Editing Johnny Mercer (section)

===Posthumous success===
[[File:Johnny Mercer.jpg|thumb|upright|Self-portrait and signature of Johnny Mercer from bench at his grave in [[Bonaventure Cemetery]] in Savannah, Georgia]]
In the last year of his life, Mercer became fond of pop singer [[Barry Manilow]], in part because Manilow's first hit record was "[[Mandy (English and Kerr song)|Mandy]]", which was also the name of Mercer's daughter Amanda. After Mercer's death, his widow, Ginger Mehan Mercer, arranged to give some unfinished lyrics he had written to Manilow to possibly develop into complete songs. Among these was a piece titled "[[When October Goes]]", a melancholy remembrance of lost love. Manilow applied his own melody to the lyric and issued it as a single in 1984, when it became a top 10 Adult Contemporary hit in the United States. The song has since become a jazz standard, with notable recordings by [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Nancy Wilson (singer)|Nancy Wilson]], and [[Megon McDonough]], among other performers.