Those city sidewalks are CROWDED...
"Silver Bells" , by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, was frequently referred to by Livingston as "our annuity." It is sung here by Colbie Callait: Video posted by Rita Spencer And here is the same song as sung by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the movie for which the song was written, The Lemon Drop Kid : Video posted by TCBNS .* The title, by the way, was originally "Tinkle Bells." [I pause while you take that in.] Then Livingston went home and told his wife about their new song and she said (presumably after she finished laughing), "Are you out of your mind? Do you know what the word 'tinkle' means to most people?" They changed the title (and lyrics) to "Silver Bells" forthwith. *** Jay Livingston (born Jacob Levison) and Ray Evans were both born in 1915 and both were Jewish . They met in the University of Pennsylvania and, in the words of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, "began a lifelong collaboration that...