Disney – A Recorded History

Disney Music Group, Randy Thornton

Music Music History

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13 episodes

Ep. 12: Well Begun Is Half Done Pt. 3
15/8/2024 | 17 mins.
Recorded in 1989, Richard and Robert Sherman reminisce about their work on Mary Poppins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ep. 11: Well Begun Is Half Done Pt. 2
08/8/2024 | 23 mins.
Excerpts from the Mary Poppins story meeting with P.L. Travers, Don DiGradi, and The Sherman Brothers as they discuss various scenes and songs from the first concept of the script. Also included is P.L. Travers hearing the Shermans’ “Feed the Birds” for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ep. 10: Well Begun Is Half Done Pt. 1
01/8/2024 | 22 mins.
The listener is a fly-on-the-wall in the first Mary Poppins story meeting with P.L. Travers, Don DiGradi, and The Sherman Brothers – exactly as it happened in 1961. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ep. 9: The Army's Here Pt. 2
25/7/2024 | 8 mins.
Walt Disney continues to describe his studio’s contribution to the home front effort in WWII. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ep. 8: The Army's Here Pt. 1
18/7/2024 | 15 mins.
Walt Disney describes his studio’s contribution to the home front effort in WWII. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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About Disney – A Recorded History

In Disney – A Recorded History, Grammy Award – Winning Producer and Disney Music Historian, Randy Thornton, takes you on an illuminating journey through Disney music milestones such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Mary Poppins. This limited podcast series features rare and never-before-released recordings from the people who lived it – animators Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston; musicians Henry Mancini, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and above all, Walt Disney himself!

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