One day in the early 40’s, Ray saw a publicity item stating that Olsen & Johnson, then one of the most powerful acts in show business, were looking for new songs for their hit show “Hellzapoppin’”. Unfortunately, that PR item was only true inside the mind of the misguided publicity hack that planted it. But, […]
Mister Ed, a TV show starring a fictional talking horse, first aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961 and then on CBS from October 1, 1961 to February 6, 1966. The theme song was written by the songwriting team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and sung by Livingston. After using only […]
TAMMY was written by Livingston and Evans for the film, TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR, starring Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, and Leslie Nielsen. The film was not an immediate success. However, after the title song, as recorded by Debbie Reynolds, was released and became the biggest hit of 1957, staying number 1 for 10 weeks, Universal […]
Tis’ the Season To prepare to be Jolly! From the purveyor of Christmas for over 75 years, Bing Crosby, comes “‘Round and ‘Round the Christmas Tree”, written by one of Hollywood’s greatest songwriting teams, Livingston & Evans. By the way, after Bob Hope, Bing Crosby was the first to record another Christmas standard written by […]