Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University LibraryMusic Interviews
100 Years Of Johnny Mercer, Pop Poet Laureate
()He wrote the words, and sometimes the music, for more than 1,500 songs, among them "Skylark," "Blues in the Night" and "Moon River." He had a few hits himself on Capitol Records — which he started. He was a great American lyricist, and today marks the 100th anniversary of his birth.
