On my radio programme tomorrow between 12 and 3pm on 94.1fm I will be paying tribute to the music of Johnny Mercer, one of the most prolific of all the great songwriters and winner of four Academy Awards. He will also be the subject of my Movie Quiz at 1.15pm. Here is a sample of some of the music I will be playing....
AUTUMN LEAVES NAT KING COLE
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU ROSEMARY CLOONEY
SATIN DOLL DON BURROWS
SUMMER WIND FRANK SINATRA
DEARLY BELOVED HELEN MERRILL
MOON RIVER HENRY MANCINI
SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE SAMMY DAVIS JNR
TANGERINE RAY BROWN /HERB ELLIS
I'M OLD FASHIONED JANET SEIDEL
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE TONY BENNETT
I REMEMBER YOU CHARLIE PARKER
MOON RIVER ANDY WILLIAMS
TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS LEE KONITZ/GERRY MULL
SKYLARK ANITA O'DAY
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE JIMMY SMIT/WES MONTGO
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY PERRY COMO
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES HENRY MANCINI
GOODY GOODY HELEN WARD/BENNY GOOD
LAZY BONES JULIE O'HA/GEORGE WAS
IN THE COOL COOL COOL OF THE EVENING DEAN MARTIN
JEEPERS CREEPERS DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE JOHNNY MERCER
and many more.