Sources and Suggested Readings

Bob Bach and Ginger Mercer, Our Huckleberry Friend (Lyle Stuart, 1982)

Stephen Citron, Songwriting: A Complete Guide to the Craft (W. Morrow, 1985)

Philip Furia, Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003)

John Bush Jones, Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical Theater (Brandeis, 2003)

Gene Lees, Portrait of Johnny: The Life of John Herndon Mercer (Pantheon, 2004)

Jimmy Webb, TuneSmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting (Hyperion, 1998)

Online Resources

The Johnny Mercer Centennial Site 

Friends of Johnny Mercer 

Johnny Mercer Foundation 

Lyrics 

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