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  Jay Livingston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jay Livingston (March 28, 1915 - October 17, 2001) was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Ray Evans, best known for the songs they composed for films.
Livingston and Evans won Academy Awards in 1948 for the song Buttons and Bows, written for the movie The Paleface; in 1950 for the song Mona Lisa, written for the movie Captain Carey; and in 1956 for the song Que Será Será, written for the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956.
Jay Livingston passed away in Los Angeles, California and was interred there in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
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 ROBERTLIVINGSTON
Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813) Diplomat: Born into a politically prominent family, Livingston studied law and was admitted to the bar in New York in 1770, forming a partnership with John Jay.
Livingston also opposed the Jay Treaty in 1795, publishing his Examination of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between the United States and Great Britain under the name "Cato." In the same year, he unsuccessfully ran for governor of New York, against John Jay.
Livingston was named minister of France in 1801, in which post he negotiated the purchase of Louisiana.
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 John Jay
Jay wrote five of the Federalist Papers (he was too ill to write more), which were to be used as a guide to the debates concerning the Constitution.
Jay was a delegate at New York's Constitutional Convention, and supported adoption of the Constitution (which New York did by a 30-27 vote).
Jay was nominated and confirmed as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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 Jay Livingston Remembered
Jay Harold Livingston was born March 28, 1915, in McDonald, Pennsylvania, to Maurise and Rose Livingston.
Livingston and Evans completed their ten year tenure at Paramount with a bang: "Que Sera Sera" was written for Alfred Hitchcock's remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much." Songs were not normally part of Hitchcock's bag-of-tricks, but Paramount demanded one because Doris Day was starring, and everyone would expect her to sing.
Jay's brother Alan, who had moved over from Capitol Records to become vice president of programming at NBC, understood that the new show would need theme music to capture the majesty of the raw Nevada countryside that would be the setting of the new show.
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 Encyclopedia: Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston (born in McDonald, Pennsylvania, March 28 1915, died in Los Angeles, California, October 17, 2001) was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Ray Evans, best known for the songs they composed for films.
Livingston and Evans won Academy Awards in 1948 for the song Buttons and Bows, written for the movie The Paleface; in 1950 for the song Mona Lisa, written for the movie Captain Carey; and in 1956 for the song Que Sera Sera, written for the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956.
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a member of the Ivy League.
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 U.S. Chief Justice and Governor John Jay and Sarah Van Brugh Livingston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jay issued an address tot he people of the country that was specially recommended by Congress, printed in both english and German and circulated at the national expense.
Jay was a member of the committee which framed the Constitution of the State of New York.
Jay sent a message to Doctor Van Wyck, expressing her friendship and her appreciation of the kindness of the doctor to her husband's family.
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 Silver Bells - Notes
Livingston and Evans have had twenty-six songs that have sold over a million records or more, and the total record sale of their songs has exceeded 400 million.
Livingston was born March 28, 1915, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McDonald.
Livingston was married to Lynne Gordon in 1947.
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 Variety.com - Jay Livingston
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Jay Livingston, three-time Oscar-winning songwriter who with partner Ray Evans penned some of Hollywood's most enduring movie songs, died of pneumonia Wednesday Oct. 17 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. He was 86.
Livingston was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of McDonald.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117854499?categoryid=25&cs=1   (594 words)

  
 Spectator, The: Hollywood great   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jay Livingston died a few days ago, barely a month after attending a Hollywood allstar gala and being serenaded by the audience with his famous song, `Que Sera, Sera'.
Livingston never cared for the number - he prided himself on being able to `write simple', which most composers are too insecure to do, but he thought `Que Sera, Sera' was too simple.
Livingston and Evans's biggest hit was `Buttons And Bows', sung by Bob Hope as the cowardly dentist Painless Potter to Jane Russell in The Paleface.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200111/ai_n9016197   (750 words)

