Musicians - Ray Evans

Home > Listing Index > Musicians > Ray Evans

	Musicians - Ray Evans

Raymond Bernard "Ray" Evans (born February 14, 1915 in Salamanca, New York) was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Jay Livingston, best known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs.

Livingston and Evans won Academy Awards in 1948 for the song Buttons and Bows
, written for the movie The Paleface; in 1950 for the song Mona Lisa
, written for the movie Captain Carey, U.S.A.; and in 1956 for the song Que Sera Sera
, written for the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much. Livingston and Evans also wrote popular TV themes for shows including Bonanza and Mr. Ed.

In 1958, the songwriting team was nominated for a Tony Award for the musical Oh, Captain! Evans also collaborated separately with Henry Mancini, Max Steiner, and Victor Young.

Work on Broadway

Sons o' Fun (1941) - revue - featured songwriter
Oh Captain! (1958) - musical - co-composer and co-lyricst with Jay Livingston
- Tony Nomination for Best Musical
Let It Ride (1961) - musical - co-composer and co-lyricst with Jay Livingston
Sugar Babies (1979) - revue - featured songwriter with Jay Livingston
for "The Sugar Baby Bounce"

Evans, Ray Evans, Ray Evans, Ray Evans, Ray Evans, Ray

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Ray Evans ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Ray Evans; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay