Alex Kramer obit

[B Moke]

In case you missed it last week....

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Alex Kramer, a Canadian-born songwriter whose
best-known works include ``Candy,'' ``It All Comes Back to Me Now''
and ``Far Away Places,'' died Tuesday. He was 94.

Most of his 125 songs were written with his wife, Joan Whitney. Their
first collaboration, ``High on a Windy Hill,'' was a No. 1 hit for
band leader Jimmy Dorsey in 1941.

Born in Montreal, Kramer entered show business at age 17 when he
worked as pianist in silent-movie theater. He later moved to New York
and became a band leader and voice coach.

[Eric LeBlanc-CISTI]

This particular Alex Kramer is songwriter Alex Charles Kramer
(1903/May/30, Montreal, PQ - 1998/Feb/10, Fairfield, CT).
He & his wife Joan Whitney (rn. ZOE PARENTEAU0 (1914/JUN/26,
PITTSBURGH, PA - 1990/JUL/12, WESTPORT, CT) wrote songs like
"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" (Louis Jordan, James Brown),
"Candy" (Big Maybelle), "That's The Way It is" (Ella Fitzgerald w/The Ink Spots), etc.
The other Alex Kramer was songwriter Alex Milton Kramer
(1893/Sep/13, NYC - 1955/Aug/25, NYC)

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