Livingston, Jerry, 1909-1987

Formal portrait of composer Jerry Livingston wearing a suit and polka dot tie.

Jerry Livingston was a band member and composer of many songs, including the music for Disney's Alice in Wonderland and other films and TV shows. He also wrote "The Twelth of Never" and "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" from Cinderella. He received Academy Award nomintions and was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His father, Sam Levinson, came to Denver because of his tuberculosis. Jerry grew up on Larimer Street, Denver, and also in Cheyenne..

Still image from the Warner Brothers short ''Jerry Livingston and His Talk of the Town Music'' depicting a scene from a night club. Couples sit at tables in the foreground, the band plays in the background, Jerry Livingston stands composing in the middle of the dance floor as a singer stands to the left and a young couple dances to the right.

Formal portrait of Jerry Livingston, composer.