Jay Livingston

The post-war songwriter Jay Livingston earned three Academy Awards for Best Song during the 1940s and '50s in tandem with Ray Evans. Born in Pennsylvania, Livingston studied classical piano as a child and while at the University of Pennsylvania, studied composition and orchestration. He led a dance band on the side, where he met lyricist Ray Evans. After graduation in 1937, the pair moved to New York and found their first hit with "G'bye Now," written in 1941 for Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson's Hellzapoppin'. After spending several years in the U.S. Army, Livingston moved with Ev...