Alan W. Livingston
Alan W. Livingston | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alan Wendell Levison October 15, 1917 McDonald, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 2009 (aged 91) |
| Education | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S.) |
| Occupation | Music executive |
| Spouses | Elaine Osterweil
(m. 1942; div. 1955) |
| Children | 3 |
Alan Wendell Livingston (born Alan Wendell Levison; October 15, 1917 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets. As vice-president in charge of programming at NBC, in 1959 he oversaw the development and launch of the network's most successful television series, Bonanza.