"to perpetuate a dangerously glorified picture of slavery. Making use of the beautiful Uncle Remus folklore, ""Song of the South"" unfortunately gives the impression of an idyllic master-slave relationship which is a distortion of the facts. White however had not yet seen the film; his statement was based on memos he received from two NAACP staff members – Norma Jensen and Hope Spingarn – who attended a press screening on November 20, 1946. Jensen had written that the film was ""so artistically beautiful that it is difficult to be provoked over the clichés"" but that it contained ""all the clichés"
"same year. The song was included on the only album the group ever recorded, ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"", issued on the Philles Records label. This version was sung by the following people: Johnny Mercer had a no. 8 hit with his rendition of the song in 1947. As a result, Mercer had to correct listeners who mistakenly assumed that he wrote it. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert from the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie ""Song of the South"", sung by James Baskett. For ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"", the film won the Academy Award for Best"
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert from the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie ""Song of the South"", sung by James Baskett. For ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"", the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and was the second in a long line of Disney songs to win this award, after ""When You Wish upon a Star"" from ""Pinocchio"" (1940). In 2004 it finished at number 47 in ""AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs"", a survey of top tunes in American cinema. For many years the song was part of an opening theme medley"
"Pearl Harbor in 1941. He served for three years, stationed at Naval Magazine Indian Island, where (among other duties) he trained gunnery crews in the recognition of enemy aircraft. After the war, he was an animation artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He worked on the design of Mr. Bluebird, featured in the song ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" from the 1946 film ""Song of the South"", as well as taking part in the creation of artwork for other films. Edwards lived in Santa Barbara, California, and designed a unique ""Corky"" for special events such as homecoming plays, until his death on March 9,"
"is used as the main song in Splash Mountain, a log flume ride based on ""Song of the South"" at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Steve Miller recorded a version for his 1988 album ""Born 2B Blue"", which is composed of jazz standards and other songs such as Lee Dorsey's ""Ya Ya"". Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, a Phil Spector-produced American rhythm and blues trio from Los Angeles, recorded ""Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah"" using the Wrecking Crew in late 1962. According to the Beatles' George Harrison: ""When Phil Spector was making 'Zip-A-Dee"
"Johnny Lee (actor) John Dotson Lee Jr. (July 4, 1898 – December 12, 1965) was an American singer, dancer and actor known for voicing the role of Br'er Rabbit in Disney's ""Song of the South"" (1946). He is probably best remembered as the clownish, cringing, tremulous-voiced shyster pseudo-lawyer Algonquin J. Calhoun in the CBS ""Amos 'n' Andy"" TV and radio comedy series in the early 1950s. Much of his career was spent in vaudeville, but he also performed in motion pictures, on recordings and in television. He released a record (as ""Johnnie Lee"") in July 1949 called ""You Can't Lose"
"the rounds on Tin Pan Alley."" He played saxophone and clarinet for a variety of famous swing bands. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood to work for Warner Bros. as a contract songwriter. He contributed material to a large number of movies, including those of the famous Busby Berkeley before moving to Disney in 1947. Wrubel collaborated with lyricist Ray Gilbert on the song ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" from the film ""Song of the South"" which won the Oscar for Best Song in 1947. Wrubel also contributed to the films ""Make Mine Music"", ""Duel in the Sun"", ""I Walk Alone"", ""Melody Time"", ""Tulsa"","
"A Broken Heart"" (Columbia Records # 30172), with backup vocals by The Ebonaires. Lee also starred in an all-black musical comedy called ""Sugar Hill"" in 1949 at Las Palmas Theatre in California. He died of a heart attack on December 12, 1965 age 67. Johnny Lee (actor) John Dotson Lee Jr. (July 4, 1898 – December 12, 1965) was an American singer, dancer and actor known for voicing the role of Br'er Rabbit in Disney's ""Song of the South"" (1946). He is probably best remembered as the clownish, cringing, tremulous-voiced shyster pseudo-lawyer Algonquin J. Calhoun in the CBS ""Amos 'n'"
"Is A Song: ""Bambi"" (1942) - Donald Novis 11. Little April Shower: ""Bambi"" (1942) - Amy Lou Barnes/Sally Mueller/Mary Moder/Alice Sizer/Betty Bruce 12. Saludos Amigos: ""Saludos Amigos"" (1943) - Disney Studio Chorus 13. You Belong To My Heart: ""The Three Caballeros"" (1944) - Dora Luz 14. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah: ""Song Of The South"" (1946) - James Baskett 15. Ev'rybody Has A Laughing Place: ""Song Of The South"" (1946) - James Baskett/Jesse Cryor/Johnny Lee/Nicodemus Stewart 16. The Lord Is Good To Me: ""Melody Time"" (1946) - Dennis Day 17. Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly): ""So Dear To My Heart"" (1946) - Burl Ives 18."
