Collections & Finding Aids

Manuscripts

• Finding aids and papers related to Johnny Mercer.

Oral Histories

• Interviews related to Johnny Mercer.

Sheet Music

• The general sheet music collection contains over 3,300 published piano/vocal arrangements, including works by Johnny Mercer and his contemporaries. The WSB Radio Sheet Music Collection contains not only Mercer titles but also arrangements by numerous others. For the database of Johnny Mercer songs (including those available at Georgia State), click here. For additional information, please contact the Popular Music Archivist.

Audio-Visual

• Photographs: The collections contain over 1,200 images relating to the lives and careers of Johnny and Ginger Mercer, their relatives, and their children. The photo inventory for collection M001 is now available online.

• Sound Recordings: The collections contain copies of virtually all of Mercer's original releases as a recording artist (on 78 rpm, LP, and 45 rpm discs); most of the original cast recordings of shows and pictures that he wrote for; and a growing collection of CD re-issues of discs and radio shows featuring Mercer as a singer.

• Videotapes: Several videotapes of movies and television shows featuring Johnny Mercer and/or his music can be viewed in the Special Collections viewing room. Videos of most of the pictures he wrote for are also available. A videotape of an episode of The Bing Crosby Show (8/29/60) features Johnny Mercer as one of the guest performers. These materials must be viewed in the Special Collections Department; in most instances, copies are not available for purchase.