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The Final Resting Place of Jay Livingston.
Jay Livingston 28th March 1915 - 17th October 2001
Oscar nominated songwriter who wrote many classic songs including "Mona Lisa" and "Buttons and Bows"
Located in the Corridor of Memories top left, above Marilyn Monroe.
Jay Livingston was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Ray Evans, best known for the songs they composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics for the songs.
Born Jacob Harold Levison in McDonald, Pennsylvania, Jay Livingston studied piano with Harry Archer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and worked as a musician at local clubs while still in high school. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he organized a dance band and met Evans, a fellow student in the band. Their professional collaboration began in 1937. Livingston and Evans won Academy Awards in 1948 for the song Buttons and Bows, written for the movie The Paleface; in 1950 for the song Mona Lisa, written for the movie Captain Carey; and in 1956 for the song Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será), written for the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956. Livingston and Evans also wrote popular TV themes for shows including Bonanza and Mr. Ed.
Jay Livingston died in Los Angeles, California and was interred there in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
His brother is longtime Capitol Records executive Alan W. Livingston, best known for creating "Bozo the Clown" and signing Frank Sinatra and The Beatles among other legends with Capitol.