- Collection:
- Johnny Mercer Oral History Project
- Title:
- Nancy Keith Gerard and Steve Gerard oral history interview
- Creator:
- Gerard, Nancy Keith
Gerard, Steve - Contributor to Resource:
- Paton, Christopher Ann, 1956-
- Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2001-09-28
- Subject:
- Lyricists
Popular music - People:
- Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- application/pdf
audio/mpeg - Description:
- In this interview, Mrs. Gerard discusses her childhood relationship with Johnny Mercer, including some family stories about Mercer's childhood and some of her memories of Mercer visiting Savannah. She also recounts memories of visiting Johnny Mercer in New York as a young girl and spending a summer at the Mercers' home in Lido Isle, California. In the course of the conversation, she refers to younger members of the Mercer and Ciucevich families, including her own children, who exhibit musical talent. She talks about her adult memories of Johnny Mercer, including Mercer's generosity during her college years, his presence at her wedding in 1969, and her visits with him in New York. She especially mentions her last visits with Mercer in New York after The Good Companions.
Nancy Keith Gerard is the daughter of Juliana Mercer, Johnny Mercer's sister, and Henry Gilbert Keith. She is also the goddaughter of Johnny Mercer. Her husband, Steve Gerard, also contributes to this interview. - Local Identifier:
- M181_GerardN-S
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/merceroh/id/64
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/merceroh:64/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: M181_GerardN-S, Johnny Mercer Oral History Project, Popular Music and Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
- Extent:
- Audio: 00:51:13, Transcript: 24 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
