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Livingston and Evans were the songwriting and composing team of Jay Livingston (1915-2001) and Ray Evans (1915-2007), who worked on movies, television and stage. They met while attending the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. They played together in bands. In either 1937 or 1938, the pair moved to New York City to begin their songwriting careers. They wrote the 1940 hit song "Goodbye Now" for the 1938 Broadway musical revue ''Hellzapoppin'', but years went by without further success. In 1944, they moved to Hollywood at the instigation of Johnny Mercer to work in films. The following year, they were signed by Paramount Pictures.〔 In 1946, five versions of their "To Each His Own" (performed by Eddy Howard, Tony Martin, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, The Modernaires and The Ink Spots) were in the Top Ten on the Billboard charts simultaneously, with three eventually peaking at number one.〔 They appeared as themselves in Sunset Blvd 1950. Some of their best known songs include: *the Christmas carol "Silver Bells" *"Buttons and Bows" *"Mona Lisa" *"Que Sera, Sera" *"Tammy" They worked, together and separately, on such movies as ''Nurse Betty'', ''Sunset Blvd.'', ''The Godfather'', ''Crime, Inc.'', and ''The Godfather Part III''. They also wrote the theme music for the television shows ''Bonanza'' and ''Mister Ed'', with Livingston singing the lyrics for the latter: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course ...".〔 They received three Academy Awards for Best Song (for "Buttons and Bows", "Mona Lisa" and "Que Sera Sera") and a total of seven nominations.〔〔 They also have a star together on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Livingston & Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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