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J. Keirn Brennan
J. Keirn Brennan is credited on 430 releases across 124 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
430
Pressings credited
124
Albums
8
Decades active
38
In collections
Biography
J. Keirn Brennan (November 24, 1873 – February 4, 1948) was an American songwriter. He joined ASCAP as a charter member in 1914 and collaborated with many notable songwriters. He is probably best known for co-writing the 1929 film The Show of Shows. Born in San Francisco, California, his musical collaborators included Harry Akst, Ernest Ball, Walter Donaldson, Rudolf Friml, Karl Hajos, Billy Hill, Werner Janssen, Chauncey Olcott, and Maurice Rubens. His song compositions include Sure a Little Bit of Heaven (1914), Dear Little Boy of Mine, Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You, Empty Saddles, Turn Back the Universe, When My Boy Comes Home, A Little Bit of Love, My Bird of Paradise, I'll Follow the Trail, You Hold My Heart, Let the Rest of the World Go By and Ireland Is Ireland to Me. He died in Hollywood, California.
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Credited work
430 releases · 124 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 431
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · EMI Studios · Olympic Studios · Morgan Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Bing Crosby
- Frank Sinatra
- Lawrence Welk
- Mitch Miller & The Gang
- Sons Of The Pioneers
- Russ Conway
- Guy Lombardo
- Slim Whitman
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