Ray Evans and Jay Livingston oral history interview, June 1, 1996
Dates
- Creation: June 1, 1996
Creator
- Evans, Ray, 1915-2007 (Interviewee, Person)
- Livingston, Jay, 1915-2001 (Interviewee, Person)
Restrictions on Access
Oral history available for research.
Biographical Note
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. Together they wrote a number of well-known songs for film, including "To Each His Own" (1946) and the Oscar-winning "Buttons and Bows" (1948) and "Mona Lisa" (1950). In the 1950s and 1960s they expanded their work to include television and Broadway: the two created the Broadway musical Oh, Captain! in 1958, and they wrote the themes for the television series Bonanza and Mr. Ed. One of their last collaborative works was the Broadway musical Sugar Babies (1979).
Extent
2 item(s) (audio (49:52 duration) transcript (48 pages))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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