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Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston

JAY LIVINGSTON and RAY EVANS were a composing and songwriting team who worked together on movies, television and stage during the 1930s and 1940s. Livingston and Evans met at the University of Philadelphia and later moved to New York City, penning the hit “Goodbye Now” for the 1938 Broadway musical revue Hellzapoppin’. The pair moved to Hollywood to try their luck in films at the urging of Johnny Mercer, and they were signed by Paramount Pictures in 1945. Some of their best known songs are “Silver Bells,” “Buttons and Bows” and “Que Sera, Sera,” as well as the theme songs for television shows Bonanza and Mister Ed.

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