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MUSICIAN

Johnny Mercer

1909 - 1976

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John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs.He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music, and was a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. Mercer's songs were among the most successful hits of the time, including "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Autumn Leaves", and "Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Mercer has received more than 1,768,893 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Johnny Mercer is the 1,300th most popular musician (down from 1,210th in 2019), the 6,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,981st in 2019) and the 487th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 46.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Johnny Mercer ranks 1,300 out of 2,662Before him are Clifford Curzon, Phạm Duy, D. J. Fontana, Mary Wilson, Alan White, and Liam Howlett. After him are John Mayhew, Roy Thomas Baker, Anahit Tsitsikian, Lester Bowie, Pat Torpey, and Michael Giles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Johnny Mercer ranks 249Before him are Bill Carr, Balamani Amma, Sven Jonasson, Mike Todd, Ramón Villeda Morales, and Arthur Jonath. After him are Chester Himes, Shōhei Ōoka, Eudora Welty, Uku Masing, Neal E. Miller, and Elis Wiklund. Among people deceased in 1976, Johnny Mercer ranks 171Before him are Zofia Stryjeńska, John C. Slater, Jens Bjørneboe, Edith Evans, Markus Reiner, and Ritwik Ghatak. After him are Julius Döpfner, Alfred Landé, E. H. Shepard, Leopold Hofmann, Horacio Muñoz, and Busby Berkeley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Mercer ranks 6,437 out of 18,182Before him are Marc Cherry (1962), Tony Zale (1913), Walton Goggins (1971), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Ted DiBiase (1954), and Robert Harron (1893). After him are Joe Ranft (1960), Will Geer (1902), Nancy Wilson (1937), Glenn Branca (1948), Norman Mineta (1931), and Daniel Mann (1912).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Johnny Mercer ranks 487Before him are Benjamin Orr (1947), Paul Gray (1972), Brad Delson (1977), Michael Sembello (1954), D. J. Fontana (1931), and Mary Wilson (1944). After him are Lester Bowie (1941), Pat Torpey (1953), Mike Patton (1968), Kenny Drew (1928), John Hammond (1910), and Brian Setzer (1959).