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By OWEN CALLINInternational News Service Record CriticHOLLYWOOD—Back in 1939 acouple of ambitious songwritersnamed Jay Livingston and RayEvans walked backstage at theWinter Garden Theater in NewYork, where the fabulously successful “Hellzapoppin’ ” was rockingroofKKKKKKand Johnson to listen to some oftheir songs.Ole Olsen took an immediate interest in the fledglings and thataJKhledlasted for five years, during whichLivingston and Evans learned the inside and out of show business andbegan writing songs for Olsen and Johnson productions. One of their tunes, “G’bye Now,’’ made the hitbhbIbIparade in 1941.Olsen broueht the boyswood in 1944, fed and shelteredBrentwoodobtainedmovie lot where the famous comedyteam was making two pictures.i*jiijiThere the boys learnedmentals of writing songs for movies, and when Olsen and Johnson wentback to New York the songwritersidecided to strike out for their own in the magic film capital. Q/ Marked StartThisnprofessional team that turned out such smash hits as “To Each His ^Own,” “Golden Earrings,” and now p“Buttons and Bows”—all in the dort space of two years.Yesterday the class of *39 hadIts reunion. Ole Olsen visited Livingston and Evans on the set of “EasyDoes It” at Paramount Studio, rHope and Rhonda Flern- fing were doing a song written forthem by these two Olsen and John*uformernfessor looked on approvingly andbeamedcteges.* dSpeaking of personalities, the a pretty southern gal, Jane Pickens,is being pushed by BCA-Victor. iDiskery recently released her ini- i
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Sat, Dec 11, 1948
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