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Obviously Ginny Tyler's forte was her speaking voice, not her singing one. She admits that herself in her work-in-progress autobiography, on which I am helping somewhat with the editing. I present a short excerpt on that topic here: ******* Music was all around me and I loved it, yet for me to...

Just to show how off-center I am, when I saw the original question I thought people were actually out there building their own homemade dark rides in their basements... then I figured out everyone was talking about reconstructing the soundtracks only, if I am interpreting things correctly now...

If I had a recording of the Hall of Presidents here with me, I could tell you who played Franklin.. but I am sure Greg Ehrbar or someone who has memorized the audio will tell you. I will say, however, that the ubiquitous Dal McKennon is the Ben Franklin voice in The American Adventure at EPCOT...

Plug, plug... If anyone is looking for more information on Chuck McCann (whether or not he was the Dreamfinder), you will find him, along with several hundred other local children's show hosts, in that eminent work HI THERE, BOYS & GIRLS! AMERICA'S LOCAL CHILDREN'S TV PROGRAMS, published by the...

What a leading question! Yes, most of the movies had both an actual film soundtrack LP and a "second cast" version as well. The "second cast" recordings sold for a cheaper price (usually $1.98, as compared with $3.98 or above for the actual soundtracks). In the upcoming book (see another...

The voice credits for the original Enchanted Tiki Room list an Ernie Newton as the voice of Pierre. Some of the longtime Disney singers have also identified him on some of the LP's of the late 1960s (particularly in the Grandpa role in the "second cast" version of THE ONE AND ONLY ORIGINAL...

The composer appendix in Mike Murray's book apparently only takes in those who composed for Disney movies, and not those who wrote for the record division only. The mysterious Turnbull-Campbell team wrote the songs for a 1966 LP called "A Happy Birthday Party with Winnie the Pooh." I suppose...

Somehow a typo has crept into the Country Bear credits over the years. The name listed as "Bill Coe" should be Bill COLE. Beginning in 1961 he was a member of the MelloMen quartet, and was obviously quite talented at character voices. Probably someone was writing down the names from an oral...

The voice of Zeke the bear on the LP, and I assume in the original 1971 soundtrack of the show, is Disney voice regular Dal McKennon. He says that his version of Zeke was a takeoff on Grandpa Jones of GRAND OLE OPRY and HEE HAW fame. That is a coincidence, because "Devilish Mary" was a song...

You are right, we don't want to give away the whole story right now... but Disneyland/Buena Vista Records was essentially a partnership between Jimmy Johnson (who wrote the scripts and