Johnny Mercer on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (Live, 1962)

December 5, 1962. With Mitchell Ayers' Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers and singer-dancer-actress Carol Lawrence. Sing With Me, Mr. C 0:04 Food, Glorious Food 1:36 I've Heard That Song Before 05:36 Johnny Mercer sings a Medley of his hits 06:37 Gonna Get a Girl 12:15 Shall We Dance 13:03 A salute to the State of Georgia with a medley 13:50 Georgia On My Mind 14:47 Uncle Remus Said 17:17 Perry, Carol and Johnny close the show with Hit the Road to Dreamland 19:36 John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He was also a record label executive, who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessman Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a tin pan alley lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those 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 fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four Best Original Song Oscars.