Mack David

HISTORY

Mack David was born to a Jew ish family in New York City , New York on July 5, 1912. Mack originally planned to become an Attorney and attended Cornell University and St. John's University Law School. Despite these original goals, in the mid- 1940s , Mack began writing songs for New York's Tin Pan Alley . These initial successes prompted Mack to move to Hollywood , California to work in the Film and Television industries.
Mack enjoyed considerable success, including eight Academy Award nominations and induction into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1975 .

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

1950 " Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo " (with Jerry Livingstone and Al Hoffman ) from '' Cinderella ''

1959 "The Hanging Tree" (with Jerry Livingstone) from ''The Hanging Tree''

1961 "Bachelor in Paradise (with Henry Mancini ) from ''Bachelor in Paradise''

1961 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (with Ernest Gold ) from ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''

1962 "Walk on the Wild Side" (with Elmer Bernstein ) from ''Walk on the Wiild Side''

1964 "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (with Frank De Vol ) from ''Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte''

1965 "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" (with Jerry Livingstone) from ''Cat Ballou''

1966 "My Wishing Doll" (with Elmer Bernstein ) from ''Hawaii''

POPULAR SONGS

In addition to his many Academy Award nominations, Mack David also had a number of hit songs, including:

Duke Ellington 's "I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So" (1939)

The Shirelles ' "Baby it's You" (1961 with Burt Bacharach )

Casper The Friendly Ghost theme song (19?? with Jerry Livingston )

1960s

''The Bugs Bunny Hour''

WORK ON BROADWAY

''Bright Lights of 1944'' (1943) - Revue - Lyricist

'' Gilbert Bécaud on Broadway'' (1966) - Concert - featured Lyricist

''Molly'' (1973) - Musical - co- Lyricist

''Sophisticated Ladies'' (1981) - Revue - featured Songwriter for "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"

''Swing!'' (1999) - Revue - featured Songwriter for "Candy"

EXTERNAL LINKS

Biography on Songwriters Hall of Fame site

Discography \

Mack David at the Internet Broadway Database

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