3/21/2023 0 Comments When did 33 rpm records come outThe identical music was also released on 78 rpm 10-inch and 45 7-inch records on the “Official Mickey Mouse Club” label. In 1955, millions of Little Golden Mickey Mouse Club Records were sold, some pressed on orange plastic in addition to the familiar yellow. The sonic evidence is quite strong in a comparison between actual Columbia children’s records with Luboff backing (like “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”) and the Golden Records. It was not unusual for music professionals to moonlight for one another as favors, especially when budgets were tight. The staff of Golden and Columbia were all colleagues and it is not out of the realm of possibility that the Golden Records credited to “The Arthur Norman Chorus” are actually Norman Luboff. Thurl Ravenscroft could he heard, as well as Betty Mulliner, then-wife of famed choral arranger Norman Luboff. California productions (for example, “Toy Parade” from Leave it To Beaver, Roy Rogers-Dale Evans records and the late ‘50s Disney songs, like Johnny Tremain) had a completely different sound. New York Golden Records of the fifties had the distinctive Mitch Miller/Sandpipers/Anne Lloyd/Jimmy Carroll style. Specifically, the Little Golden Records recorded in Hollywood. They sounded nothing like the TV versions. What surely surprised listeners at home in the fifties (and with each reissue) was that a studio chorus of adults sang some of the most familiar songs, like the ones for each day (“Today is Tuesday,” “Anything Can Happen,” etc.). Jimmie Dodd and a smaller group recorded a few songs at Capitol Records. That’s why certain Mouseketeers-particularly Annette and Darlene-are not showcased on the first album. There had to be records made before The Mickey Mouse Club premiered, but the casting was not finished. Even though Crockett and Cinderella (the studio’s first animated feature with a score published entirely in-house) were bringing profits in and eliminating the middlemen, Roy was unsure. The success of “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” for other record labels was one of the things that Walt Disney Music Company president Jimmy Johnson was using as leverage to convince Roy O. The Mickey Mouse Club was the reason the Disney organization started a record company. Even short cartoons were still an occasional occurrence. The Disney studio was already bursting with activity as the Disneyland series was making history on ABC, the park was opening and there were live-action movies on the horizon (for TV and theaters) as well as the long-awaited Sleeping Beauty. Things happened fast before and during the production of the original Mickey Mouse Club. Songs: “Mickey Mouse Club March Theme,” “The Mouseketeers’ March (The Merry Mouseketeers),” “Today is Tuesday,” “Anything Can Happen,” “The Mickey Mouse Mambo,” “Here Comes the Circus,” “The Mousekedance,” “The Pencil Song,” “The Telephone Song,” “The Pussy Cat Polka,” “I’m No Fool (Mouseketeers & Chorus Version),” “You the Human Animal,” “Mickey Mouse Club Closing Theme (Alma Mater)” by Jimmie Dodd “Animals and Clowns” by Larry Adelson, Imogen Carpenter “Simple Simon” by Jimmie Dodd, Tom Adair “Fun with Music” (Alice in Wonderland Lost Chords Version) by Jimmie Dodd, Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston “The Little Cow” by Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams “Talent Round-Up” by George Bruns, Gil (Hazel) George “Hi to You” by Jimmie Dodd, Victor Skaarup, Sven Gyldmark “The British Grenadier” by Bob Amsberry, Muzzy Marcellino “Do-Mi-So” by Jeanne Gayle, Ron Salt, George Bruns “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”(traditional, lyrics uncredited) “The House That Jack Built” (uncredited) “Sho-Jo-Ji,” (traditional, lyrics uncredited) “The Boy at the Dike” (uncredited) “Get Busy” (uncredited). Performers: Mickey Mouse Mouseketeers including Jimmie Dodd, Sharon Baird, Lonnie Burr and Tommy Cole plus Ruth Carrell Dodd, Cliff Edwards, Thurl Ravenscroft, Betty Mulliner Luboff The Mellomen, and The Arthur Norman Chorus. Musical Direction: Buddy Baker, George Bruns, Arthur Norman, Camarata. Official Mickey Mouse Club Records (Am-Par/Disneyland) MM-12 (12” 33 1/3 rpm / mono) Say, Mouseketeers! Since Mickey’s birthday is tomorrow, let’s look at LP’s that brought avalanches of songs to eager fans during the first and second Mickey Mouse Club runs.
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