Vic Mizzy died – Victor Mizzy composer for television and movies

Vic Mizzy or Victor Mizzy was an American composer for television and movies whose best known works are the themes to the 1960s television shows Green Acres and The Addams Family.Mizzy died of heart failure Saturday at his home in Bel-Air, said Scott Harper, a friend and fellow composer.He also worked with Sam Raimi for the outtake music of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. Mizzy was born in Brooklyn, New York. He had two children with his first wife Mary Small, a singer who first earned the moniker “The Little Girl With The Big Voice” and was popular in the ’30s (as a child), ’40s and ’50s. One of her daughters, Patty Keeler, a singer and songwriter, often worked with Doc Pomus (1992 inductee to the Songwriters Hall Of Fame).

Hit Songs

“Three Little Sisters” (1942) with Irving Taylor
“Take it easy” (1943) with Albert De Bru and Irving Taylor
“Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes” (1944) with Manny Curtis
“My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time” (1945) with Manny Curtis
“With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho-Ho-Ho” (1947) with Manny Curtis
“In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle” (early 1960s) anti-jaywalking song for New York City