- Collection:
- Johnny Mercer Oral History Project
- Title:
- Barbara Robbins oral history interview
- Creator:
- Robbins, Barbara
- Contributor to Resource:
- Paton, Christopher Ann, 1956-
- Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1998-01-22
- Subject:
- Lyricists
Popular music
Sound recording executives and producers
Commander Publications - People:
- Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
Mercer, Ginger (Elizabeth Meltzer) 1909-1994 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- application/pdf
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Mrs. Robbins covers various topics during this interview, including Marshall Robbins' first acquaintance with Johnny Mercer, the circumstances that led to Mercer hiring Robbins, and the variety of projects that her husband and Mercer worked on. Her discussion frequently turns to Johnny and Ginger Mercer, including their personalities and families, the Robbins' visit to Savannah, Mercer's repayment of his father's debt, the celebration of the Mercer's twenty-fifth anniversary, Johnny Mercer's last illness, and the tributes to Mercer following his death. She also speaks of the Robbins' relationship with Ginger Mercer after Johnny Mercer died. During the course of the conversation, Mrs. Robbins talks about Foxy, Saratoga, and The Good Companions, and she reminisces about Mercer's writing of a lyric for the tune for "Shadow of Your Smile." At the end of the conversation, she suggests other potential participants in the Johnny Mercer Oral History Project.
Barbara Robbins was the wife of Marshall Robbins, a longtime colleague and friend of Johnny and Ginger Mercer. Mr. Robbins founded Commander Publications, a music publishing firm, with Johnny Mercer; Robbins remained as Mercer's music publisher for 28 years. - Local Identifier:
- M158_RobbinsB
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/merceroh/id/117
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/merceroh:117/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to items in this collection is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this digital collection available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. Please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ for more information.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: M158_RobbinsB, Johnny Mercer Oral History Project, Popular Music and Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
- Extent:
- Audio: 00:56:35, Transcript: 40 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
