Sinatra Recordings by Johnny Mercer
Autumn Leaves
m-Joseph Kosma, w-Jacques Prevert (Johnny Mercer-EL)
Pop Song: Jo Stafford (1949)
04/10/57 Arr: Gordon Jenkins
Capitol, Studio
CD: Where Are You?
Capitol, Studio, Alternate
CD: Not on CD
Blues In The Night
m-Harold Arlen, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Blues In The Night (1941) by William Gillespie
06/24/58 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Only The Lonely
Note: Whistling by Sinatra
Come Rain Or Come Shine
m-Harold Arlen, w-Johnny Mercer
Musical: St Louis Woman (1946) by Ruby Hill & Harold Nicholas
06/05/46 Arr: Axel Stordahl
With: CBS Orch
Columbia, V-Disc, Released: 1994
CD: The V-Discs
Note: Songs By Sinatra broadcast
11/22/61 Arr: Don Costa
Reprise, Studio
CD: Sinatra & Strings
07/01/93 Arr: Don Costa
With: Gloria Estefan (Electronic Duet)
Capitol, Studio
CD: Duets
Day In-Day Out
m-Rube Bloom w-Johnny Mercer
Pop Song: Bob Crosby Orch (1939), Helen Ward, vocal
04/02/53 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Capitol, Studio, Released: 1987
CD: Point Of No Return
03/01/54 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Nice 'N' Easy
12/22/58 Arr: Billy May
Capitol, Studio
CD: Come Dance With Me
06/07/62 Arr: adapted from May chart
With: Sinatra Sextet
Reprise, Live, Released: 1994
CD: Sinatra/Sextet: Live in Paris
Note: The Olympia Theatre, Paris
Days Of Wine And Roses
m-Henry Mancini, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Days Of Wine And Roses (1962) by studio chorus
01/28/64 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Reprise, Studio
CD: Academy Award Winners
Dream
m/w-Johnny Mercer
Radio: Theme for Mercer's radio show (1944)
03/06/45 Arr: Axel Stordahl
With: The Ken Lane Singers
Columbia, Studio
CD: Columbia Years: 1943-52
03/03/60 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Nice 'N' Easy
Drinking Again
m-Doris Tauber, w-Johnny Mercer
Pop Song: Dinah Washington (1962)
02/01/67 Arr: Claus Ogerman
Reprise, Studio
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
Emily
m-Johnny Mandel, w-Johnny Mercer
Based on theme from movie The Americaization Of Emily (1964)
10/03/64 Arr: Nelson Riddle
With: Chorus
Reprise, Studio
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
03/09/77 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Reprise, Studio, Released: 1990
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
Note: Different arrangements
Empty Tables
m-Jimmy Van Heusen, w-Johnny Mercer
Written for Sinatra (1973)
06/22/73 Arr: Gordon Jenkins
Reprise, Studio
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
Note: Shown on Suitcase as 5/7/74 (still unreleased)
02/05/76 Arr: Bill Miller
With: Bill Miller-solo piano
Reprise, Studio
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
m-Rube Bloom, w-Johnny Mercer
Pop Song: Mildred Bailey (1940)
03/29/40 Arr: Axel Stordahl
With: Tommy Dorsey Orch
Victor, Studio
CD: The Song Is You
10/31/47 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Columbia, Studio, Released: 1949
CD: The Voice (Gold Mastersound)
Columbia, Studio, Alternate, Released: 1993
CD: Columbia Years: 1943-52
03/01/60 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Nice 'N' Easy
Goody Goody
m-Matty Malneck, w-Johnny Mercer
Pop Song: Benny Goodman Orch (1936), Helen Ward, vocal
04/11/62 Arr: Neal Hefti
Reprise, Studio
CD: Sinatra & Swingin' Brass
06/07/62 Arr: adapted from Hefti chart
With: Sinatra Sextet
Reprise, Live, Released: 1994
CD: Sinatra/Sextet: Live in Paris
Note: The Olympia Theatre, Paris
11/30/62 Arr: Billy May
With: Summit Orch
Artanis, Live, Released: 1999
CD: The Summit In Concert
Note: Villa Venice, Wheeling, IL
I Thought About You
m-Jimmy Van Heusen, w-Johnny Mercer
Pop Song: Benny Goodman Orch (1939), Mildred Bailey, vocal
01/09/56 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Songs For Swingin' Lovers
I Wanna Be Around
m/w-Johnny Mercer & Sadie Vimmerstedt
Pop Song: Tony Bennett (1959)
06/09/64 Arr: Quincy Jones
With: Count Basie Orch
Reprise, Studio
CD: It Might As Well Be Swing
I'd Know You Anywhere
m-Jimmy McHugh, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: You'll Find Out (1940) by Kay Kyser Orch, Ginny Simms, vocal
09/17/40 Arr: Deane Kincaide
With: Tommy Dorsey Orch
Victor, Studio
CD: The Song Is You
In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
m-Hoagy Carmichael, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Here Comes The Groom (1951) by Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman
01/27/64 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Reprise, Studio
CD: Academy Award Winners
Jeepers Creepers
m-Harry Warren, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Going Places (1938) by Louis Armstrong
04/19/54 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Young Lovers/Swing Easy
Laura
m-David Raksin, w-Johnny Mercer
Based on theme from movie Laura (1945); intro on radio by Johnny Johnson
10/22/47 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Columbia, Studio, Released: 1949
CD: Columbia Years: 1943-52
Columbia, Studio, Alternate, Released: 1997
CD: Sings His Greatest Hits
04/29/57 Arr: Gordon Jenkins
Capitol, Studio
CD: Where Are You?
