Joan Whitney Kramer

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Joan Whitney Kramer (June 26, 1914 – July 12, 1990) was an American singer and songwriter.

Early years[]

Kramer was born Zoe Parenteau in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1] Her early music training came while singing in the choir in her church.^[2] She attended Finch College in New York City.

Career[]

In 1934, while playing a showgirl in The Great Waltz on Broadway, she took the stage name Joan Whitney.^[1] She studied voice under Alex Kramer, who later collaborated with her on a number of songs including "Candy", Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens, and "Far Away Places". Kramer and Whitney married and had a son, Doren, while living in Forest Hills, New York.

Death[]

Joan Whitney died on July 12, 1990 in Westport, Connecticut, aged 76, from Alzheimer's disease.^{[citation needed]}

Songs written[]

with Alex Kramer[]

• "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (1946)
• "Behave Yourself"
• "Comme Ci Comme Ca" -English lyrics by- Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer -music by- Bruno Coquatrix (1949)
• "Deep as the River" (recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1949)
• "Far Away Places" (1948)
• "High on a Windy Hill" (1940)
• "I Only Saw Him (You) Once" (1947)
• "Love Somebody" (1947)
• "Money Is the Root of All Evil (Take It Away Take It Away Take It Away)" (1945)
• "No Man Is an Island"
• "That's The Way It Is" (1945)
• "Why Is It?" (1940)

with Mack David and Alex Kramer[]

• "Candy" (1944)
• "Come With Me My Honey (The Song Of Calypso Joe)" (fox-trot rhumba), song featured by Bob Crosby and His Band in the film Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944)
• "It's Love, Love, Love" (1943)

with Hy Zaret and Alex Kramer[]

• "I'm Not Afraid" (1952)
• "It All Comes Back To Me Now" (1940)
• "Got A Letter From My Kid Today" (1940)
• "My Sister and I" (1941)
• "So You're The One" (1940)
• "The Doll With A Sawdust Heart" (1951)
• "To Be Loved By You" (1952)
• "You'll Never Get Away" (1952)^[3]
• "Christmas Roses" (1952)^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Obituary in New York Times