"Whatever Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" (also transposed as "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)") is a popular song, with music by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans. The song was published in 1956 and featured in the 1956 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, which starred Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Jay Livingston (March 28, 1915 - October 17, 2001) was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Ray Evans, best known for the songs they composed for films. ... Raymond Bernard Ray Evans (born February 14, 1915 in Salamanca, New York) was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Jay Livingston, best known for the songs they composed for films. ... See also: 1955 in music, other events of 1956, 1957 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (13 August 1899–29 April 1980) was a British-born American film director and producer, a master of the suspense thriller genre. ... The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1956 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... There are several individuals by the name of James Stewart. ...

Doris Day recorded the song for the film, and her recording became a #1 hit, both in the U.S. and the UK. It became her theme song and was also used as the theme song of Doris Day's television shows. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

The song received the 1956 Academy Award for Best Song. The funk band Sly & the Family Stone covered the song for their Fresh album in 1973. The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ... Sly & the Family Stone were an important and influential American rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Fresh was the sixth album by Sly & the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1973. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ...

The song was used in the title sequence of the movie Heathers, starring Winona Ryder, with an arrangement by Van Dyke Parks and performed by Syd Straw. The Sly & the Family Stone version is also present in the film. This example of a title sequence, from long-running serial drama Another World, was seen from 1966 to 1981, making it one of the longest-running continuous title sequences on television. ... Heathers is a black comedy film released in 1989 starring Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, and Christian Slater. ... Winona Ryder Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971) is an American actress. ... Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American composer, arranger, producer, and musician, noted for his collaborations with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys on the song Heroes and Villains and the recently released cult-classic-album, Smile. ... Syd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. ...

In Canada, the song was a major hit in 1977 for husband-and-wife duo The Raes, who recorded it in a disco-pop style.

A version of the song performed by Pink Martini was also used in the pilot episode of Dead Like Me. Pink Martini is a band from Portland, Oregon, consisting of 12 band members. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Dead Like Me is a Showtime television comedy-drama created by Bryan Fuller about a group of grim reapers in Seattle, Washington. ...

Japanese jazz musician Charlie Kosei composed a song, also titled "Que Sera Sera" for the video game, Katamari Damacy. The lyrics and melody are unrelated to the Doris Day version. Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... Charlie Kosei is a jazz musician and performer from Japan, most known for his contributions to the soundtracks of the Lupin the Third anime series. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Katamari Damacy (å¡Šé­‚, Katamari Damashii) is a Japanese video game designed by Keita Takahashi and published by Namco. ...

Ex-New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders recorded a version of the song for inclusion in his 1985 album of the same name.

The song is also featured in The Simpsons episode entitled Bart's Comet, in which Ned Flanders sings the tune to comfort him before Springfield is destroyed by a comet. The Simpson family first seen on The Tracey Ullman Show. ... Barts Comet is an episode from the sixth season of The Simpsons. ...

Que Sera Sera was also the name given to a U.S. Navy R4D (Douglas DC-3) that was used in Operation Deep Freeze II in 1956. The Que Sera Sera was the first airplane to land on the South Pole, on October 31, 1956 with a crew of 7 and was named after the song that was popular at the time. It is currently at the Naval Air Museum in Pensicola, Florida with one wing broken off from Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

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