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''Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer'' is a 1995 compilation album by
Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...
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Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
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Track listing

* All songs written by Johnny Mercer. # "
Too Marvelous for Words "Too Marvelous for Words" is a popular song written in 1937. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting. It was introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander in the 1937 Warner Brothers film '' Ready, Willing and Able'', ...
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Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
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Richard A. Whiting Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938) was an American composer of popular songs, including the standards "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop". He also wrote lyrics occasiona ...
) - 2:29 # " Day In, Day Out" allad Version(Mercer,
Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author. Life and career Bloom was born and died in New York City. He was Jewish. During his career, he wo ...
) - 3:19 # "
Laura Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...
" (Mercer, David Raksin) - 3:28 # " Jeepers Creepers" (Mercer,
Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...
) - 2:24 # " Blues in the Night" (Mercer,
Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ...
) - 4:44 # " Something's Gotta Give" (Mercer) - 2:38 # " Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Mercer, Bloom) - 3:22 # " P.S. I Love You" (Mercer, Gordon Jenkins) - 4:21 # "
(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" is a popular song composed by , with lyrics by . The English lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer. The original French title was "Le Chevalier de Paris". Apart from a reference to apples, the English ...
" (Mercer, M. Philippe-Gerard, Angele Marie T. Vannier) - 3:47 # " That Old Black Magic" (Merer, Arlen) - 4:05 # " Autumn Leaves" (Mercer, Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma) - 2:52 # "
I Thought About You "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Background It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and f ...
" (Mercer,
Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Life and care ...
) - 2:30 # " Dream" (Mercer) - 2:57 # "Day In - Day Out" wingin' Version- 3:25 # " One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Mercer, Arlen) - 4:23 {{Authority control 1995 compilation albums Frank Sinatra compilation albums Johnny Mercer tribute albums