"Smith) had a recurring role as Louise the housekeeper on CBS's ""The Danny Thomas Show"" and appeared in the show's 1967 reunion program, which aired shortly after her death. Nick Stewart (Lightnin') had a memorable cameo in ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"" (1963) as a hapless driver run off the highway. Stewart and Johnny Lee (Calhoun) both provided voices in the Walt Disney film ""Song of the South"" in 1946. Johnny did the voice of Br'er Rabbit and Nick was heard as Br'er Bear. The film also starred black actor James Baskett, who had voiced the Gabby Gibson"
"In the game, Jess Harnell reprises his role from the attraction as Br'er Rabbit and also takes on the role of Br'er Fox, while Br'er Bear is voiced by James Avery, who previously voiced Br'er Bear and Br'er Frog in the Walt Disney World version of Splash Mountain. This is the Br'ers' first major appearance in Disney media since ""The Lion King 1½"" in 2004 and their first appearance as computer-generated characters. Song of the South Song of the South is a 1946 American live-action/animated musical film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based"
"role in ""Swingin' the Dream"" and ""Louisiana Purchase"", as well as in the film ""Go West, Young Man"". Stewart also performed comedy as a cast member of the Rudy Vallée radio show in 1941. Other acting credits include the 1936 movie ""Go West Young Man"", the voice of Br'er Bear in the 1946 Disney movie ""Song of the South"", (As well as in the spin-off Disney attraction Splash Mountain. Coincidentally, he is the only voice actor in that attraction to reprise his role from the film, as James Baskett and Johnny Lee, the original voices of Brer Fox and Brer"
"role of Colonel Hathi (Disney character) and the vulture Buzzie in ""The Jungle Book"" (1967). His voice can be heard in ""Alice in Wonderland"" (1951), in which he performs all the character voices in ""The Walrus and the Carpenter"" segment (besides Alice), including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Walrus, the Carpenter, and Mother Oyster. O'Malley also provided the voice of Br'er Fox in ""Song of the South"" (1946) when James Baskett was unavailable. Actor Dick Van Dyke has said that O'Malley was his dialect coach on ""Mary Poppins"", attributing his infamous Cockney accent in that film to O'Malley. O'Malley died of"
"& the Blue Jeans, who recorded Spector's version of ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"", an Oscar-winning song from the 1946 Walt Disney film ""Song of the South"", which got into the Top 10 in 1963. The Blossoms landed a weekly part on ""Shindig!"", one of the top music shows of the era. They were part of the highly acclaimed ""Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special"", which aired on NBC. ""Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"" is a song recorded by Darlene Love for the 1963 holiday compilation album, ""A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector"". The song was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich,"
"for Splash Mountain came to Baxter while he was stuck in traffic on his way to work. Around the same time, America Sings, another attraction at Disneyland, was slated to be taken out due to the poor attendance. Baxter incorporated the Audio-Animatronics figures from America Sings with his idea for Splash Mountain (which was originally going to be titled Zip-a-Dee River Run). Baxter had remembered from a previous Walt Disney film: the ""Song of the South"", had contained a song titled ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,"" which he synced with the animatronics transferred from America Sings. He then pieced together the sound, mechanics, and"
"it throughout his life"". Disney distanced himself from the Motion Picture Alliance in the 1950s. Disney has also been accused of other forms of racism because some of his productions released between the 1930s and 1950s contain racially insensitive material. The feature film ""Song of the South"" was criticized by contemporary film critics, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and others for its perpetuation of black stereotypes, but Disney later campaigned successfully for an Honorary Academy Award for its star, James Baskett, the first black actor so honored. Gabler argues that ""Walt Disney was no racist. He"
"first hit, 1962's ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" (originally from the 1946 Disney movie, ""Song of the South""). Love, meanwhile, handled the lead vocals on the follow-up single, 1963's ""Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart"". Sheen and Love shared lead vocal duties on the final single, ""Not Too Young to Get Married"". Sheen and Love shared vocal duties on the only album the group ever recorded, ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" (1963). Sheen can be heard as lead vocalist on the group's final recordings, ""The Bells of St. Mary's"" and ""Here Comes Santa Claus"", two tracks on the Spector-produced album, ""A Christmas Gift for You from Phil"
