Joan Whitney Kramer

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

She was born Zoe Parenteau in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Finch College in New York City.

In 1934 , while playing a showgirl in "The Great Waltz" on Broadway, she took the stage name Joan Whitney.

She studied voice under Alex Kramer, who later collaborated with her on a number of songs including "Candy" and "Far Away Places." He also married her.

She and Kramer had a son, who went by the name Doren Voeth.

She died of Alzheimer's disease in Westport, Connecticut, where she lived at the time.

ongs written

=with Alex Kramer=

*"Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (1946)
*"Behave Yourself"
*"Far Away Places" (1948)
*"High on a Windy Hill" (1940)
*"Love Somebody" (1947)
*"Money Is the Root of All Evil" (1945)
*"No Man Is an Island"

=with Mack David and Alex Kramer=

*"Candy" (1944)
*"It's Love, Love, Love" (1943)

=with Hy Zaret and Alex Kramer=

* "My Sister and I" (1941)

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DB1239F932A15754C0A966958260 Obituary] in The New York Times