Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1909 - 1976
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Steve Allen collection
Collection
Identifier: M122
Abstract:
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."
Dates:
1980
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Subject
- Popular music 20
- correspondence 7
- Lyric writing (Popular music) 6
- clippings (information artifacts) 4
- photographs 4
- Composers 3
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 3
- Music publishing 3
- Popular music -- Awards 3
- Popular music -- Writing and publishing 3
- Savannah (Ga.) 3
- sheet music 3
- Atlanta (Ga.) 2
- Musicals 2
- Sound recording industry 2
- audiocassettes 2
- Arrangement (Music) 1
- Compact discs 1
- Hammer, Mike (Fictitious character) 1
- Jazz 1
- Music business 1
- Newport Beach (Calif.) 1
- Palm Desert (Calif.) 1
- Popular music in motion pictures 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Sound recordings -- Collectors and collecting 1
- Television and popular music 1
- Television quiz shows 1
- caps (headgear) 1
- color prints (photographs) 1
- contracts 1
- documentaries (motion picture genre) 1
- mailing lists 1
- manuscripts (document genre) 1
- oral histories (document genres) 1
- phonograph records 1
- postage stamps 1
- press releases 1
- programs (documents) 1
- scripts (documents) 1
- theater programs 1
- transcripts 1
- videocassettes 1 + ∧ less
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