  
 Historical marker sings praises of Oscar-winning composer from McDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jay Livingston, McDonald native, became famous for writing songs such as "Que Sera Sera" and the theme to the television show "Mr.
Songwriter and lyricist Jay Livingston co-wrote many enduring hits, such as "Que Sera, Sera," "Silver Bells" and the "Mister Ed" and "Bonanza" TV themes.
In addition to three Oscars, Livingston had been bestowed with many honors, but the one he said was most meaningful was a plaque his hometown friends gave him during a 1964 visit to McDonald, Slates said.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04287/394740.stm   (933 words)

  
 Christmas In Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Recalling a "golden age" of songs that "made sense." Take three of the most prolific songwriting pairs in history -- Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hart, and Lennon and McCartney -- and you get a total of 59 years of musical collaboration.
Jay Livingston, left, and Ray Evans have earned three Oscars and a place in music history.
(Livingston plans to attend his 60-year reunion on Alumni Weekend, May 16-17, dine with his class, entertain, and march in the Parade of Classes.) Evans was preparing for a career in banking.
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 Morbid Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jay Livingston was married to Mary Livingstont, hereafter Bloody Mary, for approximately 30 years.
By 1995, the Livingstons marriage was finished and it was discussed with family a divorce was looming.
Livingston was training daily at his gym, Ultima, in West Palm Beach, Fla., and trained there the morning of May 13th, the day he died.
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 Jay Livingston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
LOS ANGELES--Jay Livingston, the Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist who, with his songwriting partner Ray Evans, wrote numerous hits, including "Que Sera, Sera," "Mona Lisa," and the Christmas song "Silver Bells," died here October 17, 2001, of pneumonia.
Livingston served in the U.S. Army during World War II and, after his discharge in 1944, he and Evans went to Hollywood where they signed a Paramount Pictures contract.
Livingston often worked with comedian Bob Hope, scoring 12 of his films.
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 John Jay
In 1779 Jay was appointed Minister to Spain in order to seek recognition of Colonial Independence, financial aid, and commercial treaties.
Jay withstood a great deal of party maneuvering and political trickery, earning respect form his friends and enemies alike.
Jay died on May 17, 1829 having survived his wife and both of his partners in The Federalist.
www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/jay.htm   (589 words)

  
 Robert Livingston
Robert Livingston was born in the city of New York in 1747.
Livingston became politically active in the era of the Stamp Act Revolt, and was probably (along with his brother, William), involved with the Sons of Liberty in New York.
Livingston was appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Secretary of State) soon after the Articles of Confederation were adopted.
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 Jay Livingston: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The post-war songwriter Jay Livingston [+] earned three Academy Awards for Best Song during the 1940s and '50s in tandem with Ray Evans [+].
Born in Pennsylvania, Livingston studied classical piano as a child and while at the University of Pennsylvania, studied composition and orchestration.
Livingston and Evans began freelancing for different studios during the '50s and concentrated more on complete scores -- The Lemon Drop Kid (which introduced the holiday classic "Silver Bells") and My Friend Irma, among others -- than isolated songs.
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 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Jay Livingston : Biography
Composer/songwriter Jay Livingston was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, where he organized an orchestra and played in a touring band.
In 1949, Jay and Ray appeared onscreen in Sunset Boulevard, performing their own composition "The Paramount Don't Want Me Blues;" unfortunately, virtually the entire song was excised from the final release print, reducing the songwriters to atmosphere extras.
On Broadway, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans were represented by two musical comedies, the best and most popular of which was 1958's Oh Captain, based on the Alec Guinness film The Captain's Paradise.
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 Alibris: Jay Livingston
Known for its engaging and accessible writing style, this probing text covers the traditional areas of criminology, but also addresses questions of popular concern and policy debate, using systematic evidence to explore such topics as deterrence and incapacitation; race and social class; the rights of the accused; and domestic violence.
Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay: Correspondence by or to the First Chief Justice of the United States and His Wife
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans have been called "the last of the great songwriters of Hollywood." This book pays tribute to this pair who have written songs for over 100 motion pictures and television shows.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Jay_Livingston   (333 words)

