Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
Dates
- Existence: 1909 - 1976
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Johnny Mercer Oral History Project
Johnny Mercer paintings reproduction collection
Prints, slides, transparencies, and digital images of 24 watercolor paintings by the American songwriter Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) plus one image of a manuscript. Subjects include family members and other figures, landscapes, and seascapes.
Johnny Mercer papers
Johnny Mercer radio programs collection
The Johnny Mercer Radio Programs Collection consists of audio recordings of more than 250 radio broadcasts, primarily dated 1934-1956. These musical radio shows feature performances from many notable entertainers of the time, but they all include either performances by Johnny Mercer, performances of his songs, or are otherwise related to his career.
"Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me" collection
Johnny Mercer "Three Arabian Knights" collection
The Johnny Mercer "Three Arabian Knights" collection contains materials related to the never produced 1960s musical, "Three Arabian Knights." It includes draft lyrics, screenplay, script, telegrams, reel-to-reel tapes of the songs and CDs. Materials date from around 1960 to 1969.
Leonora Gidlund papers
Margaret Whiting collection
The Margaret Whiting collection consists of printed, visual, and audio materials relating to the careers of singer Margaret Whiting and her friend, songwriter Johnny Mercer, as well as Johnny Rotella and Emma Kelly.
Miriam Center collection
The Miriam Center Collection primarily contains materials related to the dedication of the Johnny Mercer Theatre in 1978. It includes corrspondence, newspaper clippings, and a program that date from 1977 to 1978.
"Mostly Mercer" concert photographs collection
On September 23, 1994 Georgia State University held the "Mostly Mercer" concert and reception, featuring Margaret Whiting. The collection consists of photographs of the performers and others.
Music Printed collection: Ephemera
The Music Printed collection: Ephemera is an amalgmation of materials on a variety of topics relating to music and popular culture.
Nick Mamalakis papers
Ober family papers
The Ober family lived near Johnny Mercer and his family on Lido Isle (Newport Beach, California) in the 1950s and 1960s. The two families became close friends. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other printed and manuscript materials, documenting the long relationship between the families, as well as collected material relating to Johnny Mercer, 1976-2000.
Philip Furia collection
The Philip Furia collection contains research materials used to create the Johnny Mercer biography, Skylark: The Life and Time of Johnny Mercer. It includes cassette tapes of interviews, transcriptions of interviews, and photographs. The majority of materials date from 2000 to 2002.
Richard A. Whiting collection
Richard A. Whiting was a prominent music composer for Hollywood and Broadway productions from the 1920s-1930s. The Richard A. Whiting Collection, 1896-2006, contains files related to Whiting's life and career as a musical composer including correspondence, photographs, periodicals and sheet music.
Robert Kimball collection
Rose Marie papers
Rose Marie (1923-2017) was a successful singer, actress, and comedienne whose career spanned more than seven decades of evolving popular entertainment, from radio to theater to film to television. The materials in this collection document the unpublished artifacts of such a career, consisting mainly of manuscript (or draft) sheet music and noncommercial audio recordings.
Sadie Vimmerstedt papers
Sadie Vimmerstedt, who was a resident of Youngstown, Ohio, wrote a letter to Johnny Mercer in February of 1957 suggesting that Mercer write a song entitled "When Somebody Breaks Your Heart." Mercer wrote the song, ultimately sharing authorship with her on a 50/50 basis. Mrs. Vimmerstedt's collection includes Mercer's first letter to her, a few Christmas cards from Mercer, and photographs taken at the 1963 Grammy Awards banquet.
Steve Allen collection
Steve Allen (1921-2000) was a well-known author, pianist, comedian, composer, and actor. He was an admirer of Johnny Mercer's lyrics. After Mercer's death, his widow Ginger Mercer and Bill Harbach encouraged Allen to write a song to a title Mercer had created, "Your Wife Is the Love of My Life." This collection consists of a lead sheet and typed lyrics for Allen's "Your Wife Is the Love of My Life."
Vern Hansen papers
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- clippings (information artifacts) 6
- Popular music -- Writing and publishing 5
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- Atlanta (Ga.) 3
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- Popular music in motion pictures 3
- Sound recording industry 3
- Women singers 3
- Compact discs 2
- Johnny Mercer Chesterfield music shop (Radio program) 2
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- Television and popular music 2
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- manuscripts (document genre) 2
- phonograph records 2
- programs (documents) 2
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- transcripts 2
- video recordings 2
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- Art, Amateur 1
- Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations 1
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- Country music 1
- Detroit (Mich.) 1
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- artifacts (object genre) 1
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- caps (headgear) 1
- color prints (photographs) 1
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- discographies 1
- documentaries (motion picture genre) 1
- interviews 1
- legal documents 1
- mailing lists 1
- manuscripts for publication 1
- minutes (administrative records) 1
- oral histories (document genres) 1
- postage stamps 1
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