Johnny Mercer: The Man Behind The Melodies is a journey of the boy who discovered the potential of the songs that came from his dreaming mind that grew into the man who understood the value of the ...

The concept of the singer-songwriter came to dominate pop music in the 1960s, and therein lies an odd dichotomy. It may have seemed more ambitious for a single artist to write his own songs and sing ...

Johnny Mercer was a prolific writer of lyrics, but some of his songs were never produced or recorded. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to songs like "Moon River" and "Accentuate the Positive" — music ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Johnny Mercer said, "If you want to ask what makes me tick, I would say that it is ...

Bill Canning, of Fayetteville, Ga., shares his signature song, "Moon River," as sung by its co-writer, Johnny Mercer. My Signature Song: 'Moon River' LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In the 1961 film ...

Even the greatest songwriters tended to think of him in a whole other league. His name became shorthand for a standard of excellence in songwriting, as in, “Yeah, I’m a good songwriter. I’m no Johnny ...

JOHNNY MERCER: THE DREAM'S ON ME opens with Eastwood and award-winning film composer John Williams sitting at a piano reminiscing about what makes Mercer's songs so memorable. That touchstone begins a ...

The last time Stephanie Blythe performed with San Diego Opera in 2014, she presented a concert of songs made famous by contralto Kate Smith that she spent 15 years researching and planning. When the ...

Johnny Mercer, This Time The Dream's On Me (Warner Bros). Producer-director Bruce Ricker does a masterly job of integrating new and old material into a thorough biography of the great lyricist. The ...

The songs that Kris Russell records and sings are some of the most rewarding classics in the Great American Songbook. She makes the songs sound fresh, vital and contemporary decades after they were ...

PITTSFIELD — Stephanie Blythe is used to performing on opera’s biggest stages, in front of thousands of audience members at a time. But for years, every night before bed, the renowned mezzo-soprano ...