Jerry Livingston

Jerry Livingston (actually Jerry Levinson, born March 25, 1909 in Denver, USA, † 1 July 1987) was an American songwriter and composer.

Life

Livingston wrote between the 1940s and 1960s songs for numerous movies and TV series. In the film, we heard, among other things his song Bibbidy - Bobbidi -Boo for the Walt Disney movie "Cinderella" ( Cinderella, 1950), for which in 1951 he received his first Oscar nomination. 1962 saw the second Oscar nomination for the title song of the movie " The Hanging Tree " ( The Hanging Tree, 1960) with Gary Cooper and Maria Schell.

From his television tunes are in German-speaking and the series Bronco, Cheyenne, 77 Sunset Strip, New Orleans, Bourbon Street, or even the theme song of the animated series Casper, the Friendly Ghost, which he wrote with David Mack, known.

1966 Livingston received his third Oscar nomination for The Ballad of Cat Ballou for the title song of the musical - Western " Cat Ballou - Hang thou shalt in Wyoming " (Cat Ballou ), the text of which was again written by Mack David and in the film by Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye is sung. For the song they were also honored with a nomination at the Golden Globes and a second place at the Laurel Awards.

Jerry Livingston was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1981.