Joan Whitney Kramer

Born as Zoe Parenteau in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 26, 1914, Parenteau received her early music training while singing in the choir of the church she attended. She subsequently attended Finch College in New York City. ==Career, name change and marriage==

Professionally, Parenteau pursued voice studies with Alex Kramer, with whom she later collaborated on multiple songs, including "Candy", "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" and "Far Away Places." Whitney subsequently married her mentor and collaborator, Alex Kramer. She and Kramer had one son, Doren, while living in Forest Hills, New York. Honors Joan Whitney Kramer and her husband, Alex, were nominated to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1982. ==Death==

Kramer died on July 12, 1990, in Westport, Connecticut at the age of seventy-six from Alzheimer's disease. ==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) • "Christmas Roses" (1952) ==References==