John Klenner

John Klenner (24 February 1899 – 13 August 1955^[1]) was a German-born American pianist and composer. He composed both classical and popular music and is best known for writing the song "Just Friends" with Sam M. Lewis in 1931.^[2]

Compositions

Concertante

• Fantasia for viola and orchestra

Vocal

• "Down the River of Golden Dreams" (1930)
• "Heartaches" (1931)
• "Just Friends" (1931)
• "Round the Bend of the Road" (1932)
• "Smoke Dreams" (1937)
• "On the Street of Regret" (1942)^[2]

Notes

1. ↑ Jasen, David A. (1988). Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers and Their Times: The Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. D.I. Fine. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-55611-099-3. 
2. 1 2 Wilson, Jeremy. "John Klenner Biography". JazzBiographies.com. Retrieved 23 October 2013. 

External links

• John Klenner discography at Discogs
• John Klenner at the Internet Movie Database