Name:wendy
freeman
Email:classic@zip.com.au
Location:
Sydney, NSW Australia
Date: Sunday, December 26, 1999 at
06:03:09
Comments:
A great site. Some of my very favourite songs are here!
Name: Robert G. Martin, Jr.
Location: Arlington, MADate:
Friday, December 24, 1999 at 08:41:53
Comments:
Name: Gavin Little
Email:gplittle19@yahoo.co.uk
Location:
Manchester, UK
Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 at
12:30:30
Comments:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil brings you to JM.
Interesting!
Name: Fred Hovater
Email:hov53@webtv.net
Location:
Birmingham, Al USA
Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 at
15:41:04
Comments:
Johnny Mercer---Simpley THE BEST
Name: David Gwyn Jones
Email:dgwyn66@hotmail.com
Location:
Plymouth, U.K.
Date: Saturday, December 11, 1999 at
16:12:58
Comments:
Latest info available to me indicates "You Go Your Way,I'll Go My
Way" was a song for which JM provided both words and music although I had
originally thought the composer was Robert Emmet Dolan.I have an off-air
recording of this song performed by Margaret Whiting but ,so far, nobody to
whom I have mentioned it seems to have heard of it.It's one of his last songs
and , in view of its lyric, must be of special interest to Mercer fans.
Name: David Gwyn Jones
Email:dgwyn66@hotmail.com
Location:
Plymouth, U.K.
Date: Thursday, December 2, 1999 at
18:08:29
Comments:
The Johnny Mercer website is a great discovery.I was 10 when I
first heard a Mercer lyric sung by a small child at a school concert in
London.In my teens I remember him as a performer on record with Judy
Garland("Friendship")and "The Waiter ....etc".Does anybody know one og his
last songs, music by Robert Emmet Dolan, and called "You Go Your Way,I'll Go
My Way", recorded by Margaret Whiting? It has a wonderful elegiac quality.
Name: Paul Stowell
Email:PBSBJS@aol.com
Location: Jackson,
MIDate: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 at 13:58:09
Comments:
Enjoyed tour of this site. Very informative and VERY well done.
Name:Loretta
Cormier
Email:bobcorm@flash.net
Location: San
Antonio, TX USA
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 at
21:02:08
Comments:
I'm a singer of jazz and pop standards from the 1920s to the
1950s. Without a doubt, Johnny Mercer is my favorite lyricist and I often
mention this on my gigs because I always include his songs in my repertoire.
He was definitely a genius.
Name: Dick Buehler
Email:rbuehler@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Location:
St. John's, NF Canada
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at
15:52:12
Comments:
Thank God there was a Johnny Mercer!
Name:Andrew
D. Robbins
Email:andrew_robbins@megatrax.com
Location:
Los Angeles, CA USA
Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 at
17:18:45
Comments:
My father Marshall Robbins was Johnny's music publisher for 28
years. Just my father aand Johnny in an ofice in Hollywood. Also, my
grandfather Jack Robbins had him under contract at MGM before he went to
Paramount. Absolutely the greatest of America's lyricists. He once told me,
"there are more words then music notes", always remembered that and I tell the
writers I work with today the same thing.
Name: lloyd weill
Email:rusllo@aol.com
Location: riverdale,
ny usa
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 at
13:34:43
Comments:
just to say thanks, I have been a collector of Mercer for years,
and when I travelled for business, I couldn't wait until I was in Savannah,
for dinner and a look at his home on the square. Are there any large photos
available?
Name: philip scott
Email:phil_music@yahoo.com
Location: tyler, tx usa
Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 at
16:17:56
Comments:
I have been a johnny mercer fan for years. I remember his weekly
tv show. He was always sitting at the piano. I am trying to break in as a
record producer and the two songs by johnny that i would like to record are
"dream" and "somethings gotta give". I read where johnny wrote more than 1,100
songs durning his career. That is truly remarkable.
