2008 collection. As a popular balladeer Johnny Mercer was too marvelous for words!. A versatile performer, he made the songs of others a memorable foil for his colorful Southern style, but it is most probably upon such axiomatic lyrics as `Fools Rush In" (1940) and Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (1944) that his fame now rests. In a career spanning 40 years, Mercer"s rare combination of wit and vitality were at the disposal the finest songwriters of his day and, whereas his earliest Broadway ventures were ill-fated, his later influence in Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley were far-reaching and enduring. 26 tracks. Bygone Days.