Johnny Mercer Lyricist and composer John Herndon, Savannah, Georgia, November 18, 1909; Los Angeles, California, July 25, 1976. Mercer’s major collaborators were Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, Jimmy Mchugh, Johnny Green, Jimmy Van Heusen , Richard Whiting, Walter Donaldson, Rube Bloom, and Vernon Duke. Mercer once said, “There are certain writers who have a great feeling for tunes, no matter where they come from. I think I’m one of them.” He was so…