Melody Time’s Blue Shadows On The Trail
“Blue Shadows On The Trail” was also all over the airwaves during the spring and summer of 1948. Decca released a version of this tune, as sung by Bing Crosby.
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It’s ‘Melody Time’ for the Kiddies
Both “The Legend of Johnny Appleseed” and “Little Toot” had songs attached to them. The reaction of Tin Pan Alley was interesting–and, perhaps, notable.
Bumbling The “Boogie”
Another piece used in Melody Time that the Disney people did not “own” was Bumble Boogie. In fact, most people already knew of it as the Rimsky-Korsakov composition “Flight of the Bumblebee”.
“Time” For Some Disney “Melody”
Joyce Kilmer had written a short poem around 1913. Nine years later, it was set to music by Oscar Rasbach. “Trees” was already a well-known standard by the time Melody Time was being planned.
More “Bongo” Beating
The “rhythm number” from “Bongo” was “Say It With A Slap” – a title that sounds today like an invitation to be inducted into the #MeToo movement.
Like, Slap that “Bongo”, Man!
The only song from “Bongo” that clicked was “Lazy Countryside”, a song written by Bobby Worth. And the music industry plugged it for all it was… ahem! … worth!
Covering “Fun And Fancy Free”
“Fun and Fancy Free” did well at the box-office. But, from the standpoint of hit songs – frankly, “Fun and Fancy Free” was a flop!
I Can Get Satisfaction (with Terrytoons)
This week’s column is sort of an addendum to my essay last week. More on Helen Carroll and the singers I’ve dubbed “The Terrytones”.
Terrytoons Satisfaction
A little about Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers – a vocal group heard on some of the Terrytoons cartoons of the 1940’s and 1950’s.
Woody Keeps On Peckin’
For their cover recording, the Sportsmen Quartet had the accompaniment of a ukulele, a vocal bass–and the able assistance of Mel Blanc.
