1995 box set by Various Artists
Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic The cover of the 2003 box set containing all 5 Classic Disney CDs.
Released 1995 - 1998 (Volumes 1 - 5 individually) 2000 (Volumes 1 - 3 box set) 2001 (Volumes 1 - 4 box set) 2003 (Volumes 1 - 5 box set) Recorded 1929 – 1998 Genre Soundtrack Length 71 :55 (Volume 1) 72:39 (Volume 2) 73:03 (Volume 3) 62:56 (Volume 4) 69:05 (Volume 5) Label Walt Disney Records Producer Harold J. Kleiner, Ted Kryczko
Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic is a five-volume compilation series, each containing 25 (125 in total) songs compiled from Disneyland and Walt Disney World , various Disney films in animation and live-action , and the Walt Disney anthology television series . Each volume was released individually on CD and cassette between 1995 and 1998. Volume One was released on March 28, 1995, Volume Two on September 12, 1995, Volume Three on July 2, 1996, Volume Four on July 15, 1997 and Volume Five on September 22, 1998. In 2000, a box set was released containing volumes 1 - 3, followed by a box set containing volumes 1 - 4 in 2001, Finally, a box set containing all five volumes packaged in a slipcase was released by Walt Disney Records in Australia , Japan , North America and Europe in 2003.
The series was followed by Disney's Greatest , a three-volume compilation series released in 2001 and 2002. The series was very similar to Classic Disney and although each volume featured many of the same songs, only 20 songs appeared on each volume as opposed to Classic Disney' s 25. In addition to containing only 20 songs, the Disney's Greatest compilations also contained songs from films released from 1999 - 2002, after the Classic Disney compilations were released.
Track listing
Volume 1 - Red
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[ 1] [ 2]
Volume One (red) Title Writer(s) Performed by 1. "A Whole New World " (Aladdin ) Alan Menken , Tim Rice Brad Kane , Lea Salonga 2:39 2. "Circle of Life " (The Lion King ) Rice, Elton John Carmen Twillie with Lebo M. 3:56 3. "Beauty and the Beast " (Beauty and the Beast ) Menken, Howard Ashman Angela Lansbury 2:43 4. "Under the Sea " (The Little Mermaid ) Menken, Ashman Samuel E. Wright 3:12 5. "Hakuna Matata " (The Lion King ) Rice, John Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella with Jason Weaver and Joseph Williams 3:30 6. "Kiss the Girl " (The Little Mermaid ) Menken, Ashman Wright 2:40 7. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King " (The Lion King ) Rice, John Weaver with Rowan Atkinson and Laura Williams 2:49 8. "Poor Unfortunate Souls " (The Little Mermaid ) Menken, Ashman Pat Carroll with Jodi Benson [ 3] 4:49 9. "Chim Chim Cher-ee " (Mary Poppins ) Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman Dick Van Dyke , Julie Andrews with Karen Dotrice , Matthew Garber 2:45 10. "Jolly Holiday " (Mary Poppins ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Van Dyke, Andrews 4:57 11. "A Spoonful of Sugar " (Mary Poppins ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Andrews 4:07 12. "Let's Get Together " (The Parent Trap ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Hayley Mills 1:29 13. "The Monkey's Uncle " (The Monkey's Uncle ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Annette Funicello with The Beach Boys 2:32 14. "The Ugly Bug Ball " (Summer Magic ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Burl Ives 2:57 15. "The Spectrum Song " (Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Paul Frees 1:36 16. "Colonel Hathi's March " (The Jungle Book ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman J. Pat O'Malley with the Pachyderm Chorus2:29 17. "A Whale of a Tale " (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ) Al Hoffman , Norman Gimbel Kirk Douglas 2:07 18. "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! " (Peter Pan ) Sammy Cahn , Sammy Fain Bobby Driscoll , Kathryn Beaumont , Paul Collins , Tommy Luske4:03 19. "The Work Song " (Cinderella ) Hoffman, Mack David , Jerry Livingston The Mouse Chorus 2:02 20. "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes " (Cinderella ) Hoffman, David, Livingston Ilene Woods 3:43 21. