Johnny Mercer Southern Songwriter for the World |
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| Author:
| Eskew, Glenn T. |
| Series title: | Wormsloe Foundation Publication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-4973-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer remained in the forefront of American entertainment from the 1930s to the 1960s, writing over fifteen-hundred songs, and collaborating with all the great popular composers and jazz musicians of his day. Glenn T. Eskew's biography is a sophisticated, insightful, even-handed examination of one of America's most popular and successful chart-toppers.
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer remained in the forefront of American entertainment from the 1930s to the 1960s, writing over fifteen-hundred songs, and collaborating with all the great popular composers and jazz musicians of his day. Glenn T. Eskew's biography is a sophisticated, insightful, even-handed examination of one of America's most popular and successful chart-toppers.