  
 The Pennsylvania Gazette: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
But the lyrics and harmonies that garnered Evans and Livingston three Oscars and seven Academy Award nominations -- and total record sales exceeding 400 million -- have earned them a place in history that changing music trends are unlikely to erase.
Livingston, a journalism major, had thought that being a newspaper reporter -- preferably, a foreign war correspondent -- would be glamourous work after college.
After graduation, Evans worked as an accountant; Livingston played piano, making $18 a week as a stand-by pianist for NBC Radio.
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 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Livingston joined the US Army during World War II and upon his return, he and Evans moved to Hollywood in 1945 under contract with Paramount Pictures, where they stayed for the next ten years.
Livingston and Evans received In 1996 the Motion Picture Academy honored them with an evening of their songs and accomplishments, including film clips and live performances at the Sam Goldwyn Theatre.
Jay Livingston died in Los Angeles, California on October 19, 2001, at the age of 86.
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 Livingston
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 McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books
This collection of letters chronicles the personal lives of founding father John Jay and his wife, Sarah Livingston Jay, in the tumultuous times during and after the American Revolution.
The book includes essays on the Jay and Livingston families, family trees, a chronology of John Jay’s life, and information about the character and appearance of both husband and wife.
The correspondence reveals the abiding love of husband and wife, their concern for their children, the dangers and difficulties of travel, descriptions of the lands they visited and events they witnessed, as well as a sense of the effort it took to survive in the era even with the buffer of wealth.
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 Livingston and Evans Songbook:The songs of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans: Film Music on the Web CD Reviews February 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Livingston and Evans Songbook:The songs of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans: Film Music on the Web CD Reviews February 2003
The team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans also received a further three Academy Award nominations for: The Cat and the Canary (song not included in this album); the song ‘Tammy’ sung by Debbie Reynolds in Tammy and the Bachelor and ‘Almost in Your Arms’ from the Cary Grant and Sophia Loren film, Houseboat.
Jay Livingston and Michael Finestein sing with enthusiasm and expression, and if they sometimes lack polish their piano accompaniments have style and imagination.
www.musicweb-international.com /film/2003/Feb03/livingston_and_evans_songbook.html   (590 words)

  
 Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Collection, 6/1/96 and n.d.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Collection, 6/1/96 and n.d.
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston worked as a songwriting team in Hollywood during a long period that began after World War II and extended to the decade of the 1970s.
Livingston discuss their recollections of songwriter Johnny Mercer, including particularly Mercer's assistance with their careers during their first years in Hollywood (ca.
www.library.gsu.edu /spcoll/Collections/Music/m96-5.htm   (421 words)

  
 Almost everyone can hum his tunes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A state historical marker will be dedicated next month in McDonald, though, to denote the birthplace of a prolific, award-winning composer of American popular music.
Songwriter and lyricist Jay Livingston, who co-wrote many enduring hits such as "Que Sera, Sera," "Silver Bells" and the "Mister Ed" and "Bonanza" TV themes, will be remembered next month with a permanent, blue-and-yellow sign, like those commonly found along Pennsylvania roadways to commemorate of culturally or historically significant people and events.
Evans, 89, lives in California and probably won't be able to attend the dedication ceremony, but he told Robinson, of the historical commission, that he is thrilled about the marker and glad for the town.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04270/384284.stm   (827 words)

  
 Livingston Services, Coaching and Consutling Services, Training Boston, Medford, Massachusetts, New England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Livingston Services is not currently taking new clients.
Jay Livingston is working full time as Associate Director of Development for McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Belmont MA.
If you are a past client who has a specific question that Jay might be able to answer in a short email he would be glad to respond.
www.livingstonservices.com   (106 words)

  
 AP Online: Composer Jay Livingston Dies at 86@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Jay Livingston, whose collaboration with Ray Evans led to such hits as ``Silver Bells,'' ``Que Sera, Sera'' and ``Mona Lisa,'' died Wednesday.
Livingston, whose songwriting partnership with Evans spanned 64 years, died of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, family spokesman Frank Liberman said.
Often called the last of the great songwriters, Livingston and Evans had seven Academy Award nominations and won three -- in 1948 for...
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