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah " (Song of the South ) Ray Gilbert , Allie Wrubel James Baskett 2:16 22. "Dance of the Reed Flutes" (Fantasia ) Peter I. Tchaikovsky The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski 1:46 23. "Love Is a Song" (Bambi ) Larry Morey , Frank Churchill Donald Novis 2:07 24. "Some Day My Prince Will Come " (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ) Morey, Churchill Adriana Caselotti 1:52 25. "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo! " (Mickey's Follies ) Carl Stalling , Walt Disney Disney Chorus 2:00
Notes
James MacDonald performs on "The Work Song" as a member of the Mouse Chorus
Background vocals on "Love Is a Song" are provided by Disney Chorus
Volume 2 - Blue
Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[ 1] [ 4]
Volume Two (blue) Title Writer(s) Performed by 1. "Be Our Guest " (Beauty and the Beast ) Alan Menken , Howard Ashman Jerry Orbach , Angela Lansbury 3:42 2. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight " (The Lion King ) Elton John , Tim Rice Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky with Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella 2:56 3. "Part of Your World " (The Little Mermaid ) Menken, Ashman Jodi Benson 3:11 4. "One Jump Ahead " (Aladdin ) Menken, Rice Brad Kane 2:22 5. "Gaston " (Beauty and the Beast ) Menken, Ashman Richard White , Jesse Corti 3:37 6. "Something There " (Beauty and the Beast ) Menken, Ashman Paige O'Hara , Robby Benson 2:16 7. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " (Mary Poppins ) Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman Julie Andrews , Dick Van Dyke with J. Pat O'Malley , Richard M. Sherman and The Pearlie Chorus2:00 8. "Candle on the Water " (Pete's Dragon ) Al Kasha , Joel Hirschhorn Helen Reddy 2:58 9. "Main Street Electrical Parade " (Disneyland ) Jean-Jacques Perrey , Gershon Kingsley , Bob Hilliard , Sammy Fain , Mack David , Al Hoffman , Jerry Livingston , Julius Fučík , Don Dorsey, Kasha, HirschhornDisney Chorus 5:11 10. "The Age of Not Believing " (Bedknobs and Broomsticks ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Lansbury 3:15 11. "The Bare Necessities " (The Jungle Book ) Terry Gilkyson Phil Harris , Bruce Reitherman 4:49 12. "Feed the Birds (Tuppence A Bag) " (Mary Poppins ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Andrews 3:48 13. "Best of Friends " (The Fox and the Hound ) Stan Fidal, Richard Johnston Pearl Bailey 2:14 14. "Let's Go Fly a Kite " (Mary Poppins ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman David Tomlinson , Van Dyke1:48 15. "It's a Small World (After All) " (New York World's Fair ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman The Disneyland Chorus 2:39 16. "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room " (Disneyland ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Wally Boag , Fulton Burley , Thurl Ravenscroft with The Mellomen 2:37 17. "Mickey Mouse Club March " (The Mickey Mouse Club ) Jimmie Dodd The Mouseketeers 2:38 18. "On the Front Porch" (Summer Magic ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Burl Ives 3:22 19. "The Second Star to the Right" (Peter Pan ) Fain, Sammy Cahn The Jud Conlon Chorus 1:48 20. "Ev'rybody Has a Laughing Place " (Song of the South ) Ray Gilbert , Allie Wrubel James Baskett , Johnny Lee , Jesse Cryor, Nicodemus Stewart0:47 21. