Johnny Mercer is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music. He was a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others.
From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows.
He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four Best Original Song Oscars.
His songs will be celebrated by the Terence Collie quartet with Jane Parker (vocals) at the Riverside Arts Centre, 59, Thames Street on Sunday 14th July.