Name Robert Mersey | Role Singer | |
Albums Spanish Harlem:Arena Brass with Robert Mersey, Manhattan At Midnight Music director With Six You Get Eggroll, Pie in the Sky Similar People Peter Matz, Clyde Otis, George Wyle, Doc Pomus, Bobby Vinton | ||
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Robert David "Bob" Mirsky (April 7, 1917 – December 14, 1994), known as Robert Mersey, was an American musician, arranger and record producer.
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In the 1950s he worked as an arranger with Leiber and Stoller. He married English lyricist Pam Sawyer in the early 1960s; they later divorced. From the early 1960s he was employed as an arranger and producer at Columbia Records, where he was responsible for records by singers such as Andy Williams, Barbra Streisand, Bobby Vinton, Dion, Johnny Mathis, Julie Andrews, Mel Tormé, Patti Page and Ray Peterson. In 1960, he conducted the orchestra in the song " Good Timin'", sung by Jimmy Jones. The song also later became a hit for Kyu Sakamoto. He was also responsible for many of Aretha Franklin's early recordings at Columbia, including her 1964 tribute album to Dinah Washington, Unforgettable. According to writer Ursula Rivera, Mersey "was able to provide musical arrangements that highlighted Aretha's unique voice whether she was singing a noisy blues number or a heartbreaking ballad." Mersey also arranged and composed for CBS Television and films, and produced several albums of incidental music, including Great Jazz from Great TV, credited to "Det Moor".
He died in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 77.