Johnny Mercer with Nat King Cole at Capitol Studios, circa 1950s.Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting working on a song at Capitol Studios, circa 1940s.Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford going over a song, circa 1940s.Band leader Paul Weston and Johnny Mercer at Capitol Records, 1946.Johnny Mercer holding awards while surrounded by the King Cole Trio, Stan Kenton, June Christy, and Eddie Safranski, circa 1940s.Female vocalists of Capitol Records: King Sisters, Martha Tilton, Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford, and Peggy Lee, circa 1940s.Johnny Mercer posing with a trumpet while Louis Armstrong plays the piano, circa 1940s.