One of my readers, Joe, has requested some Alice in Wonderland covers and I am here to deliver! Tying that into another event, if the voice of the Cheshire Cat, Sterling Holloway, was still alive today he would turn 102! Happy birthday!
STERLING HOLOWAY did a lot of work with Disney. And I mean a lot! He was the narrator in a number of Disney shorts, Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Kaa in The Jungle Book, Roquefort in The Aristocats, and of course, Winnie the Pooh, a role that he voiced until his retirement in 1979!
If I could have, I would have posted a cover of the Jabberwocky song that the Cheshire Cat sings in Alice in Wonderland. So instead I give you Very Good Advice. This song is a turning point in the film for Alice. She desperately tries to be an adult but realizes in this song that she still has a lot to learn.
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET take the melody and turn it into a happy jazz standard. It doesn't really follow the same feel as its original counterpart. If you own DAVE DIGS DISNEY
on vinyl you won't hear this song as it is an unreleased track from the studio sessions that was included on the CD release.
2 comments:
Sterling Holloway was the best! I was planning on watching Alice in Wonderland today but I think I'll switch to Pooh in honor of his belated birthday.
I second ladytink's sentiment. Sterling Holloway was great.
I see that Pooh is now voiced by the same person who voices Tigger. I'd like to see what happens when *he* passes on :S
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