Johnny Mercer News

For all the Johnny Mercer lyrics we've heard in the movies, from "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe " through "Moon River," radio has always been his real home base.

Johnny Mercer's song "I'm Old Fashioned" describes Atlanta-based trumpeter Joe Gransden, perfectly.

Mrs. T and I recently got around to watching Turner Classic Movies' Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me , a Clint Eastwood-produced two-hour documentary full of priceless archival footage.

Film director Clint Eastwood's love of jazz and American popular song is far from a secret, especially following his feature-length biopic about alto saxophonist Charlie Parker , during which the ever restless Eastwood got the idea to produce a feature-length film about pianist Thelonious Monk , released somewhat later during the same year as ...

The rhythms of the street propelled Britons Steve McNicholas and Luke Creswell to create STOMP, the danceandpercussion show that's been touring the world since 1991, and is coming to Savannah's Johnny Mercer Theatre Dec.

Johnny Mercer, the Savannah songwriter with the gap-toothed smile, wrote songs with everyone from Duke Ellington to Sadie Vimmerstedt.

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.

The New York Pops celebrates the centenary of the birth of lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer at Carnegie Hall on Friday, November 20 at 8:00PM. Joining Music Director Steven Reineke and the orchestra are multi-platinum selling singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway , known for starring in the hit Broadway musical "SWING!"; Broadway performer ...

The news about Wilco's appearance at the 2010 Savannah Music Festival has spread like wildfire, but there are lots of other shows worth talking about on the justannounced schedule.

The news about Wilco's appearance at the 2010 Savannah Music Festival has spread like wildfire, but there are lots of other shows worth talking about on the just-announced schedule.

It's a thrill, to be sure, when a musician the caliber of Bonnie Raitt chooses to record one of your songs.

To celebrate both the 40th anniversary season of the Lyrics & Lyricists series and what would have been the late Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday, a starry concert will be presented at the 92nd Street Y. Entitled I Remember You: A Lyrics & Lyricists Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer , the Nov.

Wilco, the hugely popular alt/country band, will perform in Savannah March 25 as part of the 2010 Savannah Music Festival, March 18-April 3. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy, Wilco is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. concert appearance in the Johnny Mercer Theatre, inside the Savannah Civic Center.

Turner Classic Movies to Celebrate Legendary Singer-Songwriter Johnny Mercer as Clint Eastwood Presents JOHNNY MERCER: THE DREAM'S ON ME In-Depth, Music-Filled Portrait of Mercer to Premiere in November, Commemorating 100th Anniversary of His Birth 'Hooray for Hollywood"; 'Jeepers Creepers"; 'That Old Black Magic"; 'On the Atchison, Topeka and the ...

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What: Series of lectures about the lives of noted musical theater composers and lyricists, given by Dr.

Acclaimed jazz singer and poet Ruthie Culver takes Bath's Ustinov audience on an eclectic and enjoyable journey through words and music in Utter:Jazz on Saturday, September 26 at 8pm.

Get ready for the all new "Cirque Dreams Illumination" from the creators of the groundbreaking hit and only show of its kind to ever perform on Broadway "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy." Hailed as, "Dazzling! A reason to stand up and cheer," by the New York Daily News, "Cirque Dreams Illumination" will ignite Savannah when it performs at the Johnny ...

Johnny Mercer, one of American pop music's most renowned lyricists, will be remembered by a corps of jazz stylists at the 10th Annual Sunset Jazz benefit concert from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow on the Great Lawn at La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls.

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