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo " (Cinderella ) Livingston, David, Hoffman Verna Felton , James Macdonald 3:35 22. "So This Is Love" (Cinderella ) Livingston, David, Hoffman Ilene Woods , Mike Douglas 1:30 23. "When You Wish Upon a Star " (Pinocchio ) Ned Washington , Leigh Harline Cliff Edwards 3:13 24. "Heigh-Ho " (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ) Larry Morey , Frank Churchill The Dwarf Chorus 2:46 25. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf " (The Three Little Pigs ) Churchill, Ann Ronell Pinto Colvig , Mary Moder , Dorothy Compton , Billy Bletcher 2:43
Notes
Volume 3 - Green
Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[ 1] [ 5]
Volume Three (green) Title Writer(s) Performed by 1. "Colors of the Wind " (Pocahontas ) Alan Menken , Stephen Schwartz Judy Kuhn 3:32 2. "You've Got a Friend in Me " (Toy Story ) Randy Newman Randy Newman 2:02 3. "Be Prepared " (The Lion King ) Elton John , Tim Rice Jeremy Irons with Whoopi Goldberg , Cheech Marin , and Jim Cummings 3:37 4. "Out There " (The Hunchback of Notre Dame ) Menken, Schwartz Tony Jay , Tom Hulce 4:22 5. "Family" (James and the Giant Peach ) Newman Paul Terry , Richard Dreyfuss , Susan Sarandon , Jane Leeves , Simon Callow , David Thewlis , Miriam Margolyes 2:40 6. "Les Poissons " (The Little Mermaid ) Menken, Howard Ashman René Auberjonois 1:32 7. "Mine, Mine, Mine " (Pocahontas ) Menken, Schwartz David Ogden Stiers , Mel Gibson 3:03 8. "Jack's Lament " (The Nightmare Before Christmas ) Danny Elfman Danny Elfman 3:14 9. "My Name Is James" (James and the Giant Peach ) Newman Paul Terry with Drew Harrah2:34 10. "Heffalumps and Woozles " (Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ) Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman Disney Chorus 2:02 11. "The Mob Song " (Beauty and the Beast ) Menken, Ashman Richard White 3:27 12. "Portobello Road " (Bedknobs and Broomsticks ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman David Tomlinson , Angela Lansbury 3:24 13. "Stay Awake " (Mary Poppins ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Julie Andrews 1:42 14. "I Wan'na Be Like You " (The Jungle Book ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Louis Prima 4:01 15. "Oo-De-Lally " (Robin Hood ) Roger Miller Roger Miller 0:58 16. "Are We Dancing? " (The Happiest Millionaire ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman John Davidson , Lesley Ann Warren 3:24 17. "Once Upon a Dream " (Sleeping Beauty ) Sammy Fain , Jack Lawrence , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Mary Costa , Bill Shirley 2:44 18. "Bella Notte " (Lady and the Tramp ) Peggy Lee , Sonny Burke George Givot with Bill Thompson 2:34 19. "Following the Leader" (Peter Pan ) Winston Hibler , Ted Sears , Oliver Wallace Bobby Driscoll , Paul Collins 1:34 20. "Trust in Me " (The Jungle Book ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Sterling Holloway 2:48 21. "The Ballad of Davy Crockett " (Davy Crockett ) Tom Blackburn , George Bruns The Wellingtons 1:40 22. "I'm Professor Ludwig Von Drake" (The Wonderful World of Color ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Paul Frees 2:00 23. "Pink Elephants on Parade " (Dumbo ) Wallace, Ned Washington Disney Chorus 4:27 24. "Little April Shower" (Bambi ) Larry Morey , Frank Churchill Disney Chorus 3:53 25. "The Silly Song (Dwarfs' Yodel Song) " (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ) Morey, Churchill The Dwarf Chorus, Adriana Caselotti 4:35
Volume 4 - Purple
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[ 1] [ 6]
