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Veteran actress Rose Marie and musician Michael Feinstein at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presentation of "A Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer" on Thursday, November 5. Michael Feinstein hosted the evening. The Savannah-born Johnny Mercer is credited for the lyrics of more than 1,700 songs, including the Oscar-winning "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (The Harvey Girls, 1946), "In the [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "A Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer," on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Pictured above at the reception preceding the event (left to right): satirist Stan Freberg, veteran actress Rose Marie, singer/host Michael Feinstein, Ginny Mancini, widow of Henry Mancini, who was a frequent Johnny Mercer collaborator, Oscar-nominated songwriter Arthur Hamilton, and singer Monica Mancini, daughter of Henry [...]

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 [...]