Kiss the Girl - Peter Andre

After being discovered on the Australian tv show New Faces in 1990, PETER ANDRE has released a half dozen albums and has had seven top 5 singles, the most of any Australian male singer!

In 1998 he released a cover of Kiss the Girl which would end up being his last single as he took a break from recording and performing to look after his new children.

Peter has since gotten back into the business with the release of a new album with his model wife, Katie Price (the album is titled and features a cover of A Whole New World). They currently star in their own reality show and are working on their second album together.

Kiss the Girl Peter Andre 1998

Kiss the Girl - Ashley Tisdale

Happy birthday to ASHELY TISDALE who is celebrating her 23rd birthday today. Tisdale, who started her career as the girl whose head turns into a giant orange in the Gushers commercials, is best known for her roles as Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Sharpay Evans High School Musical.

Ashley will reprise her role as Sharpay Evans in the upcoming High School Musical 3: Senior Year which is actually getting a theatrical release rather than premiering on the Disney Channel like the last two.

While Ashley hasn't really branched out of the Disney world since becoming famous, she has branched out into other areas of media. She has released her own pop/rock record and has provided the voices of a few Disney characters including Candace Flynn in Phineas and Ferb, Camille Leon in Kim Possible and the Lead Blueberry Scout in A Bug's Life.

Kiss the Girl is a small sample of her music. While most of her stuff falls in the ultra-cheesy pop catagory, this song is a fun, high-energy version of the Little Mermaid ballad. I actually kind of like it a lot.

Kiss the Girl Ashley Tisdale 2007

Kiss the Girl - Little Texas

I am not a country fan really at all. But of all the versions of Kiss the Girl that I have heard, I would have to say that I like this one the best. The Little Mermaid song has been crafted into a modern country hit by LITTLE TEXAS in 1996 for the Disney tribute album, THE BEST OF COUNTRY SING THE BEST OF DISNEY. The song reached 52 on the US Country Music Charts.

A year after this single was released Little Texas broke up. Ten years later, four of the original members decided to get back together again to record and tour. They released an album in June 2007. How long will they be around this time? Who knows. I just hope they cover another Disney tune.

Kiss the Girl Little Texas 1996

Kiss the Girl - English Chamber Orchestra

BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BACH is the second of two albums that take classic Disney songs and reinterpret them in the styles of various classical composers. On this album the Little Mermaid's love ballad Kiss the Girl was scored in the style of Finnish composer JEAN SIBELIUS. This piece is performed by the ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.

When I first heard this piece I thought it sounded a lot like Wagner. But I when I looked at the liner notes I saw that it was in the style of Sibelius. Now I'm no expert on classical music so I searched Sibelius on Wikipedia and found out that Wagner is one of Sibelius' greatest inspirations!

This version of Kiss the Girl takes on a more dramatic approach. It turns this love song into a full out opera. It is unique and inventive. You have to listen very closely or you may not even recognize the song! The themes are there but they go through a few different variations.

Kiss the Girl English Chamber Orchestra 1996