Johnny Mercer

where you can’t interact with the world. You can’t walk to the bathroom or hold a mug and drink coffee out of it. You can’t see the food you’re consuming or listen to the music you love. That’s what the daily life of Joe Bonham feels like. In the book Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Joe Bonham faces the devastating consequences of going to war. He loses his face, arms and legs and struggles every day to live an ordinary life. Not being able to communicate with anyone the majority of the…

The Gala featured music played by some pretty heavy hitters from the Big Band Era including band leader Johnny Vana as their conductor, and Vocalist Bill A. Jones. Bill sang some classic hits from the era and the band played a variety of music from the big band era for about three hours. The set list included: Chicago – Frank Sinatra (V) composed by Fred Fisher New York, New York – Frank Sinatra (V) composed by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb It’s Been a Long, Long Time – Bing Crosby…

Many singers have there ups and downs in their life. Some let it effect their music career but some don’t. One of those singers is Billy Joel. He had major setbacks in his life but since he didn't let them get to him he had a major hit on his song “piano man” and also won many awards. When he was sad about failing his first attempt as a professional singer and also loosing his relationship, he went into depression. That depression lead to half-hearted attempt of suicide. He stayed at a…

play such venues as the famed Edgewater Beach Hotel. Cole’s first mainstream vocal hit was in 1943 recording of one of his compositions “Straighten Up and Fly Right” based on a black folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon. Johnny Mercer invited him to record it for his fledged Capital Records label. It sold over 500,000 copies. In 1946, Coles trio paid to have their own 15 minute radio program, it was called, “King Cole Trio Time”, it became the first radio program…

appeared in films in and on the radio. He also toured Europe on two occasions in the 1930’s. At the age 19 Duke Ellington Married Edna Thompson, who has been his girlfriend since high school. After their marriage she gave birth to their only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington. On May 24, 1924 at the age of 75, Duke Ellington died of lung cancer and Pneumonia. His last words were “Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered.” There were more than 12,000 people attended his Funeral.…

David French is a well-known Canadian playwright and his play Salt-Water Moon showcases Canadian identity in many ways. Through the dialect spoken by the protagonists, Mary Snow and Jacob Mercer, in a Canadian accent instead of the Newfoundland accent the play intended, the Canadian identity is questioned. Also, with the play being focused around Mary and Jacob living in the aftermath of World War One and the battle of Beaumont Hamel, French makes known the battle that ultimately slaughtered…

Williams, Mark and Penman, Danny, Rodale Books (2011). Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World, Trapped in the Past or Living in the Future (p. 185-210) Finding inner peace seems like an easy thing to do for many individuals, for others however, the task if very daunting. Thoughts race around in your head over and over again. Many feel a sense of urgency consistently and therefore have to be doing something at all times during their hours awake. In the chapter ten…

Readers can find that there is poetry in almost everything that they see during their day. From music to art, all poetry has similar aspects that make it what it is. Although many think that rhythm and rhyme make up most of a poem, poetic devices and symbolism are very important. The band, The Killers’ song “Dustland Fairytale” captures all of these vital characteristics of a poem. Another then the hip beat and catchy rhymes the song provides symbolism, personification, metaphors and imagery.…

“Night and Day.” Her song “Love me or Leave me” had been written by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson in 1929. Her last hit was “God Bless the Child”, recorded on 9 May 1941. On 12 June 1941, she also recorded for Capitol Records, partly owned by Johnny Mercer. She was paid $75. 1942 27 A strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended her recording with Columbia by 1 August 1942. The strike failed because big names such as Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby were not allowed to join the union. So…

The rebuild began when Cincinnati became deadline sellers last season. The Reds’ first move was shipping pitching ace Johnny Cueto to the Kansas City Royals for three pitching prospects with a lot of upside. After the Cueto trade, Cincinnati moved another big part of its rotation, Mike Leake, who the Reds traded to the San Francisco Giants for two more prospects. Although…