JAY LIVINGSTON - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 148232
Price: $280.00
JAY LIVINGSTON
Jay Livingston signs a first day cover with a bar of music from
Silver Bells.
Autograph music quotation signed: "Jay Livingston", 6½x3½.
First Day Cover honoring Christmas with Currier & Ives, 13-cent stamp
affixed, postmarked Boston, Massachusetts, October 27, 1976, FIRST DAY OF
ISSUE. Below his signature, the composer has drawn a bar of music, which he
has titled: "Sil-ver Bells", the popular Christmas song that he
co-wrote with Ray Evans. The song was introduced in the 1951 film,
Lemon Drop Kid, starring Bob Hope. In 1998, "Silver Bells" was
ranked #8 on ASCAP'S "Top 25 Holiday Season Songs". American composer Jay
Livingston (1915-2001) won Academy Awards for Mona Lisa,
Buttons and Bows (The Paleface, 1948), and Que Será Será
(The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956) and was nominated for an Oscar
for Tammy (Tammy and the Bachelor, 1957). In addition to his songs
for Hollywood films, Livingston penned many popular television themes,
including those for Bonanza and Mr. Ed. Light
crease at upper margin just touches the last "n" in Livingston. Fine
condition.
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