Livingston & Evans, 1956-57
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood 1956 saw Livingston & Evans called upon to write songs by two of the major film companies; first, WB Pictures needed a WWII south-seas influenced song for a film titled MISTER ROBERTS, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, and William […]
Thank You Samsung And Squarespace
During the Grammy Awards and the Academy Awards broadcasts this year, two commercials aired employing one of Jay and Ray’s most memorable tunes, “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”, as their musical inspiration. Visually stimulating, both spots take unexpected casting and creative flights of fancy to new heights. We would like to thank […]
Livingston & Evans, 1954-56
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood 1954 saw Livingston & Evans working once again with Paramount Pictures stars Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Rosemary Clooney and Bob Hope, among others, on a film called THREE RING CIRCUS. The first project placed Martin & Lewis as entertainers in […]
Livingston & Evans, 1952-53
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood 1952 began with Livingston & Evans working with many of their Paramount colleagues and friends once again. First up was another Bob Hope film which was a sequel to THE PALEFACE, called THE SON OF PALEFACE. Once again Jane Russell was […]
Livingston & Evans, 1951
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood Coming off of their second Academy Award with Mona Lisa, Livingston & Evans were flying high. The boys had proven to themselves and everyone else they weren’t just one- hit wonders when it came to writing songs for both motion pictures […]
Livingston & Evans, 1949-1950
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood Coming off their first Academy Award winning song in 1948, “Buttons and Bows”, you can imagine how this catapulted Livingston & Evans stature as the go to songsmiths at Paramount Pictures. As busy as the boys were prior to this, their […]
Livingston & Evans, 1948
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood Even though 1948 ended up becoming a very good year for the songwriting team of Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, it began as a roll up your shirtsleeves and work your ass off kind of time. After coming off of the […]
Livingston & Evans, 1946-1947
Livingston & Evans: The Last Of The Great Songwriters From The Golden-Age Of Hollywood After the great success of “To Each His Own” Paramount moved Livingston & Evans up from writing music for the short subject films to the higher visibility projects. L&E were brought in to write three songs for the 1946 Bob Hope […]