More Mickey Mouse Melodies
In 1956, the newly formed ABC-Paramount Records earliest releases were drawn from the “Official Mickey Mouse Club” recordings.
Author Archives: James Parten
Changes All Around
By the mid-fifties, live-action films and TV were providing more of Disney’s revenue – and hit songs – than the animated features.
Dog Days For Disney
Continuing my coverage of Disney’s Lady and The Tramp soundtrack as covered by others.
Going To The Dogs
When Lady And The Tramp was being prepared, people working on it may not have been aware of the changes that were going on – both in the music/record industry, and at the Disney studio itself.
Neverland… Ho!
Capitol issued two of the songs from the “Peter Pan” score sung by one of he biggest stars of stage, screen, radio and television – Jerry Lewis!
Neverland or Bust!
There were only a half-dozen songs featured in Peter Pan, and only five got “grownup” commercial recordings. Unfortunately none of them were big hits in their own right.
Laggards in Wonderland
Wanna hear Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, Groucho Marx, Betty Hutton and Phil Harris sing “How D’Ye Do And Shake Hands” from Disney’s Alice In Wonderland? Click here!
Still in Wonderland
From March to April of 1951, more of the major record companies began to cover the songs that were featured in the upcoming Disney feature, Alice In Wonderland.
The Big Boys Go To Wonderland
RCA Victor–one of the big boys in the record business–got on Disney’s Alice In Wonderland bandwagon — in a big, big way.
Alice In Tin Pan Alleyland
It was inevitable that Disney would get around to doing a feature version of Alice In Wonderland. And it was inevitable that there would be songs.
