry James w/ Helen Forrest - "Skylark" (lyrics: Johnny Mercer, music: Hoagy Carmichael) (1941)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K...
“It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.”
🎶 #JohnnyMercer, great American lyricist, was #BOTD 18 November 1909.
🎶 #Sinatra singing Mercer's "Moon River": ▶️ youtu.be/vJgGs9WpGt0
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Johnny Mercer:
🎵 Them There Eyes
#6music #JohnnyMercer
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Johnny Mercer:
🎵 Them There Eyes
#6music #JohnnyMercer
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
"I Wanna Be Around" is a #popularSong. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken. The song is credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and #JohnnyMercer.
