- Collection:
- Johnny Mercer Collections
- Title:
- Joyce Pelphrey oral history interview, July 7, 1997
- Creator:
- Pelphrey, Joyce
- Contributor to Resource:
- Paton, Christopher Ann, 1956-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1997-07-07
- Subject:
- Lyricists
Popular music - People:
- Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
Mercer, Ginger (Elizabeth Meltzer) 1909-1994 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Joyce Pelphrey is the daughter of Deborah Hall Burner (née Meltzer), the younger sister of Ginger Mercer.
At the beginning of the interview, Ms. Pelphrey talks about her family background, including information about the childhood of the three Meltzer sisters, Claire, Ginger, and Deborah, and their parents. She also discusses the early years of Ginger's relationship with and marriage to Johnny Mercer. Ms. Pelphrey then turns to her own childhood memories of her aunt and uncle: special gifts she received from them, visits to California and New York to see them, and trips to Savannah. In the course of the conversation, she relates some anecdotes that reveal Johnny Mercer's character and personality. At the end of the interview, she speaks briefly about Johnny Mercer's last illness and Ginger Mercer's life after his death. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/music/id/1940
- 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):
- M147_PelphreyJ, Johnny Mercer Oral History Project, Popular Music and Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
- Extent:
- 00:46:50
- Original Collection:
- Popular Music and Culture Collection
Johnny Mercer Papers - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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