The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song
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| The Music of Disney: A Legacy In Song | |
|---|---|
| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | September 1992 |
| Recorded | 1928–1991 |
| Genre | Various |
| Label | Walt Disney Records |
| Producer | Various |
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song is a 1992 three-disc set of Disney songs that were originally recorded between 1928 and 1991.
The collection is composed of songs from films, television shows and theme parks including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Little Mermaid, The Mickey Mouse Club, and the Walt Disney anthology television series. Released in 1992 by Walt Disney Records, it includes "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "Beauty and the Beast" and "It's a Small World".[citation needed]
Singers and performers include Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Burl Ives, Louis Prima, Maurice Chevalier, Angela Lansbury, Roger Miller, Helen Reddy, Bette Midler, Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas, Annette Funicello, Pearl Bailey and George Bruns.
The collection was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 as Best Historical Album: "Music of Disney--A Legacy in Song” (Various), Michael Leon, album producer.[1]
Certified as a gold-selling record by the RIAA in January 1993, it was certified as a platinum-selling recording in March 1995.[2]