Kern, Jerome
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishKern, JeromeJerome KernKern, Je‧rome /kɜːn $ kɜːrn, dʒəˈrəʊm/ (1885–1945) a US composer and songwriter who wrote many musicals (=films or plays that use singing and dancing to tell a story), such as Showboat (1927), which contains the famous song Ol' Man River