reDiscover Johnny Mercer’s ‘Accentuate The Positive’

reDiscover Johnny Mercer’s ‘Accentuate The Positive’

“As far as I’m concerned, Johnny Mercer is American literature.” Those were singer Tony Bennett’s words, uttered a few years ago in appreciation of the man who authored his 1962 hit single “I’ll Be Around,” and whose repertoire of 1,500 songs includes such Great American Songbook evergreens as “Satin Doll,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Moon River,” and “Accentuate The Positive.” Bennett, like Frank Sinatra, and all the great crooners of that era, knew t…