Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1497460 Composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #1073872. Published by John Fries (A0.1497460). TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. Carmichael wrote the melody, based on a Bix Beiderbecke cornet improvisation, as Bix Licks, for a project to turn the novel Young Man With a Horn into a Broadway musical. After that project failed, Carmichael brought in Johnny Mercer to write lyrics for the song. Mercer said that he struggled for a year after he got the music from Carmichael before he could get the lyrics right. This song is considered a jazz standard. Additionally, it is believed to have inspired a long-running Buick car of the same name that was produced from 1953 to 1998.
