Lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer — born Nov. 18, 1909, in Savannah, Ga. — wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs, including American Songbook standards like "Skylark," "That Old Black Magic" and ...

As we reported on Tuesday (Feb. 10), John Fogerty is this year’s recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award, the top honor given by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Fogerty joins a long list of Mercer Award ...

There's a magical moment in the classic Hollywood love story, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," when a young Audrey Hepburn candidly sings a new song called "Moon River." Producers originally worried that ...

The Johnny Mercer Centennial and City of Savannah celebrate Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday on November 18. “Come Rain or Come Shine" the life-size bronze statue America's great songwriter will be ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A statue of a Savannah icon will soon make its return to Ellis Square. The Johnny Mercer statue was removed for repairs after it was vandalized earlier this year. The statue is ...

The Bard of Savannah celebrated with jazz concert featuring four unpublished tunes. Johnny Mercer, perhaps the best lyricist Georgia ever produced, never stopped scribbling ideas, and he wrote on ...

In 1942 Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records with businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glen Wallichs. At the time, Mercer was churning out hits for Hollywood, collaborating with composers like Jerome Kern, ...

The last time Stephanie Blythe performed with San Diego Opera in 2014, she presented a concert of songs made famous by contralto Kate Smith that she spent 15 years researching and planning. When the ...

After being away from Ellis Square for most of 2023, the sculpture of Oscar winning lyricist and Savannah native Johnny Mercer will be making an encore in the square later this month. Having the ...

The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) is celebrating the success of moving their annual Songwriters Project to Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. After 17 great years at Northwestern University, JMF ...