Name: Andy Nash
Email:andynash@juno.com
Location: Mesa,
AZ USA
Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 at
17:38:56
Comments:
Name: Phyllis Ford
Email:cdpons@earthlink.net
Location:
Merrick, NY USA
Date: Monday, November 8, 1999 at
20:24:33
Comments:
Thank you Steve for a wonderful web-site. As a new member of the"
New York Sheet Music Society" it is such a thrill to find all of this
information about one of my favorite Lyricist/composers, Mr.Johnny Mercer,
whom I fondly call"My Huckleberry Friend" when I pay tribute to him in my
shows.
Name:C
Chandler
Email:risand@mindspring.com
Location:
Marietta, Ga USA
Date: Sunday, November 7, 1999 at
20:02:03
Comments:
I wanted to thank Steve Taksler for sending the Note from Johnny
to Souther Music Corporation asking for a recording of "Quiereme Y Veras". I
have answered his wish and for his 90th birthdayand will perform my recorded
version of "Quierem Y Veras" words, J. Mercer; music. A. Carlos Mendez I will
be performing this song along with selections from my 1993 release "Southern
Charm and Swing" at J. Mercer's 90th birthday celebrationFriday November 19,
1999 in Savannah, Ga at the 8th Airforce Museum. Thanks Steve
Name: Chris Chandler
Date: Friday, November 5, 1999 at
10:58:02
Comments:
Name: David Holloway
Email:daverows@aol.com
Location:
Jacksonville, FL USA
Date: Thursday, November 4, 1999 at
23:10:53
Comments:
I enjoyed your web site.
Name: Rouba Issa
Email:turbo_issa@yahoo.com
Australia
Date:
Thursday, November 4, 1999 at 01:11:41
Comments:
I respect this mans work. Not only did he write the songs for my
favorite movie "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" he also wrote songs for other
musicals. Athough he has passed away his music lives in the hearts of people
all over the world, and in my heart too.
Name: Joe McGee
Email:galleryrow@hotmail.com
Location:
Nags Head, NC USA
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 1999 at
22:00:16
Comments:
Terrific website! I have been waiting to see something like this
for years(actually all my life) I love & appreciate Johnny Mercer. I would
love to get "Whistling Away The Dark" from "Darling Lili", but don't know
where to look. Thanks a million for this wonderful bio & site, etc.
Name: Patricia R. King
Email:austenlady@aol.com
GADate:
Wednesday, November 3, 1999 at 09:35:54
Comments:
All of us in the Savannah area treasure Johnny Mercer and his
work. I am so glad to learn about that birthday tribute coming this month on
our WSVH station. And, having seen Moon River itself, the picture does do it
justice.
Name: Melysa
Email:ZoogDancer1275@go.com
Date:
Tuesday, November 2, 1999 at 07:16:48
Comments:
Name:Deborah
Weppelman
Email:dweppelman@gpb.org
Location:
Savannah, GA USA
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 at
20:48:30
Comments:
Just wanted to let folks on the coast of Georgia know that on
Thursday, 11/18/99, WSVH/WWIO-FM (public radio) will be airing a special
2-hour tribute to Johnny Mercer. The program will start at 11 a.m. You can
tune in to WSVH at 91.1FM from Charleston south to Richmond Hill; and WWIO at
89.1 FM from there south to the Florida border. I have linked this site to the
WSVH home page at wsvh.org; hopefully some more folks will find out about this
great site, and this remarkable man! Could you let me know who administers
this site? I couldn't find a link. Thanks!
Name: Coy Watkins
Email:CJCOY@JUNO.COM
Location: Virginia
Beach, VA. USA
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 at
20:12:49
Comments:
I just started hearing about Johnny Mercer when i saw the
movie,but sence then i have be to Savannah, and i love the place, and i love
Mercer sound. Have the soundtrack from the movie, where can i find more ?
Name: Lorraine Kelly
Email:lkelly0949@cs.com
Location: Boise,
ID US
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 at 18:15:43
Comments:
Happy 90th! My mother, Deloris Gibson, worked as a secretary for
you when you first started Capitol Records in Los Angeles during the war. As a
child she often talked about you and what a special man you were and how nice
you were to her and the other girls from Idaho. She now lives in Boise, Idaho
near my home and has many fond memories of her days at Capitol Records. I hope
your memories are as happy as hers. Have a terrific 90th! She celebrates her
76th birthday this year on November 12th!
