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Arts & Literature
Jay Livingston
Who
Jay Livingston · Arts & Literature
What
Songwriter (Que Sera, Sera)
When
1915, McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA — 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA
Where
United States
Biography
Jay Livingston is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Songwriter (Que Sera, Sera)
How & why
Jay Livingston was an American composer who, with lyricist Ray Evans, wrote a string of Academy Award-winning film songs, most famously 'Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)' for Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. Born Jacob Harold Levison in Pennsylvania to Jewish parents, he is buried under a headstone reading 'Que Será, Será'.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Contributions & Sources
Songwriter (Que Sera, Sera)
1915
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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