Danny Mercer is a Colombian American songwriter and producer.

He was born Daniel Murcia in Bogotá, Colombia and moved to the US when he was 6 months old. Having shown an interest for music from an early age, he picked up a guitar at age 7 and started writing songs at 14. As a teenager growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Murcia studied with jazz pianist Alex Darqui at university, who expanded Murcia’s musical horizons into jazz and fusion. While a freshman, Murcia began to produce and write songs in his dorm room, eventually sparking the attention of established pop songwriters and producers such as The Messengers and Kara DioGuardi.