Playlist for Sunday, July 6, 2014: Classic Disney!

Yup, it's Disney time again on 2 on the Aisle...but this time it's the classics!  From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella to The Jungle Book and The Aristocats! Some of these songs are branded on my brain since childhood. One chorus and I'm back at age 8, on a Sunday night, watching, listening, and dancing to Disney's Wonderful World of Color on TV.  So, no, they're not Broadway, but they are beautifully musical.

In my research for this show, I found out that a lot of these movies weren't box office successes.  Pinocchio, with 2 Academy Awards and accolades a'plenty regarding its animation, was a disaster!  It only made money after its many re-releases.  Bambi had a similar reception: too dark, too scary, and man, did it irritate the hunters in the audience! And then of course, Bambi's mom had to die; that didn't win anybody over either! But all seem to have stood the test of time...and gained in popularity with new generations.

My favorite? The Jungle Book numbers....and of course the Work Song, from Cinderella ("Cinderelly, cinderelly, night and day, it's..."well, you get the picture!). Hope you share my enjoyment of these perennials! 


Heigh - Ho (Ensemble, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
He's a Tramp (Peggy Lee, The Lady and the Tramp)
The Siamese Cat Song (Peggy Lee, The Lady and the Tramp)
Bella Notte (George Givot, Ensemble, The Lady and the Tramp)
The Work Song (Jimmy McDonald, Ensemble, Cinderella)
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Ilene Woods, Cinderella)
Hi Diddle Dee Dee, An Actor's Life for Me (Walter Catlett, Pinocchio)
I've Got No Strings (Dickie Jones, Ensemble, Pinocchio)
Little April Showers (Ensemble, Bambi)
Oo De Lally (Roger Williams, Robin Hood)
Whistle Stop (Roger Williams, Robin Hood)
I Wanna Be Like You (Louis Prima, Phil Harris, The Jungle Book)
The Bare Necessities (Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman, The Jungle Book)
I'm Wishing - One Song (Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Snow White)
The Dwarf's Yodel Song (Ensemble, Snow White)
I Wonder (Mary Costas, Sleeping Beauty)
Once Upon a Dream (Mary Costas, Bill Shirley, Sleeping Beauty)
Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat (Scatman Crothers, Phil Harris, The Aristocats)
Zip a Dee Doo Dah (Louis Armstrong, Song of the South)
When You Wish Upon a Star (Cliff Edwards, Pinocchio)