* Cecil William Mercer ( 1885 – 1960 ), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates

Inspired by a Dear John letter he had received from his girlfriend, Raksin wrote the haunting theme for which Johnny Mercer later wrote lyrics.

Mercer also wrote hundreds of scripts for various cartoon series, including a number of " Popeye " episodes, animated cartoons produced for Paramount Pictures, Deputy Dawg and Milton the Monster.

He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs he founded Capitol Records.

French eventually wrote five plays about the Mercer family.

On his blog, Mercer wrote of the time slot shift that " we ended the season as the highest rated comedy show on the network.

* 1942 ( 37 ) Along with Johnny Mercer, he wrote one of his most famous songs, " That Old Black Magic "

He wrote, " The successful but largely forgotten 1956 musical Li ' l Abner is certainly not a dud, for it has good-natured energy and a bright and tuneful score by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer ... the show serves well as one of those solid " knockabout " shows Broadway turned out with regularity through the ' 50s ".

He wrote and produced a 1985 cabaret show for Whiting which featured Mercer's music, and in 1996 co-wrote and produced Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Jazz Concert ( inspired by the Mercer music used in the film, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ).

May also wrote arrangements for many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Nat " King " Cole, Anita O ' Day, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Sandler and Young, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney and Ella Mae Morse.

With James Brough, Roosevelt wrote a highly personal book about his parents called The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: An Untold Story, in which he revealed details about the sexual lives of his parents, including his father's unique relationships with mistress Lucy Mercer and secretary Marguerite (" Missy ") LeHand as well as graphic details surrounding the illness that crippled his father.

His first hit came in 1927 with " Soliloquy "; his last was " Here's to My Lady " in 1952, which he wrote with Johnny Mercer.

According to Leitch's A Princeton Companion, Langlotz " wrote the music for Old Nassau on the porch of his house at 160 Mercer Street one fine spring afternoon.

The American songwriter Johnny Mercer wrote English lyrics in 1947 and Jo Stafford was among the first to perform this version.

* Johnny Mercer ( 4-time Academy Award winning lyricist: " On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ", " In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening ", " Moon River " with Henry Mancini, " Fools Rush In ", and " Days of Wine and Roses "; wrote music and lyrics for " Dream ", " Something's Gotta Give ", and " I Wanna Be Around "; wrote lyrics for " Midnight Sun ", " Day In, Day Out ", " Laura ", and " I Remember You ")

Arlen and Mercer wrote the entire score for the 1941 film Blues in the Night.

As usual with Mercer, the composer wrote the music first, then Mercer wrote the words.

When Mercer wrote " Blues in the Night ", I went over his lyric and I started to hum it over his desk.

Mercer wrote the lyrics with Judy Garland in mind, who was, on occasion, an intimate partner.

Arlen had originally collaborated with Johnny Mercer, who wrote lyrics that began " I've seen Sequoia, it's really very pretty, the art of Goya, and Rockefeller City, but since I saw you, I can't believe my eyes.

With Providence ( 1977 ), Resnais made his first film in English, with a screenplay written by David Mercer, and a distinguished cast that included John Gielgud and Dirk Bogarde.

It was directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Leon Clore from a screenplay by David Mercer, based on his 1962 television play for BBC Television, the leading role at that time being played by Keith Barron.

Young Mercer showed a remarkable lack of aptitude for both instruments.

If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been, Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect.

During the summers, while he was still in school, Mercer worked for his father's firm as a messenger boy.

It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

In 1927 his father's business collapsed, and, rather than go bankrupt, Mercer senior turned his firm over to a bank for liquidation.

Some years later the bank handling the Mercer liquidation received a check for $300,000, enough to clear up the debt.

When he remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

A story, no doubt apocryphal, for Mercer himself denies it, has him sporting a monacle in those Village days.

When he heard that Paul Whiteman was looking for singers to replace the Rhythm Boys, Mercer applied and got the job, `` not for my voice, I'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally ''.

He had yet to meet Harold Arlen, for although they had `` collaborated '' on `` Satan's Li'l Lamb '', Mercer and Harburg had worked from a lead sheet the composer had furnished them.

Mercer has also written both music and lyrics for several songs.

Arlen is one of the few ( possibly the only ) composer Mercer has been able to work with so closely, for they held their meetings in Arlen's study.

Mercer stammered, not knowing what B'dikkat meant, and the two-nosed man answered for him, `` I think he has a nice baby head, but it isn't big enough for you to take yet ''.

Glieber is one of the original voices of the Cowboys Radio Network, along with Bill Mercer, famous for calling the Ice Bowl of 1967 and both Super Bowl V and VI.

" Mercer emphasized that he was not blaming heavy metal music for Gill's actions and added " It doesn't matter actually what music he liked.

Luanda was ranked the most expensive city to live in for expatriates by Mercer, in 2011, but was surpassed by Tokyo in 2012.

In April 1974, Patti Smith, a member of the Mercer Arts Center crowd and a friend of Hell's, came to CBGB for the first time to see the band perform.

* Asa Shinn Mercer travels from Seattle to the U. S. East Coast and recruits 11 Mercer Girls, potential wives for men on the West Coast.

As stated by the Mercer international surveys for quality of life in cities around the world, Bucharest occupied the 94th place in 2001 and slipped lower, to the 108th place in 2009 and the 107th place in 2010.

His son Mercer Ellington, who had already been handling all administrative aspects of his father's business for several decades, led the band until his own death in 1996.

He and Stewart would listen to records and invite Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Dinah Shore, and Nat King Cole over for music, with the latter giving the family piano lessons.