Name: David Bokas
Email:bokasj@mediaone.net
Location:
Southfield, MI U
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 at
14:36:55
Comments:
Name: Nancy Mercer Keith Gerard
Email:Ngotr@aol.com
Location: Madison, NJ
USA
Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 at 16:48:58
Comments:
Hi Steve, David Jenkins gave me your address. I'm Johnny's niece.
My mother is his sister. He also was my godfather and I spent many hours with
him. I was actuallly raised by my grandmother, johnny's mother. By the way, I
called him "Uncle Bubba." My mother called him Bubba and so....I 'm not going
to Atlanta sadly but my husband and at least one son is. And I don't think I
can make Sav. either. And that is a disappointment. I would love to hear from
you. I was just out in CA visiting Mandy and James. WE had a lot of fun
reminiscing. Write if you have time.Best Nancy
Name: Maureen Miller
Email:chillamo@hermes.net.au
Location:
North Katoomba, NSW Australia
Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 at
03:05:30
Comments:
As an FM Radio Jazz Presenter, I am very happy about the info your
site contains. This info will help me present a `special' program on Johnny
Mercer next week.
Name: Joy Wilder
Email:wilder007@hotmail.com
Location:
Independence, KYDate: Friday, October 29, 1999 at
11:25:52
Comments:
I visit Savannah constantly and grew up with Johnny Mercer's
songs. (I am a 73 chronologically gifted great grandma). I recently visited
his home on Burnside Island and the people there were absolutely charming and
wonderful!!! I will be returning to Tybee Island in May, 2000. The Mercer
house on Monterey Square had the name "Mercer Wilder" house on the sign when I
first visited in 1993 but then it became only the Mercer house later. I looked
up the history of the original building and found that while Johnny Mercer's
great grandfather had began the building of the house and as you know it was
interrupted by the Civil War - a man named John Wilder completed the building
of the house but did not live there (or not that I can find). Naturally this
increases my interest in this house. My maternal grandmother was born near
Atlanta in 1861 and so I feel very at home in Georgia!!
Name:Frank
Goodnough
Email:FGOODNOUGH@aol.com
Location:
Massillon, OH USA
Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 at
10:20:18
Comments:
I have always liked Johnny's music but never, until I read this
home page, realized how many good songs his legacy con- sisted.
Name: Tara Mooney
Email:tmooney@sukinrushlaw.com
Location:
Nashville, TN USA
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 at
12:26:01
Comments:
I am a music business professional researching the history of
various songwriting teams. This is a very useful site!
Name: Bill Johnson
Location: Palm Bay, FL USA
Date:
Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at 21:59:33
Comments:
Name: Mort Goldberg
Email:mjgold854@aol.com
Location:
Wilmington, DE USA
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at
19:45:55
Comments:
directed here from a search about Harold Arlen. Mercer was one of
my favorite lyricists and he worked so well with Arlen. The combo were
dynamite, so is your web site, keep up the good work.
Name:Peter Ruffini (Web
Director)
Email:admin@deanmartinfancenter.com
Location:
Arcadia, CA USA
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at
18:48:23
Comments:
We just discovered your site for one of the greatest writers /
singers / entertainers in the world! MAGNIFICANT! I'm sure if Dean were here,
he would say the same! Thanks so much for the wonderful adventure. If anyone
cares to check us out , here's our address: www.deanmartinfancenter.com
Name: Tom Mc Donnell
Email:tmcdon@nebsinc.com
Location:
Wilkes-Barre, PA USA
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at
15:36:09
Comments:
Name: ROSALIA DE VASQUEZ
Email:rosaliadv@hotmail.com
Location:
santo domingo, rep. dominicana
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at
15:30:44
Comments:
i was in SAVANNAH, last week and i was impressed with the history
of that city,besides i live far from you, i had known JHONNY MERCER all my
life, he was a very big contribution to the composition in the UNITED STATES.
Name:Patrick "Sarge"
Murray
Email:pat_sarge_45@yahoo.com
Location:
West Lafayette, IN USA
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at
00:36:05
Comments:
What a neat site! As a serious big band devotee and historian, I
have a huge apreciation for Johnny Mercer's contribution to the Swing Era,
which I believe was a high-water mark for the nation both culturally and
socially. Congratuations to whomever put together this great site: it is a
major cog in the joint effort to preserve an integral part of America.