Volume Four (purple) Title Writer(s) Performed by 1. "One Last Hope " (Hercules ) Alan Menken , David Zippel Danny DeVito 2:59 2. "A Guy Like You " (The Hunchback of Notre Dame ) Menken, Stephen Schwartz Jason Alexander , Charles Kimbrough , Mary Wickes , Mary Stout2:53 3. "On the Open Road " (A Goofy Movie ) Tom Snow , Jack Feldman Bill Farmer , Aaron Lohr 3:01 4. "Just Around the Riverbend " (Pocahontas ) Menken, Schwartz Judy Kuhn 2:28 5. "Home " (Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical ) Menken, Tim Rice Susan Egan 3:48 6. "Fantasmic! " (Disneyland ) Bruce Healey Bruce Healey with Disney Chorus 2:58 7. "Oogie Boogie's Song" (The Nightmare Before Christmas ) Danny Elfman Ken Page with Ed Ivory3:16 8. "I Will Go Sailing No More " (Toy Story ) Randy Newman Randy Newman 2:55 9. "Substitutiary Locomotion " (Bedknobs and Broomsticks ) Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman David Tomlinson , Angela Lansbury , Cindy O'Callaghan , Ian Weighill, Roy Snart1:43 10. "Stop, Look, and Listen/I'm No Fool" (The Mickey Mouse Club ) George Bruns , Jimmie Dodd , Gil GeorgeCliff Edwards 2:57 11. "Love " (Robin Hood ) Bruns, Floyd Huddleston Nancy Adams 1:48 12. "Thomas O'Malley Cat " (The Aristocats ) Terry Gilkyson Phil Harris 2:33 13. "That's What Friends Are For " (The Jungle Book ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Lord Tim Hudson , Digby Wolfe , J. Pat O'Malley 2:03 14. "Winnie the Pooh " (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Disney Chorus 2:23 15. "Femininity" (Summer Magic ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Hayley Mills , Deborah Walley , Wendy Turner1:58 16. "Ten Feet Off the Ground " (The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Buddy Ebsen , Lesley Ann Warren , Kurt Russell 4:00 17. "The Siamese Cat Song" (Lady and the Tramp ) Peggy Lee , Sonny Burke Peggy Lee 2:10 18. "Enjoy It! " (In Search of the Castaways ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Mills, Maurice Chevalier 2:06 19. "Although I Dropped $100,000 (I Found a Million Dollars in Your Smile) " (A Symposium on Popular Songs ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Paul Frees 1:47 20. "Give a Little Whistle " (Pinocchio ) Leigh Harline , Ned Washington Cliff Edwards with Dickie Jones 1:35 21. "Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale" (Cinderella ) Mack David , Al Hoffman , Jerry Livingston Ilene Woods with Rhoda Williams 2:07 22. "I Wonder" (Sleeping Beauty ) Bruns, Winston Hibler , Ted Sears Mary Costa 1:19 23. "Looking for Romance (I Bring You a Song)" (Bambi ) Larry Morey , Frank Churchill Donald Novis with Disney Chorus2:07 24. "Baby Mine " (Dumbo ) Churchill, Washington Betty Noyes 2:05 25. "I'm Wishing/One Song " (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ) Churchill, Morey Caselotti, Harry Stockwell 3:06
Volume 5 - Orange
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[ 7]
Volume Five (orange) Title Writer(s) Performed by 1. "I'll Make a Man Out of You " (Mulan ) Matthew Wilder , David Zippel Donny Osmond and Chorus3:19 2. "I Won't Say (I'm in Love) " (Hercules ) Zippel, Alan Menken Susan Egan with LaChanze , Vaneese Thomas , Lillias White , Cheryl Freeman2:19 3. "God Help the Outcasts " (The Hunchback of Notre Dame ) Menken, Stephen Schwartz Heidi Mollenhauer and Chorus 3:42 4. "If I Can't Love Her " (Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical ) Menken, Tim Rice Terrence Mann 4:03 5. "Steady As the Beating Drum" (Pocahontas ) Menken, Schwartz The Disney Chorus 1:50 6. "Belle " (Beauty and the Beast ) Menken, Howard Ashman Paige O'Hara and Richard White with Chorus5:07 7. "Strange Things" (Toy Story ) Randy Newman Randy Newman 3:18 8. "Cruella