Episode 10: America’s Poet – Johnny Mercer
The skilful and witty Johnny Mercer wrote some of the most memorable popular songs in the 1930’s and 40’s, collaborating with everyone from Hoagy Carmichael to Harold Arlen not to mention the countless songs he wrote all by himself bringing into them a folksiness that derived from his pastoral upbringing in the Deep South. Tonight’s dip into The Great American Songbook features his music for film and stage.
(First broadcast 2008)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 10th April, 9pm-10pm