Edition: Paperback Book, Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Description: 200 Pages

Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) was not only one of America’s greatest lyricists—he helped define the American South from the outside in. His words paint rich and vivid portraits of life in his native Georgia. Mercer wrote a wide variety of songs, from lush, dreamy ballads to plays on colloquial American expressions. He joined forces with some of the most talented composers of his day, including Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, and Henry Mancini, to fashion one of the most startlingly original catalogs in American popular music.

This songbook commemorates the centennial of his birth with piano/vocal sheet music arrangements (including guitar chord frames) for 46 of his most famous and best-loved classics.

 

AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
AND THE ANGELS SING
ANY PLACE I HANG MY HAT IS MY HOME
AUTUMN LEAVES A/K/A LES FEUILLES MORTES
BLESS YORE BEAUTIFUL HIDE (from “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”)
BLUES IN THE NIGHT
CHARADE (FROM “CHARADE”)
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
DAY IN DAY OUT
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, THE
DREAM
DRINKING AGAIN
EMILY
FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD)
G.I. JIVE
GLOW WORM, THE
GOODY-GOODY
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
I WANNA BE AROUND
I'M AN OLD COWHAND (FROM THE RIO GRANDE)
I'M OLD FASHIONED (Lyric Version)
IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS (from “Li'l Abner”)
IN THE COOL COOL COOL OF THE EVENING
JEEPERS CREEPERS
LAURA
LAZYBONES (a/k/a LAZY BONES)
LEGALIZE MY NAME
MOON RIVER (from “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S”) (VOCAL)
MY SHINING HOUR
NAMELY YOU (from “Li'l Abner”)
ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE
ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)
SATAN'S LI'L LAMB
SATIN DOLL (VOCAL VERSION)
SKYLARK
SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (from “Daddy Long Legs”)
STRIP POLKA
SUMMER WIND
SWEETHEART TREE, THE (from “THE GREAT RACE”)
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS
TWO OF A KIND
WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY
YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER