Johnny Mercer songs

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Piperson — 15 years ago(August 11, 2010 06:21 PM)

The background music all seems to be songs by Johnny Mercer. You Go to My head, Jeepers Creepers, You Musta Been a Beautiful Baby. HE is the greatest. Oh yes, and Blues in the Night. The only one I don't recognize as his is South American Way. Does anyone know if he wrote the lyrics for that one?

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jellyree — 14 years ago(November 16, 2011 08:58 PM)

"South American Way"
(1939)
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Al Dubin

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mbsheik — 13 years ago(June 01, 2012 10:26 PM)

Actually, Mercer didn't write the lyrics for You Go to My Head. They were written by Haven Gillespie.

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laxlon — 9 years ago(July 09, 2016 11:04 AM)

I noticed the songs too. All of them must have been in the Warner Brothers portfolio because I've heard all of them in earlier WB films. These are the ones I noticed.
Too Marvelous for Words was written for Young Willing and Able, WB 1938, Mercer lyrics. Also used in Dark Passage, WB 1947
South American Way, used in Mildred Pierce, WB 1945, the scene where the 2 girls are singing in the living room
"It costs extra to carve 'Schmuck' on a tombstone, but you would definitely be worth it."

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EdwardVP — 1 year ago(January 30, 2025 11:02 AM)

Re "Young Willing and Able WB 1938" - That one threw me. It actually was Ready, Willing and Able 1937. Too Marvelous For Words was the only Johnny Mercer lyric to become a real standard from that movie.