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Mack David(1912-1993)

  • Music Department
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  • Writer
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Composer, songwriter ("Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Bimbombey", "Blue and Sentimenta") and author, educated at Cornell University and St. John's University Law School. He wrote many themes for television and films. Joining ASCAP in 1934, his chief musical collaborators included 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 other popular-song compositions include "Oh, Oh, What Do You Know About Love?", "Just a Kid Named Joe", "Moon Love", "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", and "Young Emotions".
BornJuly 5, 1912
DiedDecember 30, 1993(81)
BornJuly 5, 1912
DiedDecember 30, 1993(81)
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  • Nominated for 8 Oscars
    • 1 win & 14 nominations total

Known for

Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
7.5
  • Music Department(lyrics)
  • 1963
Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella
7.3
  • Music Department
  • 1950
Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017)
Logan
8.1
  • Soundtrack("Call Of The Far Away Hills")
  • 2017
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Dirty Dozen
7.7
  • Soundtrack("The Bramble Bush")
  • 1967

Credits

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  • Hoppsan oj då jaha! (2004)
    Hoppsan oj då jaha!
    Video
    • stock music
    • 2004
  • Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)
    Simply Mad About the Mouse
    6.9
    Short
    • words by (segment "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes")
    • 1991
  • The Bugs Bunny Show (1960)
    The Bugs Bunny Show
    8.6
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1960–1971
  • Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
    Krakatoa: East of Java
    5.4
    • songs: music & lyrics by
    • 1968
  • Beetle Bailey (1963)
    Beetle Bailey
    6.3
    TV Series
    • theme music composer
    • 1963
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
    7.5
    • songwriter: lyrics
    • 1963
  • Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)
    Hawaiian Eye
    7.6
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • lyrics: theme song
    • 1959–1963
  • Surfside 6 (1960)
    Surfside 6
    7.9
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1960–1962
  • Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
    8.1
    TV Series
    • lyricist: theme music
    • lyricist: theme song
    • 1958–1962
  • Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)
    Bronco
    7.1
    TV Series
    • lyricist: theme music
    • composer: title song
    • 1958–1962
  • Room for One More (1962)
    Room for One More
    7.9
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1962
  • Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
    Walk on the Wild Side
    6.7
    • songwriter
    • 1962
  • Donald May, Dorothy Provine, and Rex Reason in The Roaring 20's (1960)
    The Roaring 20's
    8.0
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • lyrics: theme song
    • 1960–1962
  • Andrew Duggan, Arlene Howell, Richard Long, and Van Williams in Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
    Bourbon Street Beat
    7.8
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • lyrics: theme song
    • 1959–1960
  • Roger Moore in The Alaskans (1959)
    The Alaskans
    8.2
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1959–1960

Producer



  • Surfside 6 (1960)
    Surfside 6
    7.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Pamela Duncan and Donald May in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Roger Moore in The Alaskans (1959)
    The Alaskans
    8.2
    TV Series
    • producer (produced by)
    • 1960

Writer



  • Hoppsan oj då jaha! (2004)
    Hoppsan oj då jaha!
    Video
    • writer
    • 2004
  • Surfside 6 (1960)
    Surfside 6
    7.9
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1960
  • Pamela Duncan and Donald May in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.1
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1959–1960

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 5, 1912
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 30, 1993
    • Rancho Mirage, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Beatrice ScrierJanuary 8, 1940 - December 30, 1993 (his death, 2 children)
  • Relatives
    • Hal David(Sibling)

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    1975: Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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