"allusion to the idiom as well. In 1942, the popular song ""(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"" used them, despite an absence of real blue birds on those cliffs, among other imagery to lift spirits. The Academy Award-winning song, ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,"" from Disney's 1946 live-action and animated film ""Song of the South"" makes reference to ""Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder"" as a symbol of good cheer. In the 1946 Japanese film ""No Regrets for Our Youth"", directed by Akira Kurosawa, when Yukie and Noge reunite in Tokyo during the war, Yukie laments that she is not happy with"
"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead ""Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"" is the centerpiece of several individual songs in an extended set-piece performed by the Munchkins, Glinda (Billie Burke) and Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) in the classic 1939 film ""The Wizard of Oz"". It was also sung by studio singers and represented as being sung by the Winkie soldiers. It was composed by Harold Arlen, with the lyrics written by E.Y. Harburg. The group of songs celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the East when Dorothy's house is dropped on her by the tornado and the death of the"
"Douglas Fowley Douglas Fowley (born Daniel Vincent Fowley, May 30, 1911 – May 21, 1998) was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter in ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), and for his regular supporting role as Doc Holliday in ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"". He is the father of rock and roll musician and record producer Kim Fowley. Fowley was born in The Bronx in New York City. He began acting while attending St."
"scene transitions, saying, ""I got a chance to use some of my favorite '40s music here, too, or '30s and '40s music to transition scenes."" Producer Paul Rabwin also supervised ""a special arrangement"" of the 1938 jazz standard ""Jeepers Creepers"", which was also included in the ballroom scene. The episode contains many intentional references to the 1939 musical film ""The Wizard of Oz"". The ship's captain is named after the film's lyricist Yip Harburg, and the ballroom singer, Almira Gulch, after ""The Wizard of Oz"" character who is the analog for the Wicked Witch of the West. Her band is"
"in ""The Big Bonanza"" (1944), and young Percy Maxim in ""So Goes My Love"" (1946), with Don Ameche and Myrna Loy. He also had smaller roles in movies such as ""Identity Unknown"" in 1945 and ""Miss Susie Slagle's"", ""From This Day Forward"", and ""O.S.S."" with Alan Ladd, all released in 1946. Driscoll and Luana Patten were the first two actors Walt Disney put under contract. Driscoll then played the lead character in 1946's ""Song of the South"", which introduced live action into the producer's films in conjunction with extensive animated footage. The film turned Driscoll and his co-star Luana Patten"
"Brothers in a musical spoof in the film ""Honolulu"" (Darby played one of two 'Grouchos' in the group). He also provided the theme song and the soundtrack for ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,"" the 1950s–60s television series starring Hugh O'Brian, and ""The Adventures of Jim Bowie"" starring Scott Forbes. He was a composer and production supervisor for Walt Disney Studios and was choral and vocal director on the 1946 Disney film classic ""Song of the South"". He was also Marilyn Monroe's vocal coach for ""Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"" (1953) and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (1954). Darby was"
"Picante Records. When Bobby Nunn died in 1986, Nunn's group of The Coasters still toured with Sheen and Billy Richards, Jr. as members. Sheen died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California at the age of 59. Bobby Sheen Bobby Sheen (May 17, 1941 – November 23, 2000) was an American rhythm and blues singer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Sheen is best known for singing with Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans who had their biggest hit ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" in 1962 (which was produced by Phil Spector). Sheen has also recorded with other groups including The Robins, The Lovables, The"
"Robert Conrad Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935) is a retired American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He was best known for his role in the 1965–69 television series ""The Wild Wild West"", playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series ""Baa Baa Black Sheep"" (later syndicated as ""Black Sheep Squadron""). In addition to acting, he was a singer, and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He has hosted a weekly two-hour national radio"
