About
Georgia State University Library’s Special Collections and Archives have created a detailed Research Guide about the life and career of Johnny Mercer. The guide includes:
- A short biography of Johnny Mercer
- A timeline of his career
- Links to other resources at Georgia State University
- Proceedings from a symposium on Johnny Mercer and other popular music
- A bibliography of books, articles, theses and film
- Links to related external organizations, collections and resources
Dive Into the Research
Music Publishers (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC)
Explore these performance-rights organizations’ repertoire databases to determine who controls the copyright to individual songs in the Johnny Mercer catalog.
Music CDs
A variety of Johnny Mercer songs have been released on CD, including vocal performances by Mercer himself and by a who’s who of Great American Songbook...
The Johnny Mercer Centennial Sheet Music Collection
Songbook that commemorates the centennial of his birth with piano/vocal sheet music arrangements for 46 of his most famous and best-loved classics