{"product_id":"all_the_hits_and_more_1938_52","title":"All The Hits And More 1938-52","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased on August 7, 2026 by Acrobat Music, All the Hits and More 1938–52 is a 50-track, two-CD anthology devoted to Johnny Mercer’s recordings as a singer. It surveys a crucial 15-year span in the career of the Savannah-born lyricist, vocalist, and future Capitol Records co-founder, beginning with his early Decca sides and continuing through his Capitol releases of the 1940s and early 1950s. Although Mercer is most often celebrated as one of the Great American Songbook’s greatest lyricists, the collection emphasizes his genial, conversational vocal style—warm, lightly swinging, and often wry—which made his own recordings distinctive even when he was interpreting songs written by others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe set includes all 29 of Mercer’s U.S. chart hits as a recording artist, highlighted by the No. 1 singles “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” “Candy,” and “Personality,” alongside favorites such as “Jeepers Creepers,” “Lambeth Walk,” “Heart and Soul,” “Stairway to the Stars,” “The Wise Old Owl,” “The Old Music Master,” “The Glow-Worm,” and “G.I. Jive.” It also reflects the breadth of Mercer’s musical partnerships, with appearances or arrangements involving the Pied Pipers, Jack Teagarden, Jo Stafford, and the Barries. By combining hit singles with selected A- and B-sides, All the Hits and More 1938–52 offers a broad portrait of Mercer not simply as the author of standards, but as an engaging popular performer whose recordings move easily between swing, Hollywood song, novelty material, jazz-inflected pop, and postwar vocal-group music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ 2CD","offer_id":54045543858490,"sku":"39892","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-09-11_at_3.34.18_PM.jpeg?v=1789155433","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/all_the_hits_and_more_1938_52","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}