A Cowboy Needs a Horse - Larry Groce

This month's Obscure Disney Song is the title track from the 1956 short A Cowboy Needs a Horse. The film is about a boy who dreams about being a cowboy. He fights off indians, saves a train from a collapsed bridge and rescues a damsel in distress.

The flat look to this film is the modern look that many cartoons had in the 50s. This style was popularized by studios that didn't have a very big budget and were forced to limit the amount of animation in their films. Studios like UPA and Hanna-Barbera are good examples of this style. Disney certainly didn't have a small budget but they still wanted to stay hip to current styles and trends so they started creating films in this modern style. The result is a very charming cartoon.

This cover of A Cowboy Needs a Horse is taken from PARDERS - 14 GREAT COWBOY SONGS, a record that Disney produced in 1980. Larry Groce sings with the Disneyland Children's Sing-Along Chorus as well as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.

Larry Groce recorded many albums for Disneyland Records in the 70s and 80s, including the DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVOURITES series and the DISNEY CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES albums and many of the storybook records.

A Cowboy Needs a Horse Larry Groce 1980