This week, almost on the anniversary of his death, I barely scratched the surface of Johnny Mercer’s 1400 songs. A valiant effort, a daunting task, but a couple hours of great music.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- MISS YOU MR. MERCER / Mark Murphy / “Songbook”
- DAY IN DAY OUT / Nat King Cole / “The Billy May Sessions”
- SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook”
- THE DAYS OF WINE & ROSES / Kellye Gray / “Live At The Bugle Boy”
- JEEPERS CREEPERS / Julius LaRosa / “Julius LaRosa”
- COME RAIN OR COME SHINE/ Nancy LaMott / “Come Rain Or Come Shine”
- MY SHINING HOUR / Sammy Davis & Count Basie / “Our Shining Hour”
- TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS / Helen Merrill / “Casa Forte”
- WHATCHA MA CALL IT / Johnny Mercer / “Moon River”
- EMILY / Bill Evans Trio / “Turn Out The Stars”
- SATIN DOLL / (Mystery Vocalist) / The Coasters / “Johnny Mercer Covers”
- MY NEW CELEBRITY IS YOU / Blossom Dearie / “My New Celebrity Is You”
- TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT / Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco / “You’re Driving me Crazy”
- LAURA / Kevin Mahogany / “Portrait of Kevin Mahogany”
- LAZYBONES / Nellie McKay / “Sister Orchid”
- I REMEMBER YOU / Jazzmeia Horn / “A Social Call”
- DREAM / (Mystery Vocalist) / Ringo Starr / “Sentimental Journey”
- WHEN OCTOBER GOES / Barry Manilow / “2:00 AM Paradise Café”
- I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU / Keith Jarrett / “Bye Bye Blackbird”
- DRINKING AGAIN / Frank Sinatra / “The World We Knew”
- ONE FOR MY BABY / Tony DeSare / “One For My Baby”
- SKYLARK / The Real Group / “Unreal”
- AND SO TO BED / John Pizzarelli / “John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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