Blues in the Night

...come.' " For close to 50 years, Mercer dug hard, and the hits kept coming. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive." "Skylark." "Laura." "Blues in the Night." "Moon River." Mercer wrote the words, and sometimes the music, for more than 1,500...

In this article: Judy Garland, Savannah, Henry Mancini, Moon River, Georgia State University, and The Harvey Girls

...determination. She's pure torch in Harburg and Arlen's Paris Is a Lonely Town (the French cousin of Arlen's better-known Blues in the Night.) She unleashes the Caribbean zest of the same team's I Don't Think I'll End It All Today,...

In this article: Burton Lane, Jule Styne, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner, Dorothy Fields, Finian's Rainbow, and How About You?

...Savannah Music Festival's Benefit Concert, Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performed a commissioned arrangement by Ted Nash of the Mercer/Arlen classic Blues in the Night in celebration of the Johnny Mercer Centennial.

In this article: Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, and Moon River

...fun activities based on the life and work of the Hollywood hit maker and Savannah native. They listened to "Accentuate the Positive," "Blues in the Night" and "Hooray for Hollywood" but learned about far more than just alliteration and...

In this article: Savannah, Hooray for Hollywood, Joey McIntyre, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, and New Kids on the Block

...of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, the Gershwins and Rodgers and Hammerstein. His songs include "Skylark," "That Old Black Magic," "Blues in the Night" and hundreds more. He collaborated with writers from Hoagy Carmichael to Henry Mancini,...

In this article: TCM, Hoagy Carmichael, One for My Baby, Dream, Baby It's Cold Outside, Moon River, Come Rain or Come Shine, and That Old Black Magic

By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY Songwriter Johnny Mercer died in 1976, but his words live on in such enduring tunes as Skylark, Blues in the Night, One for My Baby, I'm Old Fashioned and Moon River. With the centennial of Mercer's birth...

In this article: Clint Eastwood, Tony Bennett, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, USA Today, Ella Fitzgerald, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Oscars, TCM, and Moon River

...312-294-3000. More Johnny MercerCentennial tributes to a songwriter who penned lyrics to classics such as "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Blues in the Night" and "Fools Rush In" will be plentiful this season. Among them: "Here's Johnny: A...

In this article: Vijay Iyer, Andrew Hill, Come Rain or Come Shine, and Too Marvelous for Words

...of His Birth Hooray for Hollywood"; Jeepers Creepers"; That Old Black Magic"; On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"; Skylark"; Blues in the Night"; Moon River"; The Days of Wine and Roses." Some of the most beloved songs of the 20th...

In this article: TCM, Clint Eastwood, Tony Bennett, Oscar, Moon River, Dream, Turner Classic Movies, and John Williams

"Blues in the Night" is a popular song which has become a pop standard and can certainly be considered part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the...

In this article: Decca Records, Billboard magazine, Columbia Records, RCA Victor Records, Margaret Whiting, Judy Garland, and Capitol Records

...a few recordings. What about Jo Stafford's "Dream''? Tony Bennett and Bill Evans' "Days of Wine and Roses''? Ella Fitzgerald's imperial "Blues in the Night''? Well, as the man himself said, something's gotta give. Here are 13 renditions of...

In this article: Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Jerome Kern