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Jan 27, 2010 · ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE ~ Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers (1945) (live recording). Words by: Johnny Mercer - Music by: Harold Arlen - copyright: 1944Though ...
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"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a popular song which was published in 1944. The music was written by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 18th Academy Awards in 1945 after being used in the film Here Come the Waves.
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Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (Johnny Mercer-Harold Arlen) by Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers, orchestra conducted by Paul WestonSong from the film “Here C...
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[Chorus: Johnny Mercer] You gotta ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive. E-lim-i-nate the negative. And latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In-Between. You got to spread joy up to the...
Aug 8, 2019 · Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive · Johnny Mercer · The Pied Pipers · Paul Weston & His Orchestra Accentuate The Positive! ℗ A Blue Note Records...
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The original, authoritative lyrics for "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" can be found in: Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger, and Eric Davis, The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer, New York: Alfred A. Knoph, 2009.
“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” is one of many songs that mark Johnny Mercer as a distinctively Southern lyricist. At a time when most songwriters—Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart--came from New York City, immigrants or the children of Jewish immigrants, Johnny Mercer stemmed from a prominent Savannah family that
