Historic District - North in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976

Savannah's Native Son

Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008

1. John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Bench Marker

The second of two benches, 2003

Inscription. ( Caricature )
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist Songwriter
Co-founder of Capitol Records Winner of 4 Academy Awards
Front Rim reads;
Ac-cent-tchu-ates The Positive - Autumn Leaves - Blues In The Night - Charade - Jeepers Creepers - Laura - Moon River - My Shining Hour - On The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe

Back Rim reads;
Come Rain Or Come Shine - The Days Of Wine and Roses - Hooray For Hollywood - In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening - One For My Baby - Something's Gotta Give - That Old Black Magic - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Erected 2003 by The Johnny Mercer Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 32° 4.786′ N, 81° 5.473′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in the Historic District - North. Marker can be reached from Bull St. near E. Congress St., on the left when traveling north. SE corner of Johnson Square. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Christ Church (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Christ Church (within shouting distance of

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this marker); Washington’s Southern Tour (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnson Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Nathanael Greene Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); The Public Store (within shouting distance of this marker); City Plan of Savannah (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Johnson Square (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savannah.

Regarding John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976. an easily overlooked corner of Johnson Square, sits a marble bench, a new and dramatic symbol of one of Savannah's favorite sons. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations

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Also see . . . Songs. Lyrics by Mercer, unless noted. He wrote many other songs, some of which have entered the Great American Songbook: "Lazybones" (1933) (music by Hoagy Carmichael) • "P.S. I Love You" (1934) (music by Gordon Jenkins) • "Goody Goody" (1936) (music by Matty Malneck)

John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Bench, rear view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, November 9, 2008

2. John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Bench, rear view

• "I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande" (1936) • "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) (music by Richard A. Whiting) • "Too Marvelous for Words" (1937) (music by Richard A. Whiting) • "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (1938) (music by Harry Warren) • "Jeepers Creepers" (1938) (music by Harry Warren) • "And The Angels Sing" (1939) (music by Ziggy Elman) • "Day In, Day Out" (1939) (music by Rube Bloom) • "Wings Over the Navy" (1939) (music by Harry Warren)• "Fools Rush In" (1940) (music by Rube Bloom) • "Blues In The Night" (1941) (music by Harold Arlen) • "I Remember You" (1941) (music by Victor Schertzinger) • "Tangerine" (1941) (music by Victor Schertzinger) • "This Time the Dream's on Me" (1941) (music by Harold Arlen)• "Hit The Road To Dreamland" (1942) (music by Harold Arlen) • "That Old Black Magic" (1942) (music by Harold Arlen) • "Skylark" (1942) (music by Hoagy Carmichael) • "Dearly Beloved" (1942) (music by Jerome Kern) • "I'm Old Fashioned" (1943) (music by Jerome Kern) • "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (1943) (music by Harold Arlen) • "Dream" (1943) (words and music by Johnny Mercer) • "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (1944) (music by Harold Arlen) • "Out of This World" (1945) (music by Harold Arlen) • "Laura" (1945) (music by David Raksin) • "Trav'lin' Light" (1946) (music by Jimmy Mundy and James Osborne "Trummy" Young) • "Any

John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Bench at Savannah's Johnson Square image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, November 9, 2008

3. John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Bench at Savannah's Johnson Square

Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (1946) (music by Harold Arlen) • "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (1946) (music by Harold Arlen) • "Autumn Leaves" (1947) (music by Joseph Kosma) • "Glow Worm" (1952) (music Paul Lincke) • "Satin Doll" (1953) (music by Duke Ellington) "Something's Gotta Give" (1954) (words and music by Johnny Mercer) • "Moon River" (1961) (music by Henry Mancini) • "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962) (music by Henry Mancini) • "Charade" (1963) (music by Henry Mancini) • "Lorna" (1964) {music by Mort Lindsey) • "Midnight Sun" (music by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke) • "Summer Wind" (1965) (music by Henry Mayer) • "Drinking Again" (with Doris Tauber) • "When October Goes" (music by Barry Manilow)• (Submitted on November 20, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Additional keywords. Academy Award winners, Oscars

John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008

4. John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976 Marker

at the SE corner of Johnson Square

John Herndon Mercer image. Click for full size.

5. John Herndon Mercer

The first John Herndon Mercer Bench near gravesite in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery, 2002 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, February 17, 2008

6. The first John Herndon Mercer Bench near gravesite in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery, 2002

DePue Monument Company engraved two marble benches, which were fabricated from Italian Carrara marble. Carrara is a small Tuscan city approximately 100 miles northwest of Florence, known for the white and blue-gray marble quarried there. Carrara marble has been used since the days of ancient Rome, and was involved in the construction of the Pantheon and Trajan’s Column. Michelangelo’s David was also carved out of Carrara marble. First bench (for Bonaventure Cemetery) in May 2002 and the second (for Johnson Square) in June 2002 engravings and the Johnson Square bench was officially completed in February 2003

John Herndon Mercer Grave, Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008

7. John Herndon Mercer Grave, Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah

"And The Angels Sing"

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,380 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 20, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.