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Capitol Collectors Series
Johnny Mercer

Released April 06, 1942 - March 18, 1949

Today we know Johnny Mercer mainly as the genius songwriter from Savannah, GA, and perhaps tend to forget that he was also one of the most prolific hitmaking singers of the 1940s. This excellent compendium of his hit singles, plus a pair of his most famous songs ("Blues in the Night" and "One for My Baby") from 78 rpm albums, will definitely give you the idea. Though not the owner of an overpowering, world-beating voice -- to his everlasting and needless regret -- Mercer had his own Southern hipster charm, with slippery grace-notes and swinging turns of phrase that any jazzer would envy. An irony for today's audience is that many of Mercer's biggest hits here -- "Candy," "Personality," "Baby, It's Cold Outside" -- were not written by him, for he truly was a recording star in his own right and not merely a songwriter out to plug his own material. Paul Weston dresses up most of the charts in period big-band garb, decorated with tasty streaks of strings; the Pied Pipers chirp away most of the time, and Benny Goodman's Orchestra and the King Cole Trio chip in on a track apiece. These records are completely saturated in World War II, GI jivey, moon-June, sentimental atmosphere that place them precisely in their time -- and as such, they generate gobs of nostalgia. Informative liner notes, a thorough discography of these 20 sides, and reproductions of some of the original 78s and sheet music round out this appealing package. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Strip Polka
2. I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City
3. G.I. Jive
4. Blues in the Night
5. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
6. Candy
7. I'm Gonna See My Baby
8. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
9. Surprise Party
10. Personality
11. My Sugar Is So Refined
12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
13. Zip a Dee Doo Dah
14. A Gal in Calico
15. Winter Wonderland
16. Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
17. Sugar Blues
18. Save the Bones for Henry Jones
19. The Glow Worm
20. Baby, It's Cold Outside

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Main Releases

Sings Johnny Mercer and Friends

Songsmith From Savannah (2003)

Johnny Mercer's Music Shop (2003)

Evening With Johnny Mercer (live) (1971)

Collections

Songbook: Blues in the Night (2005)

Too Marvelous for Words: 24 Songs of Johnny Mercer (1997)

Great American Songwriters (1994)

Compilations

Johnny Mercer Sings Johnny Mercer

Definitive Collection (2007)

Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer (box set) (2007)

Man from Georgia (2005)

Dream Team (2005)

Moon River (2005)

Blues in the Night (2004)

Dream: The Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer (2003)

Sings Personality (2002)

Personality (2001)

V-Disc Recordings: For Our Armed Forces Overseas (1999)

Huckleberry Mercer (1998)

The Best of Johnny Mercer (1998)

Some of the Best (1997)

More of the Best (1997)

Poetry of Johnny Mercer (1996)

The Old Music Master (1996)

My Huckleberry Friend (1996)

Georgia on My Mind: Uncollected Johnny Mercer (1944) (1995)

Johnny Mercer Sings! (1993)

Jeepers Creepers (1990)

Capitol Collectors Series (1942 - 1949)

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