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The seventh volume in Knopf\u2019s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer\u2019s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time.<\/p>\n

Johnny Mercer\u2019s 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, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, \u201cToo Marvelous for Words,\u201d \u201cJeepers Creepers,\u201d \u201cSkylark,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Old-Fashioned,\u201d and \u201cThat Old Black Magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to \u201cOn the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe\u201d (music by Warren), \u201cIn the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening\u201d (music by Carmichael), and \u201cMoon River\u201d and \u201cDays of Wine and Roses\u201d (music for both by Henry Mancini).<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer\u2019s songs\u2013his words have never gone out of fashion\u2013and with this superb collection, it\u2019s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art. <\/p>\n

Publisher \u200f : \u200e Knopf
Publication date \u200f : \u200e October 20, 2009
Edition \u200f : \u200e Illustrated
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Print length \u200f : \u200e 488 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 0307265196
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0307265197
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 5.74 pounds
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 11 x 1.35 x 12.05 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,726,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #554 in Songwriting #848 in Music Encyclopedias #3,114 in Movie History & Criticism
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