John Klenner

John Klenner ( born February 24, 1899 in Germany; † August 13, 1955 in New York City ) was an American composer, songwriter, and pianist.

Klenner, who had a piano lessons, wrote both classical compositions as well as pop songs. In 1932 he joined the ASCAP. The resulting collaboration with Sam M. Lewis song Just Friends has become the Jazz Standard. His songs Down the River of Golden Dreams (1930 ), Round the Bend of the Road (1932) and On the Street of Regret (1942 ) were hits. At the hit song Heartaches (1931 ) and the adaptation of Stravinsky Summer Moon ( from the Firebird Suite ), he wrote the text. For Heartaches (1931, recorded among others by The Marcels and Patsy Cline ), he wrote the text, while the songwriter Al Hoffman ( 1902-1960 ) contributed the melody. In 1943, he adapted the English song I'm Gonny Get Lit Up (When The Light Go Up on Broadway) as staying song for the U.S. troops.