"Joanne Gilbert Joanne Gilbert (born July 17, 1932) is an American television and film actress. Gilbert was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Hollywood, California. She is the daughter of American lyricist Ray Gilbert who is best known for writing the lyrics of the song ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"". She pursued an unsuccessful career as a fashion model in New York City, and then moved back to California, performing as a nightclub singer before becoming a film actress. Her movies include ""Red Garters"" starring Rosemary Clooney and Jack Carson, and ""The Great Man"". She has been married to Edward Louis Rissien"
"Theatre in 1936, when they summered at Pine Brook Country Club in Nichols, Connecticut. During World War II, Cobb served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces. Cobb entered films in the 1930s, successfully playing middle-aged and even older characters while he was still a youth. He was cast as the Kralahome in the 1946 non musical film ""Anna and the King of Siam"". He also played the sympathetic doctor in ""The Song of Bernadette"" and appeared as Derek Flint's (James Coburn) supervisor in the James Bond spy spoofs ""In Like Flint"" and ""Our"
"and patterned themselves as a Cuban version of the Andrews Sisters. They emigrated to Miami in 1942, where they were seen by an agent from General Artists Corporation (now ICM) and booked into the Copacabana in New York with the Will Mastin Trio featuring Sammy Davis Jr. As their careers progressed their act became more flamboyant, and they worked across the country, including at the Palladium in Hollywood, where they sang with Tito Puente's band and made their first recordings. In 1946, they provided several of the bird and animal voices for Walt Disney's animated ""Song of the South"", including"
"in a 1929 film short. Later it was also sung briefly by the Rhythm Boys in the 1930 film ""King of Jazz"". The song was also sung in the 1931 Toby the Pup cartoon ""Down South"". The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, and Al Rinker, performed the song when they reunited on radio in 1943 on the ""Paul Whiteman Presents"" radio program. Paul Whiteman re-recorded the song on December 7, 1954 for Coral Records. The song has been recorded by a number of artists since, including Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke, Dinah Shore, Si Zentner and"
"Bobby Driscoll Robert Cletus ""Bobby"" Driscoll (March 3, 1937 – March 30, 1968) was an American child actor and artist known for a large body of cinema and TV performances from 1943 to 1960. He starred in some of the Walt Disney Studios' most popular live-action pictures of that period, such as ""Song of the South"" (1946), ""So Dear to My Heart"" (1949), and ""Treasure Island"" (1950). He served as animation model and provided the voice for the title role in ""Peter Pan"" (1953). In 1950, he received an Academy Juvenile Award for outstanding performance in feature films of 1949,"
"Roscoe Ates Roscoe Ates (January 20, 1895 – March 1, 1962) was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily featured in western films and television. He was best known as western character Soapy Jones. He was also billed as Rosco Ates. Ates was born on January 20, 1895, in the rural hamlet of Grange, northwest of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Grange is no longer included on road maps. Ates spent much of his childhood overcoming a severe speech impediment, finally succeeding when he was 18. Ates played his violin to accompany silent films at a"
"the war with ""Make Mine Music"" in 1946, ""Fun and Fancy Free"" in 1947, ""Melody Time"" in 1948 and ""The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"" in 1949. For the feature films ""Mickey and the Beanstalk"", ""Bongo"" and ""Wind in the Willows"", he condensed them into the package films ""Fun and Fancy Free"" and ""The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"" since Walt feared that the low-budget animation would not become profitable. The most ambitious Disney film of this period was the 1946 film ""Song of the South"", a film blending live-action and animation which drew criticism in later years"
"""Song of the South""'s """"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"""", two new reprises of ""I'm Late!"", and three new numbers entitled ""Ocean of Tears"", ""Simon Says"", and ""Who Are You?"" respectively. This 60–80 minute version is owned by Music Theatre International in the Broadway, Jr. Collection. ""Alice in Wonderland"" was first released on LP record on July 28, 1951, and re-released on Audio CD in 1998. ""Almost Alice"" is a concept album of various artists' music inspired by Burton's ""Alice in Wonderland"". The album is also notable for featuring songs that were inspired from quotes directly from Lewis Carroll's original novel. The album was released"