Danny Mercer (born Daniel Murcia in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian American recording artist, songwriter, and producer. Signed to

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, Murcia has worked with

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, Akon,

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Career

Mercer was born Daniel Murcia in Bogotá, Colombia and moved to the US when he was 6 months old and grew up in Weston, Florida. Having shown an interest for music from an early age, he picked up a guitar at age 7 and started writing songs at 14. As a teenager growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Murcia studied with jazz pianist Alex Darqui at Lynn University, who expanded Murcia's musical horizons into jazz and fusion. While a freshman at

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, Murcia began to produce and write songs in their dorm room, eventually sparking the attention of established pop songwriters and producers such as The Messengers and Kara DioGuardi. Mercer made his commercial songwriting debut in 2012 with the release of

's ''

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'', to which he contributed several songs including "Have Some Fun" and " Outta Nowhere". In 2013, they penned

's single "No Te Quiero Ver Con Él" in addition to collaborating with

and

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to write

's comeback single " Boomerang," which debuted at #6 on the UK charts. They also wrote and co-produced the track "Save Your Soul" on

's 2013 album, ''

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''. They performed on the television show ''Katie'' with

. Murcia is currently working on their debut EP in addition to writing for other artists. On May 31, 2013, Murcia performed live on ''

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'' with Pitbull and again on June 17, 2013, on '' The Tonight Show''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercer, Danny Colombian songwriters Colombian male songwriters Living people Colombian emigrants to the United States Colombian singer-songwriters Colombian male singer-songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni