Johnny Mercer Centennial Tribute
Johnny Mercer (top); Mercer, Donald O’Connor, Hoagy Carmichael at the 1951 Academy Awards ceremony (bottom)
Johnny Mercer’s musical legacy will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a gala centennial tribute featuring film clips of many of Mercer’s classic songs, in addition to performances and appearances by friends and colleagues, on Thursday, November 5, at 8 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Note: This event is sold-out, but standby tickets may become available.
Program host Michael Feinstein and Monica Mancini (daughter of Mercer’s longtime friend, Henry Mancini) will perform some of Mercer’s best-known songs, while Oscar-winning songwriter-composer Alan Bergman, Oscar-nominated songwriter Arthur Hamilton, [...]
by Andre Soares | October 27, 2009
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Tags: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Alan Bergman, Arthur Hamilton, Classic Movies, Henry Mancini, Jane Russell, Johnny Mercer, Los Angeles Screenings, Michael Feinstein, Monica Mancini, Rose Marie
Alan & Marilyn Bergman Tribute
Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, among whose compositions are "The Way We Were" and the song score for Yentl, will be the recipients of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute on Friday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The evening will be hosted by music producer and composer Quincy Jones, and will feature film clips, personal remembrances from the Bergmans’ colleagues and friends, and live performances of several Oscar-nominated songs. In addition to the honorees, special guests include Dave Grusin, James Newton Howard and Michel Legrand.
The former Marilyn Keith (born in New York City in Nov. 1929) met Alan Bergman (born [...]
by Andre Soares | May 7, 2009
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Tags: A Star Is Born, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand, Best Friends, Bolero, Classic Movies, Composers, Cy Coleman, Dave Grusin, Film Songs, For the Boys, Henry Mancini, It Might Be You, James Newton Howard, John Williams, Johnny Mandel, La Piscine, Les Uns et les autres, Los Angeles Screenings, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Herrick, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand, Neil Diamond, Ode to Billy Joe, Paris When It Sizzles, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Sabrina, Shirley Valentine, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Way We Were, The Windmills of Your Mind, Tootsie, Yentl, Yes Giorgio
