The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbook (1998)

About this title: One of the giants of American popular song gets his due with this three-disc Verve box, comprising a trio of separately released compilations. Though Mercer's repertoire of classic songs doesn't quite make for three discs, Verve ably solves the problem by pairing a vocal track and an instrumental version on separate discs, such as "Too Marvelous for Words" (by Joe Williams and Lester Young), "Laura" (by Billy Eckstine and Don Byas), "I Remember You" (by Dinah Washington and Charlie Parker) and "Come Rain or Come Shine" (by Anita O'Day and Bill Evans). Verve was the label for jazz ... read more

Tracks:

1. Blues in the Night [Arlen/Mercer]
2. I Thought About You [Mercer/VanHeusen]
3. Come Rain or Come Shine [Mercer/Arlen]
4. Hit the Road to Dreamland [Mercer/Arlen]
5. Dearly Beloved [Mercer/Kern]
6. Goody Goody [Mercer/Malneck]
7. Skylark [Mercer/Carmichael]
8. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
9. Day In - Day Out [Mercer/Bloom]
10. Early Autumn [Burns/Herman/Mercer]
11. I Remember You [Mercer/Schertzinger]
12. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home [Mercer/Arlen]
13. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]
14. Autumn Leaves [Mercer/Kosma/Prever]
15. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [Arlen/Mercer]
16. Jeepers Creepers [Mercer/Warren]
17. Something's Gotta Give [Mercer]
18. That Old Black Magic [Mercer/Arlen]
19. P.S. I Love You [Mercer/Jenkins]
20. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive [Mercer/Arlen]
21. I'm Old Fashioned [Mercer/Kern]
22. Midnight Sun [Mercer/Burke/Hampto]
23. Dream [Mercer]
24. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe [Mercer/Warren]
25. Trav'lin' Light [Mercer/Mundy/Young]
26. Moon River [Mercer/Mancini]
27. Once upon a Summertime [Barclay/Legrand/Mar]
28. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]
29. When the World Was Young [Mercer/Philippe-Ger]
30. A Kiss from You [Mercer/Carter]
31. Hit the Road to Dreamland [Mercer/Arlen]
32. Out of This World [Mercer/Arlen]
33. I Remember You [Mercer/Schertzinger]
34. Out of This World [Arlen/Mercer]
35. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]
36. Come Rain or Come Shine [Mercer/Arlen]
37. Mandy Is Two [Mercer/McGrath]
38. Jeepers Creepers [Mercer/Warren]
39. Satin Doll [Ellington/Mercer/St]
40. That Old Black Magic [Mercer/Arlen]
41. Tangerine [Mercer/Schertzinger]
42. Charade [Mercer/Mancini]
43. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
44. I'm Old Fashioned [Mercer/Kern]
45. Skylark [Mercer/Carmichael]
46. Day In - Day Out [Mercer/Bloom]
47. When the World Was Young [Mercer/Philippe-Ger]
48. Days of Wine and Roses [Mercer/Mancini]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.