Moment To Moment
m-Henry Mancini, w-Johnny Mercer
Move: Moment To Moment (1966) by studio chorus
10/21/65 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Reprise, Studio
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
Note: Orch track 9/14/65
Moon River
m-Henry Mancini, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) by Audrey Hepburn
01/28/64 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Reprise, Studio
CD: Academy Award Winners
My Shining Hour
m-Harold Arlen, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: The Sky's The Limit (1943) by Joan Leslie [Sally Sweetland]
01/22/44 Arr: Axel Stordahl
With: CBS Orch
Columbia, V-Disc, Released: 1994
CD: The V-Discs
Note: Your Hit Parade broadcast
09/17/79 Arr: Billy May
With: Chorus
Reprise, Studio
CD: Trilogy
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
m-Harold Arlen, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: The Sky's The Limit (1943) by Fred Astaire
08/11/47 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Columbia, Studio, Released: 1949
CD: Columbia Years: 1943-52
06/09/57 Arr: Nelson Riddle
With: LA Studio Orch
Artanis, Live, Released: 1999
CD: 57 In Concert
Note: Seattle Civic Center, Seattle, WA
06/24/58 Arr: Bill Miller
With: Bill Miller-solo piano
Capitol, Studio, Released: 1990
CD: Capitol Years
Note: Piano only - Rehearsal
06/26/58 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Only The Lonely
03/31/59 Arr: Bill Miller
With: Bill Miller-solo piano
Blue Note, Live, Released: 1997
CD: Live In Australia, 1959
Note: West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
06/07/62 Arr: Bill Miller
With: Bill Miller-solo piano
Reprise, Live, Released: 1994
CD: Sinatra/Sextet: Live in Paris
Note: The Olympia Theatre, Paris
02/01/66 Arr: Nelson Riddle
With: Bill Miller-solo piano
Reprise, Live
CD: Sinatra At The Sands
Note: The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Intro :50
P. S. I Love You
m-Gordon Jenkins, w-Johnny Mercer
Pop Song: Rudy Vallee (1934)
03/08/56 Arr: Nelson Riddle
With: The Hollywood String Quartet
Capitol, Studio
CD: Close To You & More (OOP)
Something's Gotta Give
m/w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Daddy Long Legs (1955) by Fred Astaire
12/09/58 Arr: Billy May
Capitol, Studio
CD: Come Dance With Me
Summer Wind
m-Heinz Meier, w-Hans Bradtke (Johnny Mercer-EL)
Pop Song: Wayne Newton (1965)
05/16/66 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Reprise, Studio
CD: Strangers In The Night
07/06/93 Arr: Nelson Riddle
With: Julio Iglesias (Electronic Duet)
Capitol, Studio
CD: Duets
Talk To Me Baby
m-Robert Dolan, w-Johnny Mercer
Musical: Foxy (1963) by Julienne Marie & John Davidson
12/03/63 Arr: Don Costa
Reprise, Studio
CD: Complete Reprise Studio
Tangerine
m-Victor Schertzinger, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: The Fleet's In (1942) by Jimmy Dorsey Orch, Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell, vocal
04/11/62 Arr: Neal Hefti
Reprise, Studio
CD: Sinatra & Swingin' Brass
That Old Black Magic
m-Harold Arlen, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) by Johnny Johnston
03/10/46 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Columbia, Studio
CD: Columbia Years: 1943-52
03/21/61 Arr: Heinie Beau
Capitol, Studio
CD: Come Swing With Me
Too Marvellous For Words
m-Richard Whiting, w-Johnny Mercer
Movie: Ready, Willing And Able (1937) by Ross Alexander [James Newill] & Wini Shaw
01/16/56 Arr: Nelson Riddle
Capitol, Studio
CD: Songs For Swingin' Lovers
06/07/62 Arr: adapted from Riddle chart
With: Sinatra Sextet
Reprise, Live, Released: 1994
CD: Sinatra/Sextet: Live in Paris
Note: The Olympia Theatre, Paris
11/30/62 Arr: Nelson Riddle
With: Summit Orch
Artanis, Live, Released: 1999
CD: The Summit In Concert
Note: Villa Venice, Wheeling, IL
Two Hearts Are Better Than One
m-Jerome Kern, w-Johnny Mercer
Written for movie Centennial Summer (1946), but dropped
02/03/46 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Columbia, Studio
CD: Rarities
Columbia, Studio, Alternate, Released: 1993
CD: Columbia Years: 1943-52
When The World Was Young (Ah, The Apple Tree)
m-Phillippe Gerrard Bloch, w-Angela Vannier (Johnny Mercer-EL)
Pop Song: Peggy Lee (1950) in US
09/11/61 Arr: Axel Stordahl
Capitol, Studio
CD: Point Of No Return
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