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Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison, March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote music and Evans the lyrics.

Jay Livingston
Born	Jacob Harold Levison March 28, 1915 McDonald, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 17, 2001(2001-10-17) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1937–2001
Spouse(s)	Lynne Gordon (1947–1991; her death; 1 child) Shirley Mitchell (1992–2001; his death)

Early life and career

Livingston was born in McDonald, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents.[1][2] He had an older sister, Vera, and a younger brother, Alan W. Livingston, who became an executive with Capitol Records, and later with NBC television.

Livingston studied piano with Harry Archer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he organized a dance band and met Evans, a fellow student in the band. Their professional collaboration began in 1937. Livingston and Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times,[3] in 1948 for the song "Buttons and Bows", written for the movie The Paleface;[4] in 1950 for the song "Mona Lisa", written for the movie Captain Carey, U.S.A.; and in 1956 for the song "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)," featured in the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much. They also wrote "Tammy" for the movie Tammy and the Bachelor in 1957.

Livingston and Evans wrote popular TV themes for shows including Bonanza and Mister Ed, which Livingston sang.[5] They also wrote the Christmas song "Silver Bells" in 1951, for the film The Lemon Drop Kid, initially calling it "Tinkle Bells" but changed it to "Silver" because of a common connotation of "tinkle", as well as "Never Let Me Go" for the 1956 film The Scarlet Hour. Johnny Mathis sang Livingston's song "All The Time," among others.

Livingston appeared as himself with Evans in the New Year's Eve party scene of the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard.

Honors

Livingston is an inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[6] In 2004, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission installed a historical marker in McDonald, Pennsylvania, commemorating his achievements.[7]

Death

Livingston died in Los Angeles and was interred there in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery, his tombstone reading, "Que Será, Será".[8]

His wife, actress Shirley Mitchell, died on November 11, 2013, at 94.

Work on Broadway

• Oh, Captain! (1958) – musical – co-composer and co-lyricist with Ray Evans – Tony nomination for Best Musical
• Let It Ride (1961) – musical – co-composer and co-lyricist with Ray Evans
• Sugar Babies (1979) – revue – featured songwriter with Ray Evans for "The Sugar Baby Bounce"

References

External links

• Jay Livingston obituary from The New York Times
• Jay Livingston biography Archived 2005-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Jay Livingston - Lifetime Sammy Film Music Award
• Jay Livingston at the Internet Broadway Database
• Video on YouTube (begins at 41:32) appearance with Chuck Schaden and members of the Gildersleeve cast: Willard Waterman, Mary Lee Robb and Shirley Mitchell. Songwriter Jay Livingston (Shirley's husband) entertains with a mini- concert featuring his many hit songs. Recorded at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago. (113 minutes).
• Jay Livingston Interview NAMM Oral History Library (1995)

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Jacob Harold Levison (nacido en McDonald, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos, el 28 de marzo de 1915 y fallecido en Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos, el 17 de octubre de 2001), más conocido como Jay Livingston, fue un cantante y compositor estadounidense, conocido principalmente por sus canciones para películas en colaboración con Ray Evans. Él era el autor de la música y Evans de la letra.

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