Standard Jazz Songコミュのジョニー・マーサー ソングブック

Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer

本籍は作詞家、時々作曲家、歌も歌ってアルバムも出すし、ラジオ・TVでも大活躍、おまけに(?)キャピトル・レコードの創業者という八面六臂の活躍をしたジョニー・マーサーです。

あの作曲家が書いた大スタンダード曲も、この作曲家が書いた大スタンダード曲も、ジョニー・マーサーが作詞しているではないかっ！

というジョニー・マーサーが作詞した曲を集めたソングブック・アルバムが世にあります。
これらのソングブック・アルバムを聴きながら、改めてジョニー・マーサーの偉大さを偲ぶことが出来ます。

彼はいったい何人の作曲家にどれだけ詞を提供してきたのでしょうか。


ジョニー・マーサーの作詞した曲のリストがありました。
http://songwritershalloffame.org/songs/C18

ジョニー・マーサーがかかわったミュージカル（舞台）のリストがありました。
http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/12137

ジョニー・マーサーの作詞曲が使われた映画のリストのようです。
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006197/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

ジョニー・マーサーの1930年代から1960年代にかけての作詞曲の中で、大ヒット曲になったもののリストがあります。
http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C18

また、ジョニー・マーサーは仏語詞の曲や独語詞の曲に英語詞を書いています。
さらに、器楽演奏の曲として知られているものに、後から歌詞を書いたものもあります。

トピックを展開しながら、彼はいったい何人の作曲家に詞を提供したのか、調べていきましょう。
（この手のリストが載っているサイトをご存知でしたらお教えください）


作曲家リスト（アルファベット順）
Barry Manilow (When October Goes)
Benny Carter (A Kiss from You)
Bernie Hanighen (Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?), Here Come the British)
Blossom Dearie (I'm Shadowing You)
Chummy MacGregor (Moon Dreams)
David Raksin (Laura)
Doris Tauber (Drinking Again)
Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn (Satin Doll)
Eddie Miller ((Love's Got Me in a) Lazy Mood)
Elmer Bernstein (Love With the Proper Stranger)
Gene de Paul (Jubilation T. Cornpone, I'm Past My Prime)
Gordon Jenkins (P.S. I Love You)
Harold Arlen (That Old Black Magic, One for My Baby, Come Rain or Come Shine, Out of This World, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, My Shining Hour, This Time the Dream's on Me, Blues in the Night, Hit The Road To Dreamland, Let's Take The Long Way Home)
Harry Warren (I Wanna Be a Dancing Man, On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, Wings Over the Navy, You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, Jeepers, Creepers!)
Henry Mancini (The Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, Charade)
Henry Mayer (Summer Wind)
Hoagy Carmichael (Skylark, In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Lazy Bones)
Jerome Kern (I'm Old Fashioned, Dearly Beloved)
Jimmy Mundy / Trummy Young (Trav'lin' Light)
Jimmy Rowles (Little Ingenue)
Jimmy Van Heusen (I Thought About You)
John Williams (The Long Goodbye)
Johnny Mandel (Emily)
Joseph Kosma (Autumn Leaves)
Lionel Hampton / Sonny Burke (Midnight Sun)
Marian McPartland (Twilight World)
Matty Malneck (Goody Goody)
Michael Cleary (The Bathtub Ran Over Again)
Mort Lindsey (Lorna)
Nick LaRocca / Larry Shields (At the Jazz Band Ball)
Paul Lincke (The Glow-Worm)
Ralph Burns / Woody Herman (Early Autumn)
Richard Whiting (Too Marvelous for Words, Hooray for Hollywood, Peter Piper)
Robert Emmett Dolan (Talk to Me Baby)
Rube Bloom (Day In - Day Out, Fools Rush In, Here's To My Lady)
Sadie Vimmerstedt (I Wanna Be Around)
Tony Scibetta (How Do You Say Aug Wiedersehn?)
Victor Schertzinger (Tangerine, I Remember You)
Walter Donaldson (Cuckoo in the Clock)
Ziggy Elman (And the Angels Sing)


自身で作詞作曲をした曲
Dream
G.I. Jive
Harlem Butterfly
I Wanna Be In Love Again
I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande
Something's Gotta Give






