Johnny Mercer- Sings Just for Fun (CD)
Johnny Mercer might well be known as one of the Top-5 American lyricists of all time. He also founded Capitol Records. Yet, as well known as he was, he was never known as a world-famous vocalist. Here he is on 29 of his classics with a little help from the Paul Smith Trio and Hoagy Carmichael on the piano!
Tracklist:
- Blues In The Night
- Love Is Just Around The Corner
- Old Ninety-Seven
- Spring, Spring, Spring
- Them There Eyes
- Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell
- St. Louis Blues
- Accentuate The Positive
- Java Jive
- Hear Them Bells
- The New Ashmolean
- Take Me Back To Little Rock
- The First Baseball Game
- Lora-Belle Lee
- My Gal Is Mine Once More
- Jamboree Jones
- In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
- Queenie, The Quick-Change Artist
- I Guessed It Was You All The Time
- Don't Care For The Heck Of It
- I'm All Tied Up
- But They Better Not Wait Too Long
- When I Get You In The Back Of My Cadillac
- At The Party
- Any Similarity Is Just Co-Incidental
- Little Lost Dream
- Slippin' Around The Corner
- The Pleasure Of Your Company
- I'll Tell The World
Johnny Mercer might well be known as one of the Top-5 American lyricists of all time. He also founded Capitol Records. Yet, as well known as he was, he was never known as a world-famous vocalist. Here he is on 29 of his classics with a little help from the Paul Smith Trio and Hoagy Carmichael on the piano!
Tracklist:
- Blues In The Night
- Love Is Just Around The Corner
- Old Ninety-Seven
- Spring, Spring, Spring
- Them There Eyes
- Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell
- St. Louis Blues
- Accentuate The Positive
- Java Jive
- Hear Them Bells
- The New Ashmolean
- Take Me Back To Little Rock
- The First Baseball Game
- Lora-Belle Lee
- My Gal Is Mine Once More
- Jamboree Jones
- In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
- Queenie, The Quick-Change Artist
- I Guessed It Was You All The Time
- Don't Care For The Heck Of It
- I'm All Tied Up
- But They Better Not Wait Too Long
- When I Get You In The Back Of My Cadillac
- At The Party
- Any Similarity Is Just Co-Incidental
- Little Lost Dream
- Slippin' Around The Corner
- The Pleasure Of Your Company
- I'll Tell The World