Showing posts with label The Sherman Brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Sherman Brothers. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
DBC’s History Lesson: The Enchanted Tiki Room in 1963
For our history lesson for today, let’s go back to 1963!!
50 years ago, Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room premiered on June 23rd.
It was the very first Disney attraction to feature Audio-Animatronics. The hosts of the show for 50 years are Jose (voiced by Wally Boag), Fritz (voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft), and the rest of the Tiki Birds.
The attraction contains songs that were written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
Disneyland will celebrate the show’s 50th Anniversary starting this Summer.
Check back for Trivia “In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room”
Monday, April 8, 2013
Annette Funicello 1942-2013
This is a Disney By Chris Special Report!!
Legendary Singer and “Mouseketeer” Annette Funicello, passed away today at the age of 70.
Annette was best known as one of the original “Mouseketeers” on The Mickey Mouse Club back in 1955 on ABC. She also performed such hit songs including “Pineapple Princess”, “The Monkey’s Uncle” and one of my favorites, “Tall Paul”.
“Tall Paul” was named number 7 back in 1959 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. That song and “The Monkey’s Uncle” were both written by The Sherman Brothers. She sang with other artists including Tommy Kirk, Frankie Avalon and The Beach Boys.
Annette starred with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party film series. She appeared on The Danny Thomas Show along with other various TV shows.
Legendary Singer and “Mouseketeer” Annette Funicello, passed away today at the age of 70.
Annette was best known as one of the original “Mouseketeers” on The Mickey Mouse Club back in 1955 on ABC. She also performed such hit songs including “Pineapple Princess”, “The Monkey’s Uncle” and one of my favorites, “Tall Paul”.
“Tall Paul” was named number 7 back in 1959 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. That song and “The Monkey’s Uncle” were both written by The Sherman Brothers. She sang with other artists including Tommy Kirk, Frankie Avalon and The Beach Boys.
Annette starred with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party film series. She appeared on The Danny Thomas Show along with other various TV shows.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Robert B. Sherman 1925-2012
As all of you heard last week, we lost Robert B. Sherman of The Sherman Brothers. He and his brother Richard M. Sherman wrote a lot of songs for for both the Disney films. They wrote the song "Chim Chim Chree" from Mary Poppins, which earned them an Academy Award back in 1964.
Robert and Richard also wrote songs for the Disney Park attractions including:
Robert will be enternally missed, but he will never be forgotten.
We miss you, Robert.
Robert and Richard also wrote songs for the Disney Park attractions including:
- The Enchanted Tiki Room
- Magic Journeys
- It's A Small World
- The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh
- Adventure Through Inner Space
- Journey Into Imagination
- Carousel of Progress
Robert will be enternally missed, but he will never be forgotten.
We miss you, Robert.
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