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アルバムリスト(登場降順）
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#190 - Nancy LaMott ‎/ Come Rain Or Come Shine (The Songs Of Johnny Mercer) / Midder Music / 1992
#176 - Carmel McCreagh ‎/ Skylark: Carmel McCreagh Sings The Songs Of Johnny Mercer / All Time Records / 2012
#161 - Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer / Concord / 1987
#143 - Susannah McCorkle ‎/ The Songs Of Johnny Mercer / The Jazz Alliance / 1977
#129 - Nancy Wilson / With My Lover Beside Me / Columbia / 1991
#102 - My Huckleberry Friend: Johnny Mercer Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer / Pye Records / 1974
#90 - Sylvia Syms / A Jazz Portrait of Johnny Mercer / DRG Records / 1984
#74 - Monica Mancini / The Dreams of Johnny Mercer / Concord / 2000
#59 - Ella Fitzgerald / Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book / Verve / 1964.
#36 - Marlene VerPlanck / Loves Johnny Mercer / Audiophile Records / 1978 & 1988
#17 - Daryl Sherman / Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute / Arbors records, Inc. / 2008
#1 - Linda Ciofalo / Dancing with Johnny / Lucky Jazz Music / 2010

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reserved (alphabetical)
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【Johnny Mercer Songbook】
　Bill Henderson / Tribute to Johnny Mercer
　Bing Crosby / Bing Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
　Bobby Troup / Sings Johnny Mercer
　Bobby Troup / Plays Johnny Mercer
　Buddy Rich / Sings Johnny Mercer
　Dewey Erney / I Remember You, Johnny Mercer
　Eileen Farrell / Sings Johnny Mercer
　Frank Sinatra / Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer
　Jacintha / Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer
　JaLaLa ‎/ That Old Mercer Magic!
　John Pizzarelli ‎– John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer - Live At Birdland
　Johnny Mercer / Dream: The Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer
　Johnny Mercer / Moon River: Johnny Mercer Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
　Lee Lessack / Too Marvelous for Words: The Songs of Johnny Mercer
　Lorez Alexandria / Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer - Volume 1 & 3
　Lorez Alexandria / Harlem Butterfly, Vol. 2: Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer
　Susanna Bartilla Chante Johnny Mercer – Live Au Sunside
　Todd Gordon / Moon River to the Days of Wine and Roses - The Genius of Johnny Mercer

