Joan Whitney Kramer
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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.
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[edit] Songs written
[edit] 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"
[edit] with Mack David and Alex Kramer
- "Candy" (1944)
- "It's Love, Love, Love" (1943)
[edit] with Hy Zaret and Alex Kramer
- "My Sister and I" (1941)
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