Johnny Mercer

JOHNNY MERCER d1976. American lyricist, songwriter and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music and was a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. His songs were amongst the most successful hits of the time, including ; "Moon River" / "Days of Wine and Roses" / "Autumn Leaves" and "Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Oscar nominations and won four Best Original Song Oscars. He died in Hollywood aged 66 on June 25th 1976