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登場曲 (alphabetical) Composer/Lyricist/year - (comment No.)
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"Accentuate The Positive" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#75, 99, 192)
"The Air-minded Executive" (Bernie Hanighen/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#124)
"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1946) - (#42, 123, 150, 164)
"Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" (Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#156)
"At Last"(Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1988) - (#87, 133)
"At the Jazz Band Ball" (Nick LaRocca & Larry Shields/Johnny Mercer/1917(1950)) - (#29, 144)
"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma/Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer/1945) - (#122, 198)
"The Bathtub Ran Over Again" (Michael Cleary/Johnny Mercer/1934) - (#25)
"Blues in The Night(My Mormma Done tol' Me)" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1941) - (#99, 147)
"Charade" (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer/1963) - (#30, 56)
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1946) - (#15, 23, 94, 120, 180, 196)
"Day In - Day Out" (Rube Bloom/Johnny Mercer/1939) - (#11, 44, 62)
"Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#99)
"Dream" (Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#32, 70, 152, 168)
"Drinking Again" (Doris Tauber/Johnny Mercer/1962) - (#185)
"The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer/1962) - (#6, 107, 178, 195)
"Early Autumn" (Ralph Burns & Woody Herman/Johnny Mercer/1949) - (#8, 39, 61, 96)
“Empty Tables” (Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Mercer/1973) - (#181)
"Fools Rush In" (Rube Bloom/Johnny Mercer/1940) - (#43, 98, 145)
"G.I. Jive" (Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#169)
"Goody Goody" (Matty Malneck/Johnny Mercer/1936) - (#99, 109, 173)
"Harlem Butterfly" (Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#155)
"Heart of Mine, Cry On" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1990) - (#137)
"Here Come the British" (Bernie Hanighen/Johnny Mercer/????) - (#34)
"Hit the Road to Dreamland" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#40, 168, 199)
"Hooray for Hollywood" (Richard A. Whiting/Johnny Mercer/1937) - (#97, 171)
"How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?" (Tony Scibetta/Johnny Mercer/????) - (#54)
"How Little We Know" (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#154)
"I Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1990) - (#136, 141)
"I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer/1941) - (#14, 37, 71, 166)
"I Thought About You" (James Van Heusen/Johnny Mercer/1939) - (#28, 50, 93, 126, 186)
"I Wanna Be In Love Again" (Johnny Mercer/1965) - (#106)
"I'm An Old Cowhand" (Johnny Mercer/Johnny Mercer/1936) - (#99)
"I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#5, 46, 119, 146)
"I'm Shadowing You" (Blossom Dearie/Johnny Mercer/1975) - (#18)
"It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)"(Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer & Francesci Migliacci/ 1963) - (#84)
"It's Great To Be Alive" (Robert Emmett Dolan/Johnny Mercer/1949) - (#114)
"Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren/Johnny Mercer/1938) - (#22, 47)
"Just Remember"(Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1988) - (#88, 138)
"The Last Dream Home" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1990) - (#139)
"Laura" (David Raksin/Johnny Mercer/1945) - (#63, 163)
"Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer/1933) - (#26)
"Let's Take the Long Way Home" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#45)
"Little Ingenue" (Jimmy Rowles/Johnny Mercer/1974) - (#20, 111)
"Little Ol' Tune" (Johnny Mercer/????) - (#104)
"The Long Goodbye" (John Williams/Johnny Mercer/1973) - (#182)
"(Love's Got Me in a) Lazy Mood" (Eddie Miller/Johnny Mercer/1947) - (#57, 158)
"Love Is Where You Find It"(Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1988) - (#86, 133)
"Midnight Sun" (Francis "Sonny" Burke & Lionel Hampton/Johnny Mercer/1947) - (#21, 48, 69, 118)
"Moon River" (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer/1961) - (#12, 105, 191)
"My New Celebrity Is You" (Johnny Mercer/1976) - (#148)
"My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1943) - (#53, 100)
"On the Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe"(Harry Warren/Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#81, 99, 194)
"One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1943) - (#13, 127, 159)
"Out of This World" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1944) - (#51)
"P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins/Johnny Mercer/1934) - (#9, 52, 172, 188, 200)
"Peter Piper" (Richard A. Whiting/Johnny Mercer/1936) - (#27)
"Pineapple Pete" (Harold David Aloma, Al Jacobs/Johnny Mercer/????) - (#125)
"Ridin' on the Moon" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1946) - (#91)
"Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn/Johnny Mercer/1953) - (#95, 113)
"Single-O" (Donald Kahn/Johnny Mercer/1964) - (#66)
"Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer/1941) - (#10, 41, 65, 77, 92, 149, 170, 183)
"Something's Gotta Give" (Johnny Mercer/1955) - (#49, 67, 112, 162)
"Something Tells Me" (Harry Warren/Johnny Mercer/1938) - (#76)
"Something Tells Me I'm Falling In Love" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/????) (#76, 131, 177)
"Summer Wind" (Henry Mayer/Hans Bradtke (German)& Johnny Mercer (Eng)/1965) - (#55, 110)
"Talk to Me Baby" (Robert Emmett Dolan/Johnny Mercer/1963) - (#4, 108, 151, 165, 197)
"Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer/1941) - (#2, 116)
"That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#7, 38, 99, 115, 193)
"This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer/1941) - (#64, 152, 179)
"Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting/Johnny Mercer/1937) - (#60, 99, 121)
"Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young & Jimmy Mundy/Johnny Mercer/1942) - (#68, 184)
"Twilight World" (Marian McPartland/Johnny Mercer/????) - (#33)
"The What-cha-ma-call It" (Gene de Paul/Johnny Mercer/1954) - (#117)
"The Weekend of a Private Secretary" (Bernie Hanighen/Johnny Mercer/1938) - (#78)
"When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen & Gordon Jenkins/Johnny Mercer/1938) - (#72, 187)
"When the Meadow Was Bloomin'"(Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1990) - (#82, 135)
"When October Goes" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1984) - (#80, 132, 167, 198)
"Whistling Away The Dark" (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer/1970) - (#195)
"With My Lover Beside Me" (Barry Manilow/Johnny Mercer/1991) - (#79, 130, 140)
"You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" (Harry Warren/Johnny Mercer/1938) - (#99, 103)