R.I.P. Robert Sherman
Surprised there's not a thread on this already about the passing of Robert B. Sherman aged 86, one of the legendary Sherman Brothers who wrote many famous songs for movies and theme parks.
Mostly they're known for being connected with Disney having written songs for The Parent Trap, The Sword In The Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Winnie The Pooh as well as the songs heard in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Magic of Lassie.
They also wrote the songs "It's A Small World" and "One Little Spark", "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" and "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" heard in Disney theme parks across the world.
R.I.P.
Mostly they're known for being connected with Disney having written songs for The Parent Trap, The Sword In The Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Winnie The Pooh as well as the songs heard in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Magic of Lassie.
They also wrote the songs "It's A Small World" and "One Little Spark", "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" and "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" heard in Disney theme parks across the world.
R.I.P.
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I loved Mary Poppins and The Sword in the Stone
Hell, I still sing some of them regularly to this day.
R.I.P. Robert, your songs were truly scrumptious!
A great talent whose songs will live on for generations to come.
Feed the Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VwU_oS2ErQ
Walt's favourite song in the film - apparently, for the rest of his life, whenever he would say "Play it", they knew that he wanted to hear "Feed the Birds".
I remember that story from the documentary about Mary Poppins. It's a beautiful, magical song that still hypnotizes me as much as it did when I watched as a kid. I also recall a bird flying down during a performance of the song and the Sherman Brothers said it was Walt.