Background
He was born John George Lange in Philadelphia and attended high school there.
He was born John George Lange in Philadelphia and attended high school there.
His chief musical collaborators were Archie Gottler and Jack Meskill. He began writing for film studios in 1937, and joined American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1940. He resumed his film music career in 1946 and 1947, after World World War World War II He also wrote special material for night club singers, and the "Ice Capades of 1950".
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers online database shows him as the author of 211 songs.
Among them are such well-known compositions as "Blue Shadows on the Trail" and "Clancy Lowered the Boom". Johnny Lange died in Los Angeles in 2006, at the age of 100.