Johnny Mercer is one of the most celebrated lyricists in American pop music, and it’s no wonder when you consider just a fraction of his more than 1,000 songs: “One for My Baby (And One More for the ...

8 p.m. Feb. 28, $39.72-$65.64. Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. N.W., Atlanta. 404-413-9TIX (9849). info@rialtocenter.org. Atlanta jazz trumpeter and singer Joe Gransden will premiere two ...

Johnny Mercer was a prolific writer of lyrics, but some of his songs were never produced or recorded. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to songs like "Moon River" and "Accentuate the Positive" — music ...

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 ...

Bless us, we residents of the Coastal Empire do love our homegrown hero, Johnny Mercer. "A lot of elements are going into this," Wann says. "Tybee folks and Savannah folks feel such a kinship with ...

The Bard of Savannah celebrated with jazz concert featuring four unpublished tunes.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 ...

Rose Kingsley will present “Through the Years with Johnny Mercer,” a salute to the prolific songwriter, at the Metropolitan Room in New York City on Wednesday, September 30. Kingsley, a native of ...

Read this and you'll understand why the Songwriters Hall of Fame named their top award after this beloved lyricist. By Paul Grein As we reported on Tuesday (Feb. 10), John Fogerty is this year’s ...