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Johnny Mercer - That Old Black Magic
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50+ MusicFeb 24
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a #popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by #HaroldArlen and the lyric by #JohnnyMercer. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #18thAcademyAwards in 1945 after being used in the film #HereComeTheWaves.
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ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE ~ Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers (1945)

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE ~ Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers (1945) (live recording). Words by: Johnny Mercer - Music by: Harold Arlen - copyright: 1944Though ...

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50+ MusicFeb 16
Yes! We Have No Bananas 🫐
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Yes, We Have No Bananas • Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

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50+ MusicFeb 15
"Fools Rush In" (1940) is a #popularSong. The lyrics were written by #JohnnyMercer with music by #RubeBloom. History of the song according to The Billboard, September 28, 1940 issue, page 34: Four years ago (1936) "Fools Rush In" was known as "Shangrila," composed by Rube Bloom and introduced in one of the production numbers at the Chez Paree, Chicago. Little was heard of it until this past summer when Rube played it for Bregman, Vocco and Conn.
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Fools Rush In

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50+ MusicFeb 1
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a #popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by #HaroldArlen and the lyric by #JohnnyMercer. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #18thAcademyAwards in 1945 after being used in the film #HereComeTheWaves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PCitYll6pA
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (Remastered 1995)

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50+ MusicJan 25
"Meglio stasera" (known in English as "It Had Better Be Tonight") is a 1963 song in #bossaNova rhythm with music by #HenryMancini, Italian lyrics by #FrancoMigliacci and English lyrics by #JohnnyMercer. It was composed for the 1963 film #ThePinkPanther, in which it was performed by #FranJeffries. In addition to the vocal performance, instrumental portions of the song appear in the film's underscore, sometimes as an introduction to the main "Pink Panther Theme".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCcTq_IpJgE
It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)

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50+ MusicJan 23
Yes! We Have No Bananas 🎱
#ThePiedPipers #JohnnyMercer
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Yes, We Have No Bananas

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50+ MusicJan 19
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a #popular song with music by #HarryWarren and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer, written in 1938 for the #WarnerBrothers movie #HardToGet, released November 1938, in which it was sung by #DickPowell. The biggest-selling hit version was recorded by #BingCrosby, with #BobCrosby and his orchestra while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by #TommyDorsey (with vocal by #EdytheWright) and #RussMorgan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGu08cECug
Bobby Darin you must have been a beautiful baby

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50+ MusicJan 9
"Midnight Sun" was originally an instrumental composed by #LionelHampton and #SonnyBurke in 1947 and is now considered a #jazzStandard. Subsequently, #JohnnyMercer wrote the words to the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f53xo_NNF8
Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun (1957)

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Show threadOur group declare to be trueDec 29

@SocialCommentaryBot Interesting developments.

Contemporaneous reports of Mercer’s appearance remain available.

What i cannot quickly find is the result of Mercer’s bluster: was there ever a finding in a competent court? Even at the glacial pace of courts, one might expect a decision in six and a half years.

https://www.bondreview.co.uk/2019/04/27/johnny-mercer-appears-on-the-bbcs-have-i-got-news-for-you-while-suing-them-for-libel/

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Johnny Mercer appears on the BBC’s Have I Got News For You while suing them for libel

Johnny Mercer MP’s appearance on Have I Got News For You didn’t reach the heights of car-crash TV and may not even make the end-of-season highlights episode. It may however make it into…

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