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Jay Livingston

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.

For the Massachusetts politician, see Jay Livingstone.

Jay Livingston

Jacob Harold Levison

March 28, 1915
McDonald, Pennsylvania, U.S.

October 17, 2001(2001-10-17) (aged 86)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

University of Pennsylvania

Composer

1937–2001

Lynne Gordon (1947–1991; her death; 1 child)
Shirley Mitchell (1992–2001; his death)

Death[edit]

Livingston died in Los Angeles and was interred there in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery, his tombstone reading, "Que Será, Será".[13]


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

(1958) – musical – co-composer and co-lyricist with Ray Evans – Tony nomination for Best Musical

Oh, Captain!

(1961) – musical – co-composer and co-lyricist with Ray Evans

Let It Ride

(1979) – revue – featured songwriter with Ray Evans for "The Sugar Baby Bounce"

Sugar Babies

Jay Livingston obituary from The New York Times

Archived 2005-05-08 at the Wayback Machine

Jay Livingston biography

Jay Livingston - Lifetime Sammy Film Music Award

at the Internet Broadway Database

Jay Livingston

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).

Video

NAMM Oral History Library (1995)

Jay Livingston Interview

Livingston and Evans Official Site