The Johnny Mercer Cover Story | Coverville

Let’s listen to some great covers of Johnny Mercer’s music, a little less than a week before what would have been his 100th birthday!

Featuring:

1	Baby, It’s Cold Outside The Priestess And The Fool Ride On, Santa Orig. Johnny Mercer/Louis Armstrong	2	I Wanna Be Around John Cale & Jools Holland Small World Big Band Orig. Johnny Mercer	3	Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie & The Banshees Twice Upon A Time: The Singles Orig. Johnny Mercer
4	That Old Black Magic Ray Davies The Storyteller Orig. Johnny Mercer	5	Moon River Petra Haden and Bill Frisell Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Orig. Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini	6	Come Rain Or Come Shine Eric Clapton / B.B. King Riding With The King Orig. Johnny Mercer
7	Hooray for Hollywood Urban Surf Kings Beyond the Sea Orig. Johnny Mercer	8	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive / Things Are Getting Better NRBQ Scraps (Remastered) Orig. Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen/Cannonball Adderley	9	Charade Kat Edmonson Take To The Sky Orig. Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini
10	One For My Baby (And Another One For The Road) Robbie Williams Swing When You’re Winning Orig. Johnny Mercer

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Darrin from PGH on November 13, 2009 at 8:12 am

I thought "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was written by Frank Loesser and his wife and they used to perform it at dinner parties every Christmas. Or something like that. I guess if Johnny Mercer's version was the first well-known version, that counts.

Really, it's such a great song, I think Brian should find any excuse to play it – no matter what the theme of any show 🙂

Ian on November 13, 2009 at 12:37 pm

You are correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Ou…

It was a real fight to see who could get on the charts first after the movie release.
Look at those recording and release dates for 1949.

And, yeah, great song and a stop me in my tracks cover version. I was off looking for it and downloading the EP before the song had finished.
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Brian Grosz on November 13, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Thanks for giving TP&TF some more coverville-lovin! And, Ian, thanks for the kind words – enjoy the record – it was a blast to make.

Roger Green on November 13, 2009 at 7:50 pm

I still think of Baby It's Cold Outside as a Ricardo Montleban/Esther Williams song, from the movie Neptune's Daughter: http://rogerowengreen.blogspot.com/2008/10/m-is-f… . Darrin is correect re Frank Loesser.

Aaron on November 17, 2009 at 11:15 am

The musicnotes text in the description has a spelling error: "… support Coverville with your purchase form MusicNotes.com!". Should be "from" instead of "form"

Evan B on November 17, 2009 at 7:28 pm

I like the "Come Rain or Come Shine," but I personally think Don Henley's version on the Leaving Las Vegas soundtrack is phenomenal.

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Darrin from PGH on November 13, 2009 at 8:12 am

I thought "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was written by Frank Loesser and his wife and they used to perform it at dinner parties every Christmas. Or something like that. I guess if Johnny Mercer's version was the first well-known version, that counts.

Really, it's such a great song, I think Brian should find any excuse to play it – no matter what the theme of any show 🙂
- Ian on November 13, 2009 at 12:37 pm
  
  You are correct.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Ou…
  
  It was a real fight to see who could get on the charts first after the movie release.
  Look at those recording and release dates for 1949.
  
  And, yeah, great song and a stop me in my tracks cover version. I was off looking for it and downloading the EP before the song had finished.
Brian Grosz on November 13, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Thanks for giving TP&TF some more coverville-lovin! And, Ian, thanks for the kind words – enjoy the record – it was a blast to make.
Roger Green on November 13, 2009 at 7:50 pm

I still think of Baby It's Cold Outside as a Ricardo Montleban/Esther Williams song, from the movie Neptune's Daughter: http://rogerowengreen.blogspot.com/2008/10/m-is-f… . Darrin is correect re Frank Loesser.
Aaron on November 17, 2009 at 11:15 am

The musicnotes text in the description has a spelling error: "… support Coverville with your purchase form MusicNotes.com!". Should be "from" instead of "form"
Evan B on November 17, 2009 at 7:28 pm

I like the "Come Rain or Come Shine," but I personally think Don Henley's version on the Leaving Las Vegas soundtrack is phenomenal.

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