#HashTagGames
#StrangeASongBandOrLyric

I can ham and you can ham;
So why should not we two can ham?
Few can ham like you can ham
Who can do canned ham like you can?

#JohnnyMercer Canned Ham Polka

Tony Bennett’s second career peak began with Perfectly Frank, his 1992 album of standards associated with Sinatra. The band (the Ralph Sharon Trio) is in top form and its before he started putting “cool” guest singers on his records. My favorite song on it (with lyrics by Georgia’s own Johnny Mercer) is I Thought About You. Also this album’s version of Night & Day is much better than any of Sinatra’s. https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-thought-about-you/576708050?i=576708109 #tonybennett #johnnymercer #franksinatra #riptonybennett #music

Yes! We Have No Bananas
#PiedPipers #JohnnyMercer
https://youtu.be/3H01p8fLVjo

"Summer Wind" is a 1965 song, originally released in Germany as "Der Sommerwind" and written by #HeinzMeier and German language lyrics by Hans Bradtke. #JohnnyMercer re-wrote the song into English along the same themes as the original, which talked of the changing of the seasons using the Southern European #sirocco wind as a metaphor. In America, it was first recorded by #WayneNewton and subsequently by #BobbyVinton and #PerryComo.
https://youtu.be/Sd1cRdTromQ

"When October Goes" is a #ballad based on a lyric #JohnnyMercer had written but did not complete. It was matched up to a melody by #BarryManilow and released in 1984, peaking at number 6 in the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
https://youtu.be/RRWMixC5jpQ

"Moon River" is a song composed by #HenryMancini with lyrics by #JohnnyMercer. It was originally performed by #AudreyHepburn in the 1961 movie #BreakfastAtTiffanys, winning an #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong. The song also won the 1962 #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear. The song has been recorded by many other artists. It became the theme song for #AndyWilliams.
https://youtu.be/C9YDR1260Zc

Two Of A Kind
#JohnnyMercer #BobbyDarin #BillyMay_HisOrchestra
https://youtu.be/pLsCqDCoq90

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast

Hoagy Carmichael, Ganavya & Johnny Mercer:
🎵 Kili - Skylark

#HoagyCarmichael #Ganavya #JohnnyMercer

#FrankSinatra #OldBlueEyes #AmericanStandards #JohnnyMercer

The best version of this song I know, but in the comment is one of his worst recordings ever (IMHO)
https://youtu.be/ED5EvBzpmA0

You can now listen to my #FromeFM radio show Very Very Vintage: Going Loco via this link:

https://www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/66-very-very-vintage-120223-going-loco/

Playing rail-related tracks from the 1920s to the 1980s by artistes such as #JackPayne #glennmiller #VernonDalhart #johnnymercer #JeanSablon #djangoreinhardt #louisjordan #royacuff #joshgraves #TheDubliners #simonandgarfunkel #CrosbyStillsAndNash and #jethrotull

My Frome FM radio show Very Very Vintage - Going Loco is a celebration of railways, trains, and locomotives, playing tracks by Jack Payne & his BBC Dance Orchestra, Louis Jordan, Jethro Tull and Crosby, Stills and Nash. It goes out GMT/UTC on Sunday 12th February on 96.6 MHz in #Frome and at http://frome.fm/listennow

#Jethro_Tull #CrosbyStillsAndNash #VernonDalhart #GlennMiller #JohnnyMercer #louisjordan #djangoreinhardt #royacuff #joshgraves #TheDubliners #simonandgarfunkel #iananderson

60 yrs ago

The days of wine and roses
🤣 and 🏃🏽‍♀️ away
like a child at play
Through the meadow land
toward a closing 🚪
A 🚪 marked NEVERMORE
that wasn't there before
The lonely night discloses
just a passing breeze
filled with memories
Of the golden ☺️
that introduced me to
The days of 🍷🍷 and 🥀🥀
and you
#HenryMancini
#JohnnyMercer
26 Jan 1963🔥💯

after "Vitae Summa Brevis"
by Ernest Dowson (1896)
They are not long,
the days of wine and roses
#pop #music #1960s

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast

Bernie Hanighen, Johnny Mercer & The Spirits of Rhythm:
🎵 Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes

#BernieHanighen #JohnnyMercer #TheSpiritsofRhythm

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC6Music's #TheRemixWithChrisHawkins

Johnny Mercer:
🎵 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (feat. The Pied Pipers)

#JohnnyMercer

https://open.spotify.com/track/5yP8HH523UAdYOEaM1iUy3

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Johnny Mercer, "American lyricist, songwriter, and singer ... who co-founded Capitol Records", was born on Nov. 18, 1909 (d. 1976). #JohnnyMercer
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer)

HarryJames w/ Helen Forrest - "Skylark" 1941
(lyrics Mercer, music Hoagy Carmichael)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K-flKFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K-flKFgg

Johnny Mercer, "American lyricist, songwriter, and singer ... who co-founded Capitol Records", was born on Nov. 18, 1909 (d. 1976). #JohnnyMercer

HarryJames w/ Helen Forrest - "Skylark" 1941
(lyrics Mercer, music Hoagy Carmichael)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K-flKFg

Johnny Mercer, "American lyricist, songwriter, and singer ... who co-founded Capitol Records", was born on Nov. 18, 1909 (d. 1976). #JohnnyMercer
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer)

HarryJames w/ Helen Forrest - "Skylark" 1941
(lyrics Mercer, music Hoagy Carmichael)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K-flKFgg

Eva Cassidy // #EvaCassidy //

Autumn Leaves (live)
[album Live at Blues Alley, 1996]

[Restored footage of Eva Cassidy performing Autumn Leaves. The performance took place at the Blues Alley jazz supper club in Georgetown, DC, on the 3rd January 1996.]

//via // #EvaMusic #BlixStreetRecords //

#brandunbrand #youtube #music #LiveMusic #EvaCassidy #LiveAtBluesAlley #AutumnLeaves #JosephKosma #JohnnyMercer #JacquesPrévert #BluesAlley

link youtube: https://youtu.be/xXBNlApwh0c

Just listened to #johnnymercer's interview with #JohnSweeney.

Brilliant interview about #Ukraine, #Russia, #service and so much more!
He's definitely in it for the right reasons.

My #dad hates the song #MoonRiver. He was in the #hospital when it became a hit in 1961. The #nurses wouldn't stop playing it. #JohnnyMercer