- Collection:
- Johnny Mercer Oral History Project
- Title:
- Ginny Mancini oral history interview
- Creator:
- Mancini, Ginny
- Contributor to Resource:
- Paton, Christopher Ann, 1956-
- Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1996-05-30
- Subject:
- Lyricists
Popular music
Singers
Mancini, Henry - 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 short interview, Mrs. Mancini speaks of her memories of Johnny Mercer. She refers to a radio program during World War II titled Swing Time, in which she performed with Johnny Mercer as a member of the "Mel-Tones." She then talks at some length about the collaboration of Mercer and her husband on "Moon River" "Days of Wine and Roses" and other songs. She also mentions briefly social occasions with Johnny and Ginger Mercer. After a discussion of the incidental music for Pink Panther and a brief exchange about photographs taken during the Academy Awards ceremonies, the interview comes to a close.
Born in California, Ginny Mancini (née O'Connor) began a professional career as a singer before she was out of her teens. She sang for a number of years in Mel Tormé's "Mel-Tones." She met the noted film composer Henry Mancini (1924-94) while she was a member of the Mello-Larks, a vocal group from Los Angeles. The two married and had three children. - Local Identifier:
- M133_ManciniG
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/merceroh/id/67
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/merceroh:67/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: M133_ManciniG, Johnny Mercer Oral History Project, Popular Music and Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
- Extent:
- Audio: 00:13:18, Transcript: 9 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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