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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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- MrRJDB1969
"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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[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...
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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- The78Prof
Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers sing “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive”Words are by Johnny Mercer. Music is by Harold Arlen.
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- Tim Gracyk
“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
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Sep 24, 2017 · Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive by Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers; Paul Weston and his Orchestra; Mercer; Arlen