De Vil " (101 Dalmatians (Live-Action) ) Mel Leven Dr. John 4:05 9. "Eating the Peach" (James and the Giant Peach ) Newman, Roald Dahl Paul Terry , Richard Dreyfuss , Susan Sarandon , Jane Leeves , Simon Callow , David Thewlis , Miriam Margolyes with Jeff Bennett , Drew Harrah and Sally Stevens2:52 10. "Seize the Day " (Newsies ) Menken, Jack Feldman David Moscow and the Newsies1:59 11. "What's This?" (The Nightmare Before Christmas ) Danny Elfman Danny Elfman 3:05 12. "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) " (So Dear to My Heart ) Traditional, Adapted by Eliot Daniel and Larry Morey [ 8] Burl Ives 2:29 13. "The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down " (Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ) Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman The Disney Chorus 1:37 14. "A Step in the Right Direction " (Bedknobs and Broomsticks ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Angela Lansbury 2:22 15. "Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You, Too)" (Pete's Dragon ) Al Kasha , Joel Hirschhorn Sean Marshall , Charlie Callas 2:45 16. "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) " (Pirates of the Caribbean ) George Bruns , Xavier Atencio The Disney Chorus 4:44 17. "My Own Home " (The Jungle Book ) R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman Darleen Carr 3:29 18. "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" (The Aristocats ) Al Rinker , Floyd Huddleston Phil Harris , Scatman Crothers , Thurl Ravenscroft , Liz English2:01 19. "In a World of My Own " (Alice in Wonderland ) Sammy Fain , Bob Hilliard Kathryn Beaumont and Chorus1:20 20. "You Belong to My Heart " (The Three Caballeros ) Agustín Lara , Ray Gilbert Dora Luz 2:21 21. "Humphrey Hop " (In the Bag ) Bruns, Daws Butler The Disney Chorus 1:24 22. "He's a Tramp" (Lady and the Tramp ) Peggy Lee , Sonny Burke Peggy Lee 2:00 23. "Song of the South" (Song of the South ) Arthur Johnston , Sam Coslow The Disney Chorus 1:57 24. "When I See an Elephant Fly" (Dumbo ) Oliver Wallace , Ned Washington Jim Carmichael and Cliff Edwards with the Hall Johnson Choir 1:48 25. "I've Got No Strings " (Pinocchio ) Washington, Leigh Harline Dickie Jones 2:21
Reception
The Melbourne Age called the collection "pure joy", saying that "the Disney policy of hiring quality songwriters and the best voicing talent has produced top-drawer popular songs that stand the test of time."[ 9]
The Palm Beach Post said that "the set covers an amazing bit of ground," and gave "credit to the producers for including some harder-to-find material."[ 10]
See also
References
^ a b c d Various Artists (1997). Classic Disney Collection: 60 Years...Magic" (4-CD Box Set) (Album Notes) . Walt Disney Records.
^ Various Artists (1995). Classic Disney Volume I (60 Years of Musical Magic) (Album Notes) . Walt Disney Records.
^ Alan Menken with Pat Carroll & Jodi Benson. "Poor Unfortunate Souls" . Genius. Retrieved 23 September 2020 .
^ Various Artists (1995). Classic Disney Volume 2 (Album Notes) . Walt Disney Records.
^ Various Artists (1996). Classic Disney Volume 3 (60 Years of Musical Magic) (Album Notes) . Walt Disney Records.
^ Various Artists (1997). Classic Disney Volume 4 (Album Notes) . Walt Disney Records.
^ Various Artists (1998). Classic Disney Volume V (Album Notes) . Walt Disney Records.
^ Fanning, Jim (17 January 2019). "12 Blue-Ribbon Facts about...So Dear to My Heart" . D23. Retrieved 25 September 2020 .
^ Murphy, Jim (December 9, 1999). "Showbiz" . The Melbourne Age . p. 27. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ Passy, Charles (April 15, 1995). "Kids Corner" . The Palm Beach Post . p. 4D. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .