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!
Category Archives: NEEDLE DROP NOTES
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.
“Puddy Tats here. . . Puddy Tats There!”
Helen Kane and Danny Kaye sing “I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat” – and Mel Blanc sings a sequel tune!
Thufferin’ Thuccotash. . . We’re On The Charts!
When the “suits” at Capitol Records saw the sales of Mel Blanc’s “I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat” in the United Kingdom, they must have thought “it’ll sell like hotcakes here!”. They were right!
I Tawt I Taw A Hit Weckard!
To what must have been the great surprise of all concerned, a Bugs Bunny/Tweety record took off–and not just with the children’s-record audience.
Mel Doesn’t Shoot Blancs
You can’t blame the people at the Walter Lantz studio for hoping that lightning would strike twice. But it didn’t happen with “The Woody Woodpecker Polka”.
The Thing-umma-bob That Does The Job!
One song out of the Cinderella score did become a major hit song. That song was “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo”, subtitled “The Magic Song”.
A Hit Is A Wish the Chart Makes
Tin Pan Alley–the establishment of the music industry at the time of Disney’s Cinderella–gave some of the songs from the score short shrift.
