List of songs with lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer was known principally as a lyricist, but he also wrote music, even composing music for other lyricists. He had number one hits singing his own and other people's songs. Because Mercer wrote the lyrics to more than 1,200 songs,Robert Kimball, "Introduction", in Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kruger, Eric Davis, eds., The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer, Borozi Book, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009, p. xxiv this is a partial list of his songs.

Year Song title Composer Notable recordings1944 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the PositiveHarold Arlen Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters No. 2 Billboard Charts 19451946Any Place I Hang My Hat Is HomeHarold Arlen1945Autumn LeavesJoseph Kosma, original French lyrics by Jacques Prévert (English lyrics written by Mercer)Title song sung by Nat King Cole from the film of the same name Autumn Leaves Roger Williams No. 1 Billboard Charts 19551957BernadineJohnny MercerPat Boone (#1 Billboard charts for 1 week 19571941Blues in the NightHarold Arlen1946Come Rain or Come ShineHarold Arlen1939Cuckoo in the ClockWalter Donaldson1939Day In, Day OutRube Bloom1962Days of Wine and RosesHenry Mancini1944DreamJohnny MercerThe Pied Pipers (Billboard charts in 1945) Betty Johnson No. 9 Billboard charts 19581967Drinking AgainDoris Tauber1946Early AutumnRalph Burns and Woody HermanWoody Herman, 19461940Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)Rube Bloom1902The Glow-WormPaul Lincke, the original German lyrics by Heinz Bolten-Backers, English lyrics by Johnny MercerThe Mills Brothers 3 weeks at No. 1 in 1952 (Billboard charts)1936Goody Goody Matty Malneck Frankie Lymon (#20 in the US and No. 24 in the UK1943Hit the Road to DreamlandHarold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1937Hooray for HollywoodRichard A. Whiting1941I Remember YouVictor SchertzingerFrank Ifield in 1962; No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 1 on the US "Easy Listening chart" 1942I'm Old FashionedJerome Kern1936I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio GrandeJohnny Mercer1951In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the EveningHoagy Carmichael1938Jeepers CreepersHarry Warren1961Love with the Proper StrangerElmer BernsteinFrom the film of the same name, Love with the Proper Stranger1954Lonesome PolecatGene de PaulFrom the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers?Once Upon a SummertimeEddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay1973The Phony King of EnglandJohnny MercerFrom the Disney film, Robin Hood1942Skylark (song)Hoagy CarmichaelGlenn Miller & His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle; No. 7 on the charts in 1942.1949Moon DreamsChummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer, On the seminal Miles Davis album, Birth of the Cool1975I'm Shadowing YouBlossom Dearie1939I Thought About YouJimmy Van Heusen 1954Something's Gotta GiveJohnny MercerIn 1955 both The McGuire Sisters, reaching No. 5 and Sammy Davis, Jr., reaching No. 9 in the Billboard charts1944How Little We KnowHoagy CarmichaelFeatured in the film To Have and Have Not1944On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa FeHarry WarrenJohnny Mercer version of the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine charts in 19461943I'm Doing It for DefenseHarold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1943Old GloryHarold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1943He Loved Me Till the All-Clear CameHarold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1943On the Swing ShiftHarold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1943Sharp as a Tack Harold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1943A Sweater, Sarong and a Peek-A-Boo BangHarold ArlenFeatured in the film, Star Spangled Rhythm1958Pipes of PanSaul ChaplinFrom the film Merry Andrew1958Chin Up, Stout FellowSaul ChaplinFrom the film, Merry Andrew1958Everything is Ticketty-BooSaul ChaplinFrom the film, Merry Andrew1958You Can't Always Have What You WantSaul ChaplinFrom the film, Merry Andrew1958The Square of the HypotenuseSaul ChaplinFrom the film, Merry Andrew1958Salud (Buona Fortuna)Saul ChaplinFrom the film, Merry Andrew1944G.I. JiveJohnny MercerJohnny Mercer with Paul Weston And His Orchestra No. 1 for week1935Old Man RhythmLewis GenslerFrom the Astaire-Rogers film Old Man Rhythm1947Midnight SunLionel Hampton and Sonny Burke lyrics written subsequently by Johnny Mercer1961Moon RiverHenry ManciniFrom the film Breakfast at Tiffany's1943My Shining HourHarold Arlen1943One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)Harold Arlen1945Out of This WorldHarold Arlen1933LazybonesHoagy CarmichaelJay Wilbur, Paul Robeson, the Mills Brothers, Jonathan King1941Strip PolkaJohnny Mercer

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