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Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Robert Kimball, Johnny Mercer, Barry Day, Eric Davis and Miles Kreuger (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307265196
ISBN-139780307265197
eBay Product ID (ePID)72443518
Product Key Features
Book TitleComplete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Number of Pages488 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicInstruction & Study / Songwriting, United States / 20th Century, Printed Music / Musicals, Film & TV, Reference, Lyrics, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, History
AuthorRobert Kimball, Johnny Mercer, Barry Day, Eric Davis, Miles Kreuger
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight90.7 Oz
Item Length11.7 in
Item Width10.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-024005
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"This is the seventh volume in one of the most worthwhile scholarly enterprises of our time, the effort to collect all the lyrics of the great pop songwriters of the 20th century. . . . The scholarship is impressive . . . a labor of love . . . Amazingly prolific . . . Mercer tended to think of each lyric as complete in itself, a little poem . . . He seemed comfortable across the entirety of America, and said as much in song: 'Any place I hang my hat is home.' But he always kept up his connection to the South, which provided him with the inspiration for much of his best work. . . . The other great lyricists had many ear-bending adjectives in their quivers. But none of them ever came up with a more perfect word for a song than Johnny Mercer did when his Southern unconscious gave him the gift of 'huckleberry.'" --Barry Gewen, The New York Times Book Review "[Mercer] could be considered the best lyricist of the last five-score years. . . . one of the most evocative writers about the American South who's ever put pen to paper. . . . Enjoying a book such as this is akin to turning on an internal iPod. . . . Mercer wrote 'That Old Black Magic' and infused it--and everything else he copiously imagined--with that old knack magic." --David Finkle, The Huffington Post, "This is the seventh volume in one of the most worthwhile scholarly enterprises of our time, the effort to collect all the lyrics of the great pop songwriters of the 20th century. . . . The scholarship is impressive . . . a labor of love . . . Amazingly prolific . . . Mercer tended to think of each lyric as complete in itself, a little poem . . . He seemed comfortable across the entirety of America, and said as much in song: 'Any place I hang my hat is home.' But he always kept up his connection to the South, which provided him with the inspiration for much of his best work. . . . The other great lyricists had many ear-bending adjectives in their quivers. But none of them ever came up with a more perfect word for a song than Johnny Mercer did when his Southern unconscious gave him the gift of 'huckleberry.'" -Barry Gewen, The New York Times Book Review "[Mercer] could be considered the best lyricist of the last five-score years. . . . one of the most evocative writers about the American South who's ever put pen to paper. . . . Enjoying a book such as this is akin to turning on an internal iPod. . . . Mercer wrote 'That Old Black Magic' and infused it-and everything else he copiously imagined-with that old knack magic." -David Finkle, The Huffington Post From the Hardcover edition., "This is the seventh volume in one of the most worthwhile scholarly enterprises of our time, the effort to collect all the lyrics of the great pop songwriters of the 20th century. . . . The scholarship is impressive . . . a labor of love . . . Amazingly prolific . . . Mercer tended to think of each lyric as complete in itself, a little poem . . . He seemed comfortable across the entirety of America, and said as much in song: 'Any place I hang my hat is home.' But he always kept up his connection to the South, which provided him with the inspiration for much of his best work. . . . The other great lyricists had many ear-bending adjectives in their quivers. But none of them ever came up with a more perfect word for a song than Johnny Mercer did when his Southern unconscious gave him the gift of 'huckleberry.'" -Barry Gewen,The New York Times Book Review "[Mercer] could be considered the best lyricist of the last five-score years. . . . one of the most evocative writers about the American South who's ever put pen to paper. . . . Enjoying a book such as this is akin to turning on an internal iPod. . . . Mercer wrote 'That Old Black Magic' and infused it-and everything else he copiously imagined-with that old knack magic." -David Finkle,The Huffington Post, "[Mercer] could be considered the best lyricist of the last five-score years. . . . one of the most evocative writers about the American South who's ever put pen to paper. . . . Enjoying a book such as this is akin to turning on an internal iPod. . . . Mercer wrote 'That Old Black Magic' and infused it-and everything else he copiously imagined-with that old knack magic." -David Finkle,The Huffington Post
SynopsisThe seventh volume in Knopf's critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer's centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer's 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, "Too Marvelous for Words," "Jeepers Creepers," "Skylark," "I'm Old-Fashioned," and "That Old Black Magic." 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 "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" (music by Warren), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (music by Carmichael), and "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses" (music for both by Henry Mancini). You've probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer's songs-his words have never gone out of fashion-and with this superb collection, it's easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art., The seventh volume in Knopf's critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer's centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer's 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, "Too Marvelous for Words," "Jeepers Creepers," "Skylark," "I'm Old-Fashioned," and "That Old Black Magic." 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 "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" (music by Warren), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (music by Carmichael), and "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses" (music for both by Henry Mancini). You've probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer's songs-his words have never gone out of fashion-and with this superb collection, it's easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.
LC Classification NumberML54.6.M45C66 2009
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- Oct 17, 2024
Book in decent shape,a little wear aroun...
Book in decent shape,a little wear around the edges. Extra padding around the book INSIDE of the oversized bag it was in would have helped. Otherwise excellent…Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 02, 2018
The complete works
Lots of information but no music. Just be aware you are not buying a song book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 31, 2018
Skylark
Fera-neném!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
