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Academy Award -winning songwriter ("Buttons and Bows" [1948], "Mona Lisa" [1950], "Que Sera Sera" [1956]), composer, author, musician and publisher, educated at the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career in the college dance orchestra, then played in local night clubs and cruise ships. He wrote special material for Olsen and Johnson, then went to Hollywood and was signed to a contract with Paramount in 1945-46, and then became a freelancer. His Broadway stage scores include "Oh Captain!" and "Let It Ride". He has written special material for television and night club acts, including those of Betty Hutton , Cyd Charisse and Mitzi Gaynor . With his partner, Jay Livingston (who also was his chief musical collaborator), he owned a music-publishing firm. Other musical collaborators included Henry Mancini , Max Steiner and Victor Young . Joining ASCAP in 1945, his popular-song compositions include "Silver Bells", "G'bye Now", "Stuff Like That There", "A Square in the Social Circle", "My Love Loves Me", "A Thousand Violins", "I'll Always Love You", "Misto Cristofo Columbo", "Love Him", "The Ruby and the Pearl", "Haven't Got a Worry", "Never Let Me Go", "As I Love You", "Let Me Be Loved", "You're So Right for Me", "Surprise", "The Morning Music of Montmartre", "Marshmallow Moon", "My Beloved", "Angel Town", "All the Time", "Almost in Your Arms", "Dreamsville", "Warm and Willing", "Just an Honest Mistake", "His Own Little Island", "Love, Let Me Know" and "On My Way".
Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award, music and lyrics in collaboration with Jay Livingston , as part of Best Musical nomination for "Oh, Captain!"Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977.In 1946, five versions of "To Each His Own" were listed on Billboard's Top 10 list for one week: recordings by Eddy Howard (No. 1), Freddy Martin , The Ink Spots , The Modernaires and Tony Martin .He was able to distill a mood or a feeling into a song without it sounding cliched, He did not consider himself a sophisticated writer, but he knew how to express the thoughts, feelings and emotions of the common man in an eloquent way.Evans originally wanted to call one of his songs "Prima Donna". His wife, Wyn, thought it didn't sound quite right, and being an art lover, suggested "Mona Lisa".Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Music Branch).Jay Livingston and Ray Evans was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.Cousin of Marina Anderson .
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Ray Evans
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4 February 1915
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15 February 2007
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Academy Award -winning songwriter ("Buttons and Bows" [1948], "Mona Lisa" [1950], "Que Ser...more
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award, music and lyrics in collaboration with Jay L...more
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Won 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations.
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The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total...
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