Georgia native Johnny Mercer, who died in 1976 at the age of 66, crafted one of the most enduring chapters of the "Great American Songbook".

佐治亚人约翰尼·默瑟，逝世于1976年，享年66岁。 他制作了史上最流传不息的乐章“伟大的美国歌谣集”。

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She recorded songbooks of the music of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin,Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern,Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen.

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Later,the famous American songwriter Johnny Mercer was asked to write English words to the music.

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Tapping into the his vast collection of jazz melodies and pop standards on "Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me."

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The "songbook" albums in which Ella Fitzgerald recorded her interpretations of the collected works of such classic songwriters as Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and Johnny Mercer were Granz's idea.

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