Mack David

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Mack David (born July 5, 1912 in New York City , New York - † December 30, 1993 in Rancho Mirage , California ) was an American songwriter and composer of film scores and the one who won the Oscar for best song was nominated without ever receiving it.

biography

David studied after school at Cornell University and law at the Law School of St. John's University .

In 1934 he became a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and, as a composer and songwriter, created the music for almost 200 films and television series . He worked with Jerry Livingston , Al Hoffman , Alex Kramer , Joan Whitney , Frankie Carle , Count Basie , Burt Bacharach , Ernest Gold , Elmer Bernstein , Frank De Vol and Henry Mancini .

His most famous songs include Oh, Oh, What Do You Know About Love? , Just a Kid Named Joe , On the Isle of May , Bermuda Buggyride , Falling Leaves , A Sinner Kissed an Angel , It's Love, Love, Love , Lili Marlene , I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So , Candy , Spellbound , Chi-Baba Chi-Baba , At a Candlelight Cafe , Sunflower , La Vie en Rose , A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes , I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine , It Only Hurts for a Little While , I Like It, I Like It , The Call of the Faraway Hills , My Own True Love , Baby, It's You , So This Is Love , The Unbirthday Song , The Willow , Room for One More , Take Me , It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and Young Emotions .

At the Academy Awards in 1951 he was next to A. Hoffman and J. Livingston for the first time nominated for the Oscar for the best song for "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo" from the cartoon Cinderella (1950). Further nominations in this category were in 1960 with J. Livingston for " The Hanging Tree " from Der Galgenbaum (1959), for which he was nominated in 1959 for a Laurel Award for the best song, in 1962 with H. Mancini for " Bachelor in Paradise " Junggeselle im Paradies (1961), which was also nominated for the Laurel Award, in 1963 with E. Bernstein for “ Walk on the Wild Side ” from Auf Glowing Pflaster (1962) and in 1964 with E. Gold for “It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World “from A totally, totally crazy world (1963). For this he received his only prize in 1964, the Golden Laurel Award.

Then he was again nominated for the Oscar for best song in 1965 with F. De Vol for "Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from the film Lullaby for a Corpse (1965), which won 3rd place at the Laurel Award ceremony 1964 received, 1966 with J. Livingston for " The Ballad of Cat Ballou " from Cat Ballou - You should hang in Wyoming (1965), which not only received 2nd place at the Laurel Award 1965, but also for the Golden Globe Award was nominated for the best movie song .

He received his last nomination for an Oscar for best song in 1967 with E. Bernstein for the song "My Wishing Doll" from the film Hawaii (1966). For this, too, he received second place at the Laurel Award ceremony in 1967.

Mack David, who also wrote the music for television series such as Lawman (1962) and 77 Sunset Strip (1964), was the older brother of the songwriter Hal David and has worked with film directors such as Delmer Daves , Jack Arnold , Stanley Kramer , Robert over the course of his career Aldrich , Elliot Silverstein , George Roy Hill , Clyde Geronimi , Wilfred Jackson and Edward Dmytryk together.

In 1975 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his services in American music .

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SURNAME David, Mack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1993
Place of death Rancho Mirage , California