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Ray Evans - Turner Classic Movies

Ray Evans


Lyricist

About

Also Known As
Raymond Evans, Raymond Bernard Evans
Birth Place
Salamanca, New York, USA
Born
February 04, 1915
Died
February 15, 2007
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

With his songwriting partner Jay Livingston, Ray Evans has been responsible for some of the more memorable movie songs from the late 1940s to the early 60s. The duo first met at the University of Pennsylvania where they both were enrolled as undergraduates. During their holiday breaks, they worked in a band that played on cruise ships. After graduating, the pair settled in NYC where they...

Family & Companions

Wyn Ritchie
Wife
Married on April 19, 1947.

Biography

With his songwriting partner Jay Livingston, Ray Evans has been responsible for some of the more memorable movie songs from the late 1940s to the early 60s. The duo first met at the University of Pennsylvania where they both were enrolled as undergraduates. During their holiday breaks, they worked in a band that played on cruise ships. After graduating, the pair settled in NYC where they held odd jobs while trying to place their songs. In 1941, the first Livingston-Evans song "G'bye Now" was incorporated in Olsen and Johnson's "Hellzapoppin'" and landed on "Your Hit Parade." Olsen and Johnson brought the young songwriters out to Hollywood with them in 1944 where Betty Hutton recorded an early song of the duo, "Stuff Like That There." Producers Releasing Corporation began to incorporate their songs, including "The Cat and the Canary" (used in 1945's "Why the Girls Leave Home") which earned Livingston and Evans their first Oscar nomination.

Put under contract by Paramount in 1945, Livingston and Evans scored a hit with the title song for the Olivia de Havilland vehicle "To Each His Own" (1946). Within two years, they had one their first Oscar for the genial "Buttons and Bows" (from "The Paleface"), which was introduced by Bob Hope and made popular by Dinah Shore. Hope, along with Marilyn Maxwell, introduced the holiday classic "Silver Bells" in "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951) and with Lucille Ball debuted "Home Cookin'" in "Fancy Pants" (1950). While under contract at Paramount, the pair churned out numerous hits ranging from "Just for Fun" (from "My Friend Irma" 1949) to the theme from "A Place in the Sun" (1951). Evans shared a second Oscar with Livingston for "Mona Lisa" used in 1950's "Captain Carey, U.S.A." and made famous by Nat King Cole. (In the film, the song is heard in fragments, sung by a blind Italian street singer.) The songwriters also made a cameo appearance as themselves in Billy Wilder's classic "Sunset Boulevard" (1950).

After leaving Paramount in 1956, Evans and Livingston worked as freelance writers. They hit big, winning a third Oscar for the lilting lullaby "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), which was germane to the plot of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). (Doris Day introduced the song in the film and later used it as the theme for her 1960s sitcom.) Livingston and Evans received additional Academy Award nods for the theme to "Tammy" (1957), made famous by Debbie Reynolds, "Almost in Your Arms (Love Theme from "Houseboat")" (1958), recorded by Sam Cooke, and the lyrics to Henry Mancini's "Dear Heart" (1964). Attempts to translate their success to Broadway with "Oh, Captain!" (1958) and "Let It Ride!" (1961) were less than successful. The pair found a more welcome home in TV, providing the memorable themes to such shows as "Bonanza" and "Mr. Ed." They finally found a measure of stage success with contributions to the hit musical "Sugar Babies" (1979), starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney. While their last original song in a film was the theme to "Foxtrot" (1975), Livingston and Evans were kept busy providing specialty material to nightclub performers and for charity functions.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Himself

Music (Feature Film)

Jack and Jill (2011)
Song
Flipped (2010)
Song
Seven Pounds (2008)
Song
The Wrecking Crew (2008)
Song
Four Christmases (2008)
Song
Semi-Pro (2008)
Song
Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
Song
Take the Lead (2006)
Song
The Polar Express (2004)
Song
The Last Shot (2004)
Theme Music
Normal (2003)
Song
28 Days Later (2003)
Song
In the Cut (2003)
Song
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Song
Nurse Betty (2000)
Song
The Family Man (2000)
Song
Reindeer Games (2000)
Song
Snow Day (1999)
Song ("To Each His Own")
200 Cigarettes (1999)
Song
Pushing Tin (1999)
Song
Go (1999)
Song ("Silver Bells")
The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1998)
Song
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Song
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Song
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Song
Apt Pupil (1998)
Song ("Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)")
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Song
The Pest (1997)
Music
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Song ("Silver Bells")
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Song
Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
Song
Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)
Theme Music
Ed Wood (1994)
Song
North (1994)
Theme Music
Heart and Souls (1993)
Song
Bonanza: The Return (1993)
Theme Music
The Long Day Closes (1992)
Music Composer
School Ties (1992)
Song
Night And The City (1992)
Song
City Slickers (1991)
Song
For the Boys (1991)
Song
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Song
JFK (Director's Cut) (1991)
Song
JFK (1991)
Song
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Song
The Two Jakes (1990)
Song
Book of Love (1990)
Song
The Freshman (1990)
Song
Q&A (1990)
Song
UHF (1989)
Song
Scrooged (1988)
Song
Heathers (1988)
Song ("Que Sera, Sera")
Dreaming River (1988)
Song
Beaches (1988)
Song
No Man's Land (1987)
Song
Mona Lisa (1986)
Song
Best Defense (1984)
Song
Falling in Love (1984)
Song
Top Secret! (1984)
Music ("Bonanza")
Friday the 13th, Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)
Song ("To Each His Own")
Best Defense (1984)
Song Performer
Some Kind Of Hero (1982)
Song
Four Friends (1981)
Song ("Theme From Bonanza")
American Pop (1981)
Song
Raging Bull (1980)
Composer
Yotzim Kavua (1979)
Song ("Tammy")
Foxtrot (1976)
Song
The Parallax View (1974)
Song
The Godfather (1972)
Composer
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Composer
Gunn (1967)
Composer
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
Composer
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Composer
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
Composer
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Composer
Never Too Late (1965)
Composer
Harlow (1965)
Composer
The Third Day (1965)
Composer
Those Calloways (1965)
Composer
Dear Heart (1964)
Composer
Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
Composer
The Two Little Bears (1961)
Composer
All Hands on Deck (1961)
Composer
Take a Giant Step (1960)
Composer
The Blue Angel (1959)
Composer
A Private's Affair (1959)
Composer
Houseboat (1958)
Composer
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Composer
The Big Beat (1958)
Composer
Girls on the Loose (1958)
Composer
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
Composer
This Happy Feeling (1958)
Composer
Raw Wind in Eden (1958)
Composer
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Composer
Istanbul (1957)
Composer
Omar Khayyam (1957)
Composer
The James Dean Story (1957)
Composer
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
Composer
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
Composer
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Composer
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
Composer
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Composer
3 Ring Circus (1955)
Composer
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Composer
Rear Window (1954)
Composer
Red Garters (1954)
Composer
The Stars Are Singing (1953)
Composer
Here Come the Girls (1953)
Composer
Off Limits (1953)
Composer
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
Composer
Tropic Zone (1953)
Composer
What Price Glory (1952)
Composer
Anything Can Happen (1952)
Composer
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Composer
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
Composer
Son of Paleface (1952)
Composer
My Favorite Spy (1951)
Composer
That's My Boy (1951)
Composer
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Composer
Crosswinds (1951)
Composer
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Composer
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Composer
Rhubarb (1951)
Composer
The Mating Season (1951)
Composer
Rhythm Inn (1951)
Composer
Copper Canyon (1950)
Composer
Fancy Pants (1950)
Composer
The Furies (1950)
Composer
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
Composer
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Composer
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
Composer
Paid in Full (1950)
Composer
Song of Surrender (1949)
Composer
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
Composer
The Great Lover (1949)
Composer
My Friend Irma (1949)
Composer
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Composer
Streets of Laredo (1949)
Composer
The Big Clock (1948)
Composer
Isn't It Romantic (1948)
Composer
The Paleface (1948)
Composer
Saigon (1948)
Composer
Dream Girl (1948)
Composer
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Composer
Golden Earrings (1947)
Composer
Dear Ruth (1947)
Composer
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Composer
People Are Funny (1946)
Composer
On Stage Everybody (1945)
Composer
Crime, Inc. (1945)
Composer
Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
Composer
The Stork Club (1945)
Composer
Swing Hostess (1944)
Composer
I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Composer
Secrets of a Co-ed (1942)
Composer
Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
Composer

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Explorers (1985)
Other

Music (Special)

Monica Mancini... On Record (1998)
Lyrics ("Dear Heart" "Dreamsville")
The Story of Mothers & Daughters (1997)
Music
Bob Hope Christmas Special From Waikoloa, Hawaii (1989)
Theme Lyrics
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show With the All-America Champs (1988)
Song
Hope News Network (1988)
Music
Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday (1986)
Song
Bob Hope Buys NBC? (1985)
Music
Satins and Spurs (1954)
Lyrics

Life Events

1937

Began professional collaboration with Jay Livingston

1941

Wrote first song, "G'bye Now", incorporated in "Hellzapoppin'"

1944

Moved to L.A.; had success with song "Stuff Like That There"

1945

Put under contract by Paramount as a songwriter

1945

Earned first Academy Award nomination for "The Cat and the Canary" from "Why Girls Leave Home"

1946

Wrote the theme for the film "To Each His Own"

1948

Won first Oscar for the song "Buttons and Bows" from "The Paleface"

1950

Won second Academy Award for "Mona Lisa" from "Captain Carey, U.S.A."

1951

Wrote the holiday perennial "Silver Bells" (used in "The Lemon Drop Kid")

1954

TV writing debut (lyrics), "Satins and Spurs"

1955

Became independent songwriter

1956

Earned third Oscar for "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" used in Alfred Hitchcock's remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much"; song introduced by Doris Day who later used it as the theme of her 1960s TV series

1957

Nominated for an Oscar for the theme song "Tammy", sung by Debbie Reynolds

1958

Earned another Academy Award nomination for "Almost in Your Arms", the love theme from "Houseboat"

1958

Wrote music for Broadway show, "Oh, Captain!"; received Tony nomination

1961

Worked on second Broadway show, "Let It Ride!"

1964

Wrote the lyrics to Henry Mancini's theme "Dear Heart"

1975

Last original song for a feature to date, "Foxtrot"

1979

Songs written with Jay Livingston incorporated into the Broadway show "Sugar Babies"

Family

Philip Evans
Father
Secondhand paper, string and burlap dealer.
Francis E Evans
Mother

Companions

Wyn Ritchie
Wife
Married on April 19, 1947.

Bibliography