Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo - Bing Crosby



Today marks the 60th anniversary of Disney's Cinderella, the first fully-length feature since Bambi in 1942. All throughout WWII, Walt released a series of compilation films (Melody Time, Saludos Amigos, etc.) that were made on a much cheaper budget. Cinderella saw the return of the magical fairy tale storytelling that Disney had established for himself in the early 40s.

Rather than having in-house songwriters for this film, Walt turned to Tin Pan Alley to write some songs for him. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo came out of Tin Pan Alley and went on to be a big hit.

Around the time of Cinderella's release, many people recorded their own versions of this song, including BING CROSBY, who had previously worked for Disney as the narrator of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

Bing Crosby recorded the song with the Vic Schoen Orchestra and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires on January 3, 1950, a over month before the release of the film. The B-side of this record was Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy.

There are lots of Disney connections here! The Jud Conlon Chorus sang the opening number for Cinderella as well as other Disney classics through the 50s, like Second Star to the Right and Alice in Wonderland. And Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires sang many songs for Disney, including the Donald Duck theme song! The fact that they were backing Bing makes me think that Disney had asked Bing to record this song as a tie-in for the movie. After all, there weren't many people more well known than Bing Crosby at that time.

This song can be found on the album GOOD & RARE which came out a few years ago.

Labels: bibbidi bobbidi boo, bing crosby, cinderella, good and rare, oldies

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  The Three Caballeros - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
Hi there! It's Thomas from Upcoming Pixar Kurtis kindly invited me to do a guest post here on Covering the Mouse. I must just say what a fantastic site this is!

I've always liked Disney's compilation movie, The Three Caballeros, and I always get the theme song stuck in my head. One day I came across Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters doing a cover of it. I don't think either Bing Crosby or the Andrews Sisters need any introduction. They have both collaborated many times before on such hits as "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" and "Don't Fence Me In".

The Andrews Sisters have also sung for two Disney films, but this song was released before any collaboration occurred between Disney and the sisters. The song reached the #8 position on the charts in 1945, which really is no surprise, as the Andrews Sisters sold the most records in the 40's only beaten by Bing Crosby.

You can view the original version on YouTube, where you can note how perfect the Andrews Sisters' voices were for the song, considering that the Three Caballeros were birds.

The Three Caballeros Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters 1944

Labels: andrews sisters, bing crosby, oldies, three caballeros, three caballeros song

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