Name: leif Post
Email:lpo@erfakta.dk
Location: aarhus,
denmark
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 at 15:48:18
Comments:
efter min bedste overbevisning er der nu også ret pænt i Jylland
på den her årstid. Så, var det muligt ville jeg have sendt et par pæne fotos,
men tak for synet!
Name: Leif Post
Email:lpo@erfakta.dk
Denmark
Date:
Monday, October 25, 1999 at 15:45:36
Comments:
Name: Roz Byus
Email:rozbyus1@yahoo.com
Location:
Baltimore, MD USA
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 at
00:25:09
Comments:
I found this website while in a search for the soundtrack of Li'l
Abner, a score that has been a part of my life since I was a little girl. It
haunts me and I will not stop until I find it. I am a big Johnny Mercer fan
and collect anything I can lay my hands on about him. Thanks - Roz
Name: leon herman
Email:176758@yorku.ca
Location: toronto, ont. canada
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 at
09:15:59
Comments:
very nice. nicer to be able to download some songs. copyright
problems?
Name: Ronald G.Spillett
Email:ronnies@tig.com.au
Location:
Sydney, NSW Australia
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 at
13:05:41
Comments:
Fantastic!!! I wish there were a lot more sites like this One. Ron
Spillett
Name: Katie Phillii
Email:kaylee35@hotmail.com
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 at
08:43:05
Comments:
I really do love the movie. It was well written, and featured
great actors. I reccomend it to everyone. I think the web-site is a great
idea.
Name: Jamie Mercer
Email:mudcreeker@hotmail.com
Location:
Ringling, OK United States
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 at
19:53:42
Comments:
This is a nice site. Happy Birhtday Johnny
Name: Don Engel
Email:chrisandon@earthlink.net
Location:
Cypress, Ca USA
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at
15:56:45
Comments:
I've been singing Johnny's music all my life. The web page is just
great. Thanks for having it on the internet.
Name: Nancy
Email:schnackien@aol.com
Location:
Bellevue, Wa. U,S.A.
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 at
21:03:36
Comments:
Visited Savanna in April of l999 and saw Emma Kelly playing and
singing. Purchased a CD and would like to have another of her music. Is there
another one out or in the process of being done?
Name:joel
burnette
Email:jburnet2@utk.edu
Location: knoxville, tn usa
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 at
18:51:34
Comments:
I've always loved the music of Johnny Mercer every since I heard
Frank Sinatra first sing it. When I heard Johnny sing them himself, I loved
them even more!
Name: Jim Jimirro
Email:jjimirro@yahoo.com
Location: Los
Angeles, CA. USA
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 at
18:41:20
Comments:
Happy to have found this site....Mercer is number one in terms of
the range of outstanding lyrics he wrote...and not a bad singer, either.
Name: Phil Schnabel
Email:Philjoyce@worldnet.att.net
Location:
Eugene, OR USA
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 at
18:17:26
Comments:
Hi Steve! I'm back again. I got here by way of the Turner "Site of
the Week" Great work! You deserve nothing but accolades for keeping up this
fabulous Johnny Mercer website. The last time I signed the guest book was
probably a couple of years ago. I've been a fan since the start. I note some
questions about a Johnny Mercer biography. Of course, it is "Our Huccleberry
Friend". But I notice Amazon.com lists it as "Out of stock." Why don't you
(with your considerable influence) campaign the publisher to get it re-issued?
Your Good Friend, Phil Schnabel
Name: DON JAQUESS
Email:MDFSDON1@AOL.COM
Location:
MURRIETA, CADate: Sunday, October 17, 1999 at
23:44:21
Comments:
Johnny Mercer was truly one of the GREATS !!
Name: Rich Fanning
Email:richardfanning@sprintmail.com
Location:
Savannah, GA USA
Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 at
18:45:32
Comments:
I'm teaching a course on Johnny Mercer at Armstrong Atlantic State
University, for the Elderhostel Program. Thank you for your great site!!!
