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| The Sherman Brothers Songbook | |
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| Released | October 13, 2009 |
| Length | 148:28 |
| Label | Walt Disney |
The Sherman Brothers Songbook is a compilation of songs written by composer-lyricist Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. It includes the Sherman Brothers' work for Disney and their non-Disney output. It was released on CD on October 13, 2009. [1]
All tracks are written by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman except where noted
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tall Paul (Annette)" (Sherman Brothers + Bob Roberts) | Annette Funicello | 1:34 |
| 2. | "Pineapple Princess (Hawaiiannette)" | Annette Funicello | 2:25 |
| 3. | "The Flubber Song (The Absent-Minded Professor)" | Fred MacMurray | 2:06 |
| 4. | "The Parent Trap (The Parent Trap)" | Annette Funicello | 2:15 |
| 5. | "For Now, For Always (The Parent Trap)" | Maureen O'Hara | 2:14 |
| 6. | "Let's Get Together (The Parent Trap)" | Hayley Mills | 1:29 |
| 7. | "The Wonderful World of Color (The Wonderful World of Color)" | The Wellingtons | 1:40 |
| 8. | "The Spectrum Song (An Adventure in Color)" | Paul Frees | 1:33 |
| 9. | "The Green with Envy Blues (An Adventure in Color)" | Paul Frees | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Strummin' Song (The Horsemasters)" | Annette Funicello | 2:04 |
| 11. | "Although I Dropped $100,000 in the Market (A Symposium on Popular Songs)" | Paul Frees | 1:47 |
| 12. | "I'm Blue for You (Boo Boo Boo Boo Boo) (A Symposium on Popular Songs)" | Skip Farrell | 2:06 |
| 13. | "Castaway (In Search of the Castaways)" | Hayley Mills | 1:24 |
| 14. | "Enjoy It! (In Search of the Castaways)" | Maurice Chevalier/Hayley Mills | 2:07 |
| 15. | "On the Front Porch (Summer Magic)" | Burl Ives | 3:23 |
| 16. | "Femininity (Summer Magic)" | Hayley Mills/Deborah Walley/Wendy Turner | 1:59 |
| 17. | "The Ugly Bug Ball (Summer Magic)" | Burl Ives | 3:02 |
| 18. | "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room (Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room)" | Wally Boag/Fulton Burley/Thurl Ravenscroft/The Mellomen | 2:39 |
| 19. | "It's a Small World (It's a Small World)" | Disney Studio Chorus | 1:54 |
| 20. | "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress)" | Rex Allen | 2:16 |
| 21. | "A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)" | Julie Andrews | 4:07 |
| 22. | "Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)" | Julie Andrews/Dick Van Dyke/Karen Dotrice/Matthew Garber | 2:46 |
| 23. | "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) (Mary Poppins)" | Julie Andrews | 3:50 |
| 24. | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Mary Poppins)" | Julie Andrews/Dick Van Dyke | 2:01 |
| 25. | "The Monkey's Uncle (The Monkey's Uncle)" | Annette Funicello/The Beach Boys | 2:32 |
| 26. | "That Darn Cat (That Darn Cat)" | Bobby Troup and his Trio | 2:45 |
| 27. | "Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree)" | Disney Studio Chorus | 2:18 |
| 28. | "Up, Down and Touch the Ground (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree)" | Sterling Holloway | 1:02 |
| 29. | "Little Black Rain Cloud (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree)" | Sterling Holloway | 0:50 |
| 30. | "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) (The Jungle Book)" | Louis Prima/Phil Harris/Bruce Reitherman | 4:02 |
| 31. | "Trust in Me (The Python's Song) (The Jungle Book)" | Sterling Holloway | 2:49 |
| 32. | "My Own Home (The Jungle Book)" | Darleen Carr | 3:29 |
The Sherman Brothers were an American songwriting duo that specialized in musical films, made up of brothers Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. Together they received various accolades including two Academy Awards and three Grammy Awards. They received nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 1976 they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2008 the National Medal of the Arts.
Richard Morton Sherman is an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "the Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history."
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"Sister Suffragette" is a pro-suffrage protest song pastiche written and composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. It was sung by actress Glynis Johns in the role of Mrs. Winifred Banks in the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins. The song's melody was originally from a scrapped piece called "Practically Perfect", also written and composed by the Sherman Brothers.
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"Feed the Birds" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers and featured in the 1964 motion picture Mary Poppins. The song speaks of an old beggar woman who sits on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, selling bags of breadcrumbs to passers-by for two pence a bag so that they can feed the many pigeons which surround her. The scene is reminiscent of the real-life seed vendors of Trafalgar Square who began selling birdseed to passers-by shortly after its public opening in 1844.
