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100 Years Of Johnny Mercer, Pop Poet Laureate by Jeff Lunden NPR.org Note: Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library Johnny Mercer's hometown of Savannah, Ga., dedicated a monument to him on what would have been his 100th birthday. November 18, 2009 - In May 1971, songwriter Johnny Mercer appeared at New York's 92nd Street Y to sing and talk about his remarkable career. He told the audience what he tried to listen for when a composer first played the music for a new song. "You get a little glimmer and you say, 'Ahhh!' " he told the crowd. "You don't even know if it's a word. And then it begins to ... you know, it's like you're tuning in to a musical instrument that's miles away. And you say, 'Oh, yeah, there's something there. If I just dig hard enough, I know it'll come.' " For close to 50 years, Mercer dug hard, and the hits kept coming...... Read the rest of the story and access the audio version of the story that played on NPR yesterday a well as additional sound clips at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120541054&ps=bb2
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