Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer

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Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer
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Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 4, 1995
Recorded1953–1961
Genre
Length50:44
Label Capitol Records
Frank Sinatra chronology
Duets II
(1994)
Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer
(1995)
Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Rodgers & Hart
(1995)

[1] Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer is a 1995 compilation album by Frank Sinatra, that has him singing the songs written by Johnny Mercer. [2] [3]

Track listing

  1. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) - 2:29 [4]
  2. "Day In, Day Out" [Ballad Version] (Mercer, Rube Bloom) - 3:19
  3. "Laura" (Mercer, David Raksin) - 3:28
  4. "Jeepers Creepers" (Mercer, Harry Warren) - 2:24
  5. "Blues in the Night" (Mercer, Harold Arlen) - 4:44
  6. "Something's Gotta Give" (Mercer) - 2:38
  7. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Mercer, Bloom) - 3:22
  8. "P.S. I Love You" (Mercer, Gordon Jenkins) - 4:21
  9. "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (Mercer, M. Philippe-Gerard, Angele Marie T. Vannier) - 3:47
  10. "That Old Black Magic" (Merer, Arlen) - 4:05
  11. "Autumn Leaves" (Mercer, Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma) - 2:52
  12. "I Thought About You" (Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:30
  13. "Dream" (Mercer) - 2:57
  14. "Day In - Day Out" [Swingin' Version] - 3:25
  15. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Mercer, Arlen) - 4:23
  1. Family, Bear. "Frank Sinatra CD: Sings The Select Johnny Mercer (CD)". Bear Family Records. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. Akalin, Ozgun. "Johnny Mercer Archives". Frank Sinatra Dedicated Blog. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. "The Definitive American Songbook: Johnny Mercer Pt. 1 | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  4. Frank Sinatra – Too Marvelous for Words , retrieved 2024-11-15

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