i noticed this obit in today's times. i had never heard of this guy. he was a songwriter, and it turns out that he wrote rather a lot of well-known songs with his partner jay livingston.
on the one hand, he was responsible for the song 'silver bells', which has driven me crazy at xmas for so many years. on the other hand, he did write 'mona lisa' and the theme to the tv show bonanza.
in the end, what made me want to publicly note his passing was the song he wrote for the hitchcock film 'the man who knew too much' (the 2nd version). while doris day sang 'que sera sera, whatever will be will be, the future's not ours to see, que sera sera', the song is better known to me in the following form, to be sung when your team is in the lead in an fa cup tie:
que sera sera
whatever will be will be
we're going to wem-ber-lee
que sera sera
so thank you mr. evans for memories of 1982 & 1986.
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