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In a program that seemed to be a match made in heaven, Maestro Bob Lappin and the Palm Beach Pops celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of great lyricist Johnny Mercer at the Kravis Center Monday with an evening of some of the best-known of Mercer's 1,700-plus songs, each one a gem selected from his own private chapter in the Great American ...

Nov. 26, 2009 BOOK REVIEW: Hooray for Johnny Mercer as Knopf Publishes His 'Complete Lyrics' Reviewed By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic Most songwriters are linked to one or maybe two composers: Ira and George Gershwin; Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart; Mitchell Parrish and Hoagy Carmichael.

The singer Ann Hampton Callaway wasn't always the pop-blues wailer who brought the house to its feet on Friday evening at Carnegie Hall , where the New York Pops orchestra celebrated the centennial of the songwriter Johnny Mercer .

Today is the centenary of the birth of Johnny Mercer who wrote the lyrics to Come Rain or Come Shine, I'm Old Fashioned, Skylark, Too Marvelous for Words, Moon River and Jeepers Creepers .

In May 1971, songwriter Johnny Mercer appeared at New York's 92nd Street Y to sing and talk about his remarkable career.

Lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer - born Nov. 18, 1909, in Savannah, Ga. - wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs, including American Songbook standards like "Skylark," "That Old Black Magic" and "Come Rain or Come Shine." Mercer wrote the impishly satirical "Hooray for Hollywood," too - along with songs for a total of 90 of that town's most ...

Main American composer, vocalist, and businessman byname of John Herndon Mercer born Nov.

The Dallas Fed head spoke to the Austin Headliners Club yesterday where, yet again, he boiled down " The Current State of the Economy and a Look to the Future " into language easily understood by those of us who were told there would be no math.

A serendipitous convergence will make the next week doubly gratifying for people who cherish notable American songwriters - and would be receptive to recalling their careers by watching fond but also discerning biographical features.

Vocalist Lynn Henderson will perform a program of timeless blues, jazz and Broadway songs, accompanied by pianist Hank Milligan, on Sunday in Danbury.

On Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall Center for the Arts will proudly present Stephanie Petkanas, vocals, Bruce Krasin, woodwinds, George Adair, bass, Greg Caputo, drums, and Phyllis Isaacson, piano, in an evening entitled "I've Got the World On a String A Tribute to the Music of Harold Arlen." Harold Arlen was the son of a cantor.

Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck spun some of their old magic when they performed together for only the second time in their 60-plus-year careers.

Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck spun some of their old magic when they performed together for only the second time in their 60-plus-year careers.

Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck spun some of their old magic when they performed together for only the second time in their 60-plus-year careers.

Jazz lovers rejoice. The Palladium Theater features two great shows sure to please in the month of August and beyond.

It was one small step for man, but one giant leap for the demise of the moon in pop songs.

As he continues on well into his 8th decade as the go-to tenor sax man, the always solid Houston Person remains a prolific and first-rate blues man.

Scratch the surface of the vocal stylings of a lot of male American rock singers and you'll find the unmistakable relics of crooning.

Most Americans love a parade. If you needed conformation, all you had to do was go downtown last Thursday evening and check the crowd at the 76th Annual Saddle Horse Parade.

Marvellous For Words , which showcases the songs of Johnny Mercer, runs at the Landor Theatre from Tuesday, July 14 to Saturday, July 18, 2009.