Lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer — born Nov. 18, 1909, in Savannah, Ga. — wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs, including American Songbook standards like "Skylark," "That Old Black Magic" and ...

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 ...

The Johnny Mercer Centennial and City of Savannah celebrate Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday on November 18. “Come Rain or Come Shine" the life-size bronze statue America's great songwriter will be ...

There's a magical moment in the classic Hollywood love story, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," when a young Audrey Hepburn candidly sings a new song called "Moon River." Producers originally worried that ...

In 1942 Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records with businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glen Wallichs. At the time, Mercer was churning out hits for Hollywood, collaborating with composers like Jerome Kern, ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A statue of a Savannah icon will soon make its return to Ellis Square. The Johnny Mercer statue was removed for repairs after it was vandalized earlier this year. The statue is ...

The Bard of Savannah celebrated with jazz concert featuring four unpublished tunes.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

The 81-year-old musician spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the film Thursday night at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where ...

The last time Stephanie Blythe performed with San Diego Opera in 2014, she presented a concert of songs made famous by contralto Kate Smith that she spent 15 years researching and planning. When the ...