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from Mary Poppins, the 1964 musical film, and is also featured in the 2004 Mary Poppins musical.
"A Man Has Dreams" is a song from the 1964 Walt Disney film Mary Poppins, written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. In both the motion picture and the 2004 stage musical, the song is performed as a conversational duet between Bert the chimney sweep and George Banks. It is operatic in nature, sung dialogue, and was highly unusual for a musical film of that era. The song melody is a slowed-down version of "The Life I Lead", which serves as Banks's leitmotif. It incorporates a reprise of "A Spoonful of Sugar" which is Mary Poppins's leitmotif.
"Let's Go Fly a Kite" is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins, composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. This song is performed at the end of the film when George Banks, realizes that his family is much more important than his job. He mends his son's kite and takes his family on a kite-flying outing. The song is sung by Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke and eventually the entire chorus.
"A Spoonful of Sugar" is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film and 2004 musical version of Mary Poppins, composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.
"The Glorious Fourth" is a song written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman in 1974 for the then-upcoming American Bicentennial. Disneyland temporarily changed its "Main Street Electrical Parade" to "America on Parade" and featured the Sherman Brothers' song "The Glorious Fourth". The revamped parade featured nightly fireworks and ran twice a day from 1975-1977.
"The Best Time of Your Life" is a song written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman in 1974 as a new theme song for Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. The attraction was being moved from Disneyland to Walt Disney World, and a replacement was sought for the original song, "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow".
"Colonel Hathi's March " is a song in the 1967 Walt Disney film, The Jungle Book. The song was sung by J. Pat O'Malley, playing the part of "Colonel Hathi". The song was also sung by Thurl Ravenscroft and The Mellomen, originally Terry-Thomas and Disney Chorus. The song was written by Disney staff songwriters, Robert and Richard Sherman. It is written in the spirit of a light commentary on the pointlessness of constant military drilling. A reprise version has the first appearance of Shere Khan.
"That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)" is a song in the Walt Disney film The Jungle Book from 1967. It was sung by a quartet of "mop top" vultures who are making friends with Mowgli, the main character of the film. The song was written by Disney staff songwriters, Robert and Richard Sherman, and sung primarily by J. Pat O'Malley, Lord Tim Hudson, Digby Wolfe, and Chad Stuart. Bruce Reitherman and George Sanders both made cameo appearances in the song singing as Mowgli and Shere Khan the tiger, respectively, in different parts. In the soundtrack album, The Mellomen member Bill Lee replaced the unavailable Sanders.
"The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room" is the official song for Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, an attraction at the Disneyland theme park.
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story is a 2009 American documentary film about the Sherman Brothers The film is directed and produced by their sons, Gregory V. Sherman and Jeff Sherman, and released through Walt Disney Pictures. Ben Stiller acted as executive producer for the film.
Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 1964 film Mary Poppins, with music and lyrics written by songwriters Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, and adapted and conducted by Irwin Kostal.
Moose: Chapters From My Life is the 459-page autobiography by the Academy Award-winning songwriter, Robert B. Sherman. "Moose is a collection of fifty-four autobiographical short stories, arranged in such a way as to express a larger narrative." The book was edited by Sherman's younger son, Robert J. Sherman, who also provided the general layout, cover art and graphic design for the book. Other than certain pages in the "My Time" photographic sections of Moose, the majority of the book, including its innovative arrangement of chapters, was created during the author's lifetime and under his personal supervision. Moose was published by AuthorHouse Publishers of Bloomington, Indiana in association with AuthorSolutions, Penguin Random House Company affiliates. First publication of the work occurred posthumously, on November 26, 2013. The majority of short stories which comprise the book, were written between 1993-2004 with one or two stories having been known to exist as early as 1945. Although early "mock-up" versions of the book were circulated among Sherman's close friends and members of his family in 2004, according to the editor's introductory chapter, "About Moose", mass publication had to be delayed "for reasons too cumbersome to delve into here." Both the book and its author were credited in the 2013 Walt Disney film release, Saving Mr. Banks which starred Academy Award-winning actors Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks. Actor B. J. Novak portrayed a young Robert Sherman in the film. Several scenes from the film drew direct inspiration from Moose. This was done with the author's consent.
The Jungle Book is a Disney media franchise that commenced in 1967 with the theatrical release of The Jungle Book. It is based on Rudyard Kipling's works of the same name. The franchise includes a 2003 sequel to the animated film and three live-action films produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
Saving Mr. Banks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 2013 drama film Saving Mr. Banks, written and conducted by American film composer Thomas Newman.
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