Name:Mike
Puisys
Email:mephster@yahoo.com
Location:
Athens, GA USA
Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 at
18:20:10
Comments:
I liked your site a lot... I learned a great deal!!! I linked here
from a Brook Benton site. Keep up the good work! peace!
Name: Dennis Kievit
Email:Kievit@Juno.Com
Location: Mahwah, NJ
USA
Date: Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 12:48:24
Comments:
I have always admired his talent. There will never be anyone like
him! we may attend the celebration in November.
Name: Adam Scheinoha
Email:taekwonslim@yahoo.com
Location:
Wausau, Wi U.S.
Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 at
22:29:52
Comments:
Name: gary palmer
Email:gpalmer@capecod.nt
Location: truro, MA USA
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 at
19:48:46
Comments:
He was much more then roses in the morning!
Name: Paddy Garland
Email:paddy.garland@irishrail.ie
Location:
Dublin, ......... Ireland
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 at
10:35:27
Comments:
Wonderful site to a brilliant songsmith!
Name: Gail Gibson
Email:Gail.Gibson@aimovers.com
Location:
Macon, GA USA
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at
17:19:47
Comments:
Words can't express how much Johnny Mercer and his music means to
me. I would love more information about him and the celebration in Savannah in
November.
Name: Albert Gayoso
Email:TRUBLIVR@aol.com
Location: Miami,
FL USA
Date: Friday, October 8, 1999 at 20:04:16
Comments:
I am a huge JM fan. I especially like Shirley Horn's rendition of
his songs. His lyrics inspire quiet romance, subtle and yet profoundly
powerful. Of course, you all know this. Thanks for creating this site.
Name: John Munroe
Email:W7kcn@cs.com
Location: Bellingham, Wa
US
Date: Thursday, October 7, 1999 at 21:01:58
Comments:
Just received (from Holland!) "Our Huckleberry Friend, JM, sings
Blues In The Night & Other Great Hits. Containes 8 cuts by The Notables
(50's quintet) Blue Moon BMCD 3041.
Name: Mary Anne Bolick
Email:mabolick@uncg.edu
Location:
Greensboro, NC USA
Date: Thursday, October 7, 1999 at
14:34:13
Comments:
Name:Michael
Olin
Email:michael.olin@virgin.net
Location:
Salthouse, England
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 1999 at
06:18:32
Comments:
Good to know that you exist!. I'm looking for a published
biography on Mercer. Cand anyone help, please?
Name:Michael
Olin
Email:michael.olin@virgin.net
Location:
Salthouse, England
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 1999 at
06:18:24
Comments:
Good to know that you exist!. I'm looking for a published
biography on Mercer. Cand anyone help, please?
Name:Jeff
Rayno
Email:Jeffr10196@aol.com
Location:
Savannah, GA Good Ol' USA
Date: Monday, October 4, 1999 at
21:13:40
Comments:
The Friends of Johnny Mercer, Inc. (501 (c) 3) will hold a special
birthday celebration for Johnny's work and memory on November 19th, 1999 at
the rotunda of the Mighty Eighth Air force in Pooler (outside Savannah). Gene
Fox's big band will paly with the Chris Chandler Trio and special guests.
Don't miss a night of great memories and music. I only have 300 more tickets
to sell. My number is 912-356-3471 for information. The proceeds will go to
the Johnny Mercer Scholarship Fund which helps young musicians in Savannah.
Name:Vernice
Hunt
Email:ajf@jazz.adelaide.net.au
Location:
Adelaide, SA AUSTRALIA
Date: Sunday, October 3, 1999 at
02:41:00
Comments:
Did Johnny Mercer write "Sometimes I''m Happy"? Looking to
complete one of the bands APRA forms for the composer of that song. Regards
Vernice
Name: Denny Kubczak
Email:Kubczak@aol.com
Location: Bay City,
MI USA
Date: Friday, October 1, 1999 at 21:12:29
Comments:
This is truly a great site. I am just now regaining an
appreciation of the big band sound my father played so often as I was growing
up. Ms. Whiting is still a godess, and bringing the joy of her talent to many.
I will visit this site often.
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