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Johnny Mercer. " 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 Lyrics: Gather 'round me, everybody / Gather 'round me while I preach some / Feel a sermon coming on here / The topic will be sin / And that's what I'm...
Essay by Philip Furia (guest post)*. Johnny Mercer Original label Sheet music. “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 ...
A tune like "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive," that emphasizes an optimistic point of view was less than characteristic for him. Sheed goes on to note that in Arlen's recorded performance of the song (Both he and Mercer were accomplished singers.), his darker side doesn't fail to emerge.
