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John Best, Mannie Klein, and Dick Cathcart play trumpet in recording session for "Two of a Kind."

Ginger Mercer, at left, with two unidentified women at a meeting of the Songwriters' Guild of America.

Johnny and Ginger Mercer accepting an award from the Santa Fe Railway commemorating the 25th anniversary of the release of the song, "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe."

Donald O'Connor and Muriel Landers in a spoof of The King and I. International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.

l-r: Caesar Romero, Robert Stack, and Rock Hudson with Johnny Mercer

Pat O'Brien (1899-1983), standing at right, and unidentified performers at a mock-minstrel show.

Unidentified performers at a mock-minstrel show.

Johnny Mercer in hat and jacket at his Bel-Air home.

Saxophonists Vido Musso and Dave Mathews with singer Billie Holiday.

Johnny Mercer holding a cake.

Johnny Mercer and Evelyn Poe in a scene from Old Man Rhythm.

Johnny Mercer and Evelyn Poe. Accompanying sheet reads: "Old Man Rhythm; May 10, 1935; attached clipping: "Johnny Mercer, popular singer and lyricist, and Evelyn Poe, featured New York night club songstress, in a scene from RKO Radio's musical comedy, "Old Man Rhythm", which stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers".

Hoagy Carmichael in tall top hat with unidentified performers at a mock-minstrel show.

Unidentified performers at a mock-minstrel show.

Pat O'Brien (1899-1983) and an unidentified woman perform at a mock-minstrel show.

Actors in a spoof of The King and I. International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.

The set of Old Man Rhythm. Johnny Mercer sits on the ground with his head turned toward the camera at center, right.

Johnny Mercer and Dennis Day sing into an NBC microphone.

Clarinetist Wilbur Schwartz during a recording session for "Two of a Kind."

Johnny Mercer (in rear, fourth from left) with a gathering of Hollywood composers, including Harry Warren, seated at piano, ca. 1936

Johnny Mercer stands in front of his home in Los Angeles, ca. 1950.

Johnny Mercer publicity photo, ca. mid-1950s.

Johnny Mercer and Bing Crosby, ca. 1945.

Johnny Mercer and Bing Crosby at a recording session for Bing Crosby's television program. Original air date: October 5, 1960

Johnny and Ginger Mercer with others at a mock-minstrel show.

Performers on stage with an orchestra for a NBC radio broadcast, ca. 1938.

Johnny Mercer with a recording microphone, ca. 1966.

Johnny Mercer with his daughter, Amanda ca. early-1950s.

Contact prints of Johnny Mercer with various studio musicians.

Publicity photo of Johnny Mercer, ca. mid-1940s.

Publicity photo of singer / songwriter John Hartford (1937-2001), autographed "Dear Johnny Mercer-- Not being an avid television viewer... but to turn it on aimlessly & see you singing one of my songs has torn me up more than any amount of words, trophies, or chart listings could ever do... Thank you for something I'll never forget "Peace" John

Johnny and Ginger Mercer outside with friends.

Shirtless Johnny Mercer on the patio

An autographed photo, inscription reads "To Johnnie Mercer a great artist Sincerely, Nat King Cole."

Johnny Mercer, second from right, on stage with an orchestra for a NBC radio broadcast, ca. 1938.

Johnny Mercer with his son, Jeff, and an unidentified woman ca. 1950.

Bing Crosby sings with Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002).

Johnny, fourth from left, and Ginger Mercer, second from right, at a dinner with a group including Jerry Colonna (with mustache, behind Ginger) and Red Skelton (1913-1997), at far right.

Johnny Mercer and his cousin, Walter Rivers, in Birmingham, Alabama looking at sheet music.

Johnny Mercer with sheet music at Capitol Records microphone.

Two unidentified older gentlemen

Actor in a spoof of The King and I. International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.

Text on reverse: "Young Zoot Suiter in Hospital After Shooting! Los Angeles, Calif., At the General Hospital, Vincent Duarte, 15-year-old zoot suiter was confronted by his mother, Mrs. Vera Duarte Trujillo, and his step-father Adolph Trujillo, as he lay on a cot, his legs propped in the air to heal wounds inflicted when a railroad guard shot him after he failed to stop while running away from a stink bombing of an Azusa theater." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.

Bing Crosby talks with Carol Lawrence, others, at a recording session for his television program. Original air date: October 5, 1960

Unidentified performers in blackface at a mock-minstrel show.

Johnny Mercer, Andy Devine (1905-1977) at far left, Pat O'Brien (1899-1983), second from right, with a large group of unidentified people at a mock-minstrel show.

Jerry Maloy Roach, left, and John Bubbles in Hollywood.

Donald O'Connor, Lindsay Crosby (1938-1939), Dennis Crosby, and Phillip Crosby in a spoof of The King and I. International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.

Orson Welles, Eddie Bracken, and Johnny Mercer on "Request Performance", sponsored by Campbell's soup.

Contact Prints of Bing Crosby, Johnny Mercer, Carol Lawrence, Rosemary Clooney, Gordon MacRae, at recording sessions for Crosby's television program. Original air date: October 5, 1960