Previous postings for March 28th may be found here: Paul Whiteman (2019), Lady Gaga (2020), Alf Clausen (2021), Lady Gaga (2022), Joey Roukens (2023), and Joseph Weigl; Myfanwy Piper (2024)
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Jay Livingston (28 March 1915 – 17 October 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a composing-songwriting duo with Ray Evans, with whom he wrote three Academy Award winning songs -- ''Mona Lisa,'' ''Que Será, Será,'' and ''Buttons and Bows."
Mr. Livingston, I Presume
Livingston and Evans wrote also popular TV themes for shows including Bonanza and Mister Ed, which Livingston sang. They also wrote the Christmas song "Silver Bells." -- adapted from Wikipedia
You know his songs, you've heard his voice,
But likely never heard of him,
And so today I've made the choice
(Perhaps it is an oddball whim),
To celebrate the songs he wrote,
Which, though they've faded some from view,
Were songs that everyone could quote,
And songs that everybody knew.
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Hyperboles for Jay Livingston
Raise your voice and shout hurrah!
Exalting "Que Será, Será."
And can sufficient words be said
To praise the theme from Mr. Ed?
Poets! sing in strophe and stanza
To the theme song from Bonanza.
Write a breathless press release a-
-bout his hit song "Mona Lisa."
What, at Christmas time, excels
The festive cheer of "Silver Bells"?
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