Johnny Mercer started his career as singer and songwriter for Paul Whiteman. He started writing songs for Hollywood in 1935, where he also had a few small parts in musicals. Among his famous songs is the inoffical anthem of Hollywood, "Hooray For Hollywood" that he wrote for the movie "Hollywood Hotel". He also had radio programs and made records, some with Bing Crosby.See full bio »
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On the Air
(2013)
(lyrics: "Love Is On the Air Tonight")
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Best Band in the Land
(2010)
(lyrics: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Too Marvelous for Words" / performer: "Too Marvelous for Words")
2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV documentary)
(writer: "Jamboree Jones", "The Waiter, the Porter and the Upstairs Maid", "Dream", "Out of Breath and Scared to Death of You", "I'm an Old Cowhand", "Strip Polka", "Something's Gotta Give", "Top Banana", "I Wanna Be Around", "Newsy Bluesy" / lyrics: "Moon River", "I'm Old Fashioned", "This Time the Dream's on Me", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "One for My Baby and One More for the Road", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", "Skylark", "Jeepers Creepers", "Too Marvelous for Words", "P.S. I Love You", "How Little We Know", "Lazybones", "Fare-Thee-Well to Harlem", "I'm Building Up to an Awful Let-Down", "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "I Remember You", "Laura", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "That Old Black Magic", "Blues in the Night", "These Orchids", "And the Angels Sing", "Mandy Is Two", "Dearly Beloved", "Trav'lin' Light", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "I Had Myself a True Love", "Jubilation T. Cornpone", "The Glow-Worm", "Midnight Sun", "Satin Doll", "Day In - Day Out", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Emily", "Autumn Leaves", "Hooray for Spinach", "It's a Typical Day", "Wedding in the Spring" / performer: "Moon River", "Jamboree Jones", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "One for My Baby and One More for the Road", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", "Skylark", "Georgia on My Mind", "Jeepers Creepers", "Too Marvelous for Words", "Out of Breath and Scared to Death of You", "Ol' Man River", "Lazybones", "Fare-Thee-Well to Harlem", "I'm Building Up to an Awful Let-Down", "I'm Old Fashioned", "Save the Bones for Henry Jones", "Strip Polka", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "Something's Gotta Give", "Satin Doll")
2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
(TV documentary)
(lyrics: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited, "June Bride" - uncredited, "Lonesome Polecat" - uncredited)
2008Goth Cruise
(documentary)
(writer: "Peek a Boo" / as John Mercer)
2002Sinatra: The Classic Duets
(TV documentary)
(lyrics: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited, "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1998Buffalo '66
(writer: "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread")
1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
(writer: "Skylark", "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread", "Autumn Leaves", "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Too Marvelous For Words", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "Tangerine", "This Time The Dream's On Me", "And The Angels Sing", "Dream", "Laura", "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening", "I'm An Old Cowhand", "I Wanna Be Around", "Jeepers Creepers", "P.S. I Love You" / lyrics: "That Old Black Magic")
1997L.A. Confidential
(lyrics: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" 1944, "Hit the Road to Dreamland" 1942 / performer: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" 1944)
1992Ruby
(writer: "BLUES IN THE NIGHT", "DAY IN, DAY OUT")
1991Bugsy
(lyrics: "AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE" 1944, "COME RAIN OR COME SHINE" 1946, "FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD" 1940 / performer: "AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE" 1944, "CANDY" 1944)
1991My Girl
(lyrics: "ONE FOR MY BABY AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD")
1982The 54th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special documentary)
(lyrics: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 9 March 1967
(1967)
(lyrics: "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" - uncredited, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
1970Darling Lili
(lyrics: "Whistling Away the Dark" - uncredited, "The Girl in No Man's Land" - uncredited, "Smile Away Each Rainy Day" - uncredited, "I'll Give You Three Guesses" - uncredited, "Your Good-Will Ambassador" - uncredited)
1969Downhill Racer
(writer: "Moon River", "That Old Black Magic")
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Episode #3.33
(1966)
(writer: "Dream" - uncredited, "Something's Gotta Give" - uncredited / lyrics: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited, "That Old Black Magic" - uncredited, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "Come Rain or Come Shine" - uncredited, "One for My Baby" - uncredited, "Tangerine" - uncredited, "Lazybones" - uncredited, "Moon River" - uncredited, "Blues in the Night" - uncredited, "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" - uncredited, "And the Angels Sing" - uncredited, "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited, "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread" - uncredited, "I'm Old Fashioned" - uncredited, "Days of Wine and Roses" - uncredited, "Goody Goody" - uncredited, "Day In - Day Out" - uncredited, "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited, "Laura" - uncredited / performer: "From Monday On" - uncredited, "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited, "That Old Black Magic" - uncredited, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "Come Rain or Come Shine" - uncredited, "One for My Baby" - uncredited, "Tangerine" - uncredited, "Lazybones" - uncredited, "Moon River" - uncredited, "Blues in the Night" - uncredited, "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" - uncredited, "And the Angels Sing" - uncredited, "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited, "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread" - uncredited, "I'm Old Fashioned" - uncredited, "Days of Wine and Roses" - uncredited, "Dream" - uncredited, "Goody Goody" - uncredited, "Day In - Day Out" - uncredited, "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited, "Laura" - uncredited, "Something's Gotta Give" - uncredited)
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Episode #2.26
(1965)
(writer: "The Days of Wine and Roses" - uncredited)
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Episode #13.11
(1960)
(lyrics: "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 23 November 1960
(1960)
(writer: "I'm an Old Cowhand" - uncredited, "Dream" - uncredited / lyrics: "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" - uncredited)
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The Four of Us Are Dying
(1960)
(writer: "One For My Baby And One More For The Road" - uncredited, "Too Marvellous For Words" - uncredited)
1959Li'l Abner
(lyrics: "It's a Typical Day", "If I Had My Druthers", "Jubilation T. Cornpone", "Rag Offen the Bush", "Namely You", "What's Good for General Bullmoose", "The Country's in the Very Best of Hands", "I'm Past My Prime", "Put 'em Back", "Matrimonial Stomp")
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Episode #3.15
(1959)
(lyrics: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited)
1958Merry Andrew
(lyrics: "Chin Up, Stout Fellow" 1958 - uncredited, "Everything Is Tickety Boo" 1958 - uncredited, "The Pipes of Pan" 1958 - uncredited, "Salud" 1958 - uncredited, "The Square of the Hypotenuse" 1958 - uncredited, "You Can't Always Have What You Want" 1958 - uncredited)
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Harry Warren
(1958)
(lyrics: "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited)
1957The Edsel Show
(TV special)
(writer: "I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande" - uncredited / lyrics: "Goody Goody" - uncredited, "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" - uncredited, "Blues in the Night" - uncredited, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited)
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A Salute to Johnny Mercer
(1955)
(writer: "Dream", "G.I. Jive", "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry" / lyrics: "Jeepers Creepers", "Fools Rush In", "Skylark", "That Old Black Magic", "And The Angels Sing", "Pardon My Southern Accent")
1954Young at Heart
(lyrics: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1954Dangerous Mission
(writer: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1954Top Banana
(music: "My Home Is in My Shoes", "Have You Written Any Books Lately?", "You're O.K. for TV", "Meet Miss Blendo", "Be My Guest", "A Dog Is a Man's Best Friend", "Havin' a Ball", "That's for Sure", "A Word a Day", "I Fought Every Step of the Way", "Man of the Year This Week", "Elevator Song", "Nobody Understands Me" / lyrics: "My Home Is in My Shoes", "Have You Written Any Books Lately?", "You're O.K. for TV", "Meet Miss Blendo", "Be My Guest", "A Dog Is a Man's Best Friend", "Havin' a Ball", "That's for Sure", "A Word a Day", "I Fought Every Step of the Way", "Man of the Year This Week", "Elevator Song", "Nobody Understands Me")
1952The Belle of New York
(lyrics: "When I'm Out With the Belle of New York" - uncredited, "Who Wants to Kiss the Bridegroom?" - uncredited, "Seeing's Believing" - uncredited, "Baby Doll" - uncredited, "Oops" - uncredited, "A Bride's Wedding Day Song Currier and Ives" - uncredited, "Naughty but Nice" - uncredited, "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" - uncredited)
1946The Mouse-Merized Cat
(short)
(lyrics: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
1946The Blue Dahlia
(lyrics: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" 1944 - uncredited)
1946Baby Bottleneck
(short)
(lyrics: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
1946The Harvey Girls
(lyrics: "In the Valley Where the Evenin' Sun Goes Down" - uncredited, "Wait and See" - uncredited, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited, "Oh, You Kid" - uncredited, "It's a Great Big World" - uncredited, "The Wild, Wild West" - uncredited, "Swing Your Partner Round and Round" - uncredited)
1945Out of This World
("June Comes Around Every Year", "Out of this World", "I'd Rather Be Me")
1944To Have and Have Not
(lyrics: "How Little We Know" 1944, "The Rhumba Jumps" 1939 - uncredited)
1944Here Come the Waves
(lyrics: "That Old Black Magic" - uncredited, "Let's Take the Long Way Home" - uncredited, "There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie" - uncredited, "Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive" - uncredited, "I Promise You" - uncredited, "Come Join the Waves" - uncredited, "Here Come the Waves" - uncredited)
1944Youth Runs Wild
(lyrics: "My Shining Hour" 1943, "One for My Baby And One More for the Road" 1943)
1944Brother Brat
(short)
(music: "Mutiny in the Nursery" - uncredited)
1944Make Your Own Bed
(lyrics: "Blues in the Night" 1941 - uncredited)
1944Swooner Crooner
(short)
(lyrics: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited, "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited)
1943The Sky's the Limit
(lyrics: "My Shining Hour" - uncredited, "A Lot in Common with You" - uncredited, "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1942My Favorite Duck
(short)
(lyrics: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
1942Star Spangled Rhythm
(lyrics: "That Old Black Magic", "Hit the Road to Dreamland", "Old Glory", "A Sweater, a Sarong and a Peek-a-Boo Bang", "Sharp as a Tack", "I'm Doing It for Defense", "On the Swing Shift")
1942The Fleet's In
(lyrics: "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry" - uncredited, "I Remember You" - uncredited, "Not Mine" - uncredited, "Tangerine" - uncredited, "The Fleet's In" - uncredited, "When You Hear the Time Signal" - uncredited, "If You Build a Better Mousetrap" - uncredited, "Tomorrow You Belong to Uncle Sammy")
1941Blues in the Night
(lyrics: "Blues in the Night", "Hang on to Your Lids, Kids", "This Time the Dream's on Me", "Wait Till it Happens to You", "In Waikiki" - uncredited, "Says Who? Says You, Says I")
1941Birth of the Blues
(music: "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid" / lyrics: "The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid")
1941Notes to You
(short)
(lyrics: "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
1941Navy Blues
(lyrics: "Navy Blues" - uncredited, "When Are We Going to Land Abroad" - uncredited, "In Waikiki" - uncredited, "You're a Natural" - uncredited)
1941The Wacky Worm
(short)
(lyrics: "Daydreaming All Night Long")
1941Farm Frolics
(short)
(lyrics: "I'm Happy About the Whole Thing" - uncredited)
1941You're the One
(lyrics: "You're the One", "The Yogi Who Lost His Will Power", "Oh, Johnny", "Gee, I Wish I'd Listened To My Mother", "Strawberry Lane", "I Could Kiss You For That")
1940You'll Find Out
(lyrics: "You've Got Me This Way" 1940 - uncredited, "I'd Know You Anywhere" 1940 - uncredited, "Like the Fella Once Said" 1940 - uncredited, "The Bad Humor Man" 1940 - uncredited, "I've Got a One Track Mind" 1940 - uncredited)
1940Second Chorus
(lyrics: "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life", "Poor Mr. Chisholm", "Poor Mr. Chisholm" reprise, "Dig It")
1940Patient Porky
(short)
(lyrics: "We're Working Our Way Through College" - uncredited)
1940Romance in Rhythm
(short)
(lyrics: "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" - uncredited)
1940Slap Happy Pappy
(short)
(lyrics: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" - uncredited, "Confidentially" - uncredited)
1940Alex in Wonderland
(short)
(lyrics: "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
1940Ali-Baba Bound
(short)
(lyrics: "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" - uncredited)
1939Naughty But Nice
(lyrics: "Millions of Dreams Ago" - uncredited, "Remember Dad On Mother's Day" - uncredited, "Hooray for Spinach" 1939 - uncredited, "I'm Happy About the Whole Thing" 1939 - uncredited, "In a Moment of Weakness" 1939 - uncredited, "Corn Pickin'" 1939 - uncredited, "I Don't Believe in Signs" 1939 - uncredited)
1939Symphony of Swing
(short)
(lyrics: "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
1938Hard to Get
(lyrics: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" 1938 - uncredited, "There's a Sunny Side to Every Situation" 1938 - uncredited)
1938Going Places
(lyrics: "Jeepers Creepers" 1938, "Say It With a Kiss" 1938, "Oh, What a Horse Was Charlie" 1938, "Mutiny in the Nursery" 1938)
1938Garden of the Moon
(lyrics: "Garden of the Moon" 1938 - uncredited, "Love Is Where You Find It" 1938 - uncredited, "The Lady on the Two Cent Stamp" 1938 - uncredited, "Confidentially" 1938 - uncredited, "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" 1938 - uncredited)
1938Cowboy from Brooklyn
(lyrics: "Cowboy from Brooklyn", "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "I've Got a Heartful of Music", "I'll Dream of You Tonight", "Howdy Stranger" - uncredited)
1937Varsity Show
(lyrics: "Old King Cole" 1937 - uncredited, "We're Working Our Way Through College" 1937 - uncredited, "On with the Dance" 1937 - uncredited, "You've Got Something There" 1937 - uncredited, "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" 1937 - uncredited, "Love Is on the Air Tonight" 1937 - uncredited, "Moonlight on the Campus" 1937 - uncredited, "When Your College Days Are Gone" 1937 - uncredited, "Let That Be a Lesson to You" 1937 - uncredited, "Gasoline Gypsies" 1937 - uncredited)
1937The Singing Marine
(lyrics: "Night Over Shanghai" 1937 - uncredited)
1937Ready, Willing and Able
(lyrics: "Too Marvelous for Words" 1937 - uncredited, "The World Is My Apple" 1937 - uncredited, "There's a Little Old House" 1937 - uncredited, "Handy with Your Feet" 1937 - uncredited, "Just a Quiet Evening" 1937 - uncredited, "Sentimental and Melancholy" 1937 - uncredited)
1937Hollywood Hotel
(lyrics: "Hooray for Hollywood" 1937, "I'm Like a Fish out of Water" 1937, "Silhouetted in the Moonlight" 1937, "I've Got a Heartful of Music" 1937, "Let That Be a Lesson to You" 1937, "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" 1937, "Sing, You Son of a Gun" 1937)
1937Here's Your Hat
(short)
(lyrics: "On with the Dance" - uncredited)
1936Rhythm on the Range
(writer: "I'm an Old Cowhand From the Rio Grande" - uncredited)
1935To Beat the Band
(lyrics: "Eeney-Meeney-Miney-Mo", "If You Were Mine", "Santa Claus Came in the Spring", "I Saw Her at Eight O'Clock", "Meet Miss America" / performer: "Eeney-Meeney-Miney-Mo")
1935Old Man Rhythm
(lyrics: "There's Nothing Like a College Education", "Boys Will Be Boys", "Comes the Revolution, Baby", "I Never Saw a Better Night", "Old Man Rhythm" / performer: "Comes the Revolution, Baby", "I Never Saw a Better Night")
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