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Livingston, Jerry
Adorable" (The Alphabet Song); "Your#Voice">; "Powder and Paint"; 'Too Young." Home: Fort Lee, New Jersey. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Little, George A., author; b. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 25, 1890; d. New York, N.Y., June 2, 1946. ASCAP 1921. Edna: public schools; Christian Brothers College, St. Louis As youth began song writing and later joined staff of music publishing houses, Chi­cago and New York. Songs: "Mother (V Mine"; "When I Was a Dreamer and You Were My Dream", "Hawai­ian Butterfly", "Sweet Sugar Babe"; "Sweet Mama, Your Papa's Getting Mad", "You're in Kentucky, Sure's You're Born"; "They Needed a Song-biid in Heaven, So God Took Caruso Away"; "Too Tired (to wash the Dishes)"; "I'm Knee Deep in Daisies"; "So Tired." Address. Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Little, Jack (Little Jack Little), com­poser, author, pianist, singer, radio artist; b. London, England, May 28, 1900. ASCAP 1928. To U.S. in youth. Edna: Univ. of Iowa, organized uni­versity band. Gave up pre-medical course to make music his career. Pianist and singer, became radio at­traction, known as Little jack Little "Cheerful Little Earful.'' Toured country with dance band, featured in hotels and clubs. Songs: "A Shantv in Old Shanty Town"; "Hold Me"; "Jealous"; "You're a Heavenly Thing", "At the Baby Parade"; ' "There's Oceans of Love by the Beautiful Sea"; "I Promise You." Home: Holly­wood, Ha. Address: tf ASCAP.
Livingston, Jay Harold, composer; b. McDonald, Pa., March 28, 1915. ASCAP 1945. Educ: McDonald pub­lic schools; Univ. of Pa., Bachelor of Arts 1937. Studied piano with Harry Archer, Pittsburgh; orchestra­tion and composition with Harl Mc­Donald. Organized college dance or-
chestra; traveled on cruises playing in band. Pianist and vocal arranger for radio; wrote special material and songs for Olsen and Johnson. In armed forces, World War II. To Hollywood 1944. Under contract mo­tion picture company since 1945. Pic­ture credits inch: Monsieur Beau-caire; My Favorite Brunette; The Paleface; Sorrowful Jones; My Friend Irma; Fancy Pants; The Lemon-drop Kid. Songs: "G'Byc Now"; "Stuff Like That There"; "A Square In the Social Circle"; |To Each His Own"; "Golden Earrings"; "Buttons and Bows" (Acad. Award 1948); "A Thousand Violins"; "The Streets of Laredo"; "Copper Canyon"; "Mona Lisa" (Acad. Award 1950); "I'll Always Love You"; "Silver Bells"; "The Mating Season", "Home Cookin'"; "My Love Loves Me." Home: Hollywood, Calif. Ad­dress: c/c ASCAP.
Livingston, Jerry, composer, author; b. Denver, Colo., March 25, 1909. ASCAP 1933. Of professional par­ents. Educ.: Univ. of Arizona, piano, theory, harmony. In youth, profes­sional pianist with dance orchestra in Denver. Organized own dance or­chestra on campus; during freshman vear wrote annual musical show, The Senior Follies. To New York 1932; professional pianist several years with dance orchestras. Wrote The Holly­wood Revels show 1938. Organized own orchestra 1940, played hotels, broadcast over various networks. Re­tired from orch. work 1941; estab­lished as songwriter. Organized own music publishing company. Former president, Songwriters' Guild of America; member, Dramatists' Guild. Piano suite: Young Man of Manhat­tan. Songs: "Darkness on the Delta"; "Sunday Down in Caiolina"; "Under a Blanket of Blue"; "Talk of the Town"; "Invitation to a Dance"; "The Shag"; "Sixty Seconds Got Together"; "Just a Kid Named Joe"; "Close to You"; "What's the Good Word, Mr.