Volume 9 , Issue 5

Que Sera Sera

"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) is a popular song written by the Jay Livingston (music) and Ray Evans (lyrics) songwriting team. It was published in 1956 and was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (which Hitchcock had previously made in 1934) with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles.

Doris Day's recording of the song for Columbia Records with catalog number 40704 was a hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom. From 1968 to 1973, the theme song for the sitcom, The Doris Day Show.

The song reached the Billboard magazine charts in July, 1956. Listed with the alternate title, Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera). it received the 1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was the third Oscar in this category for Livingston & Evans, who previously won in 1948 and 1950.,br>
The phrase came from a movie called The Barefoot Contessa, where the character Rossano Brazzi's family motto was "Che Sera, Sera." The motto in the film was Italian, but Evans and Livingston switched the "Che" to "Que" because more people spoke Spanish in the USA.

Doris Day was a little reluctant to release it because she felt it was a children's song. In addition, Doris Day's character sang it to herself in a scene from the 1960 film, Please Don't Eat the Daisies." Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)
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