Johnny Franz

Real name: John Charles Franz
Born: February 23, 1922
Died: January 29, 1977
Country: United Kingdom
IPI: 00010781416 4 works
00160529484 1 work
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: British record producer, pianist and A&R manager for the Philips label. He was one of Britain's most successful producers in the 1950s and 1960s. His most enduring contributions were to British pop music of the mid-1960s on records by Dusty Springfield, The Walker Brothers and the early solo recordings of Scott Walker.

Songs written by Johnny Franz

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
By Your Side	Bryan Blackburn, Johnny Franz	Peters & Lee	1973	Covered by (2 artists)
Closer	Bryan Blackburn, Johnny Franz	Peters and Lee, orchestra directed by Peter Knight (Peters and Lee, Peter Knight [GB1])	October 1974	Unverified
Fountain in Capri	Howard Barnes [GB], Johnny Franz	Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and His Orchestra	February 1963	Covered by Kenny Damon
I Can See It Now	Scott Walker, Johnny Franz	The Walker Brothers	August 26, 1966	Covered by Kenny Damon
Sometimes	Alex Callier, Scott Walker, Johnny Franz	Hooverphonic	October 2002
Young Man Cried	Scott Walker, Johnny Franz	The Walker Brothers	June 1966