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On this 29 track album you will hear songs, some well- known and some rare gems, performed by Oscar-winning lyricist and founder of Capitol Records, Johnny Mercer, sung in his inimitable and genial style, recorded over four decades from the 1940s to the 1970s. From the 1940s are five fun songs appearing on CD for the first time and from the 1950s are songs Mercer recorded with the Paul Smith Trio, and appearing in stereo for the first time. Also included are nine demo songs Mercer composed with Hoagy Carmichael for an aborted film project, InchThe Keystone GirlInch to star Betty Hutton. These demos with Mercer performing and Carmichael accompanying on piano are appearing on CD for the first time and include the first ever recorded version of the Oscar-winning InchIn the Cool, Cool, Cool of the EveningInch. The final four tracks are demos from the Mercer/Andre Previn West End stage musical InchThe Good CompanionsInch starring Judi Dench. One of the four tracks, InchLittle Lost DreamInch got rejected from the final production and how wonderful to hear it being sung here by the lyricist with piano accompaniment by the composer Andre Previn. Album Tracks 1. Blues in the Night 2. Love Is Just Around the Corner 3. Old Ninety-Seven 4. Spring, Spring, Spring 5. Them There Eyes 6. Somebody Bad Stole the Wedding Bell 7. St. Louis Blues 8. Accentuate the Positive 9. Java Jive 10. Hear Them Bells 11. The New Ashmolean 12. Take Me Back to Little Rock 13. The First Baseball Game 14. Lora-Belle Lee 15. My Gal Is Mone Once More [From Inside U.S.A.] 16. Jamboree Jones [From the Rosemary Clooney TV Show] 17. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening 18. Queenie, the Quick-Change Artist 19. I Guessed It Was You All the Time 20. Don't Care for the Heck of It 21. I'm All Tied Up 22. But They Better Not Wait Too Long 23. When I Get You in the
