Jack Keller (songwriter)

Jack Keller
Keller in the early 1960s
Background information
Birth name	Jack Walter Keller
Born	(1936-11-11)November 11, 1936 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	April 1, 2005(2005-04-01) (aged 68) Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer
Website	http://www.jackkellersongwriter.com/

Jack Walter Keller (November 11, 1936 – April 1, 2005) was an American composer, songwriter and record producer. He co-wrote, with Howard Greenfield and others, several pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Just Between You and Me", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Run to Him". He also wrote the theme songs for TV series including Bewitched and Gidget, and later worked in Los Angeles – where he wrote for, and produced, The Monkees – and in Nashville.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of dance band musician Mal Keller and his wife Reva. He learned the accordion and piano, and worked in a camera repair store at the age of 15 following his father's death. He also began playing in dance bands, and started writing songs with his friend Paul Kaufman. In the mid 1950s, he started hanging around the Brill Building, the heart of "Tin Pan Alley" in New York City, and was introduced to lyricist Lee Cathy. Their first collaboration, "Just Between You and Me", was recorded by The Chordettes and became a top ten hit in 1957. He also collaborated with Noel Sherman, and their songs were recorded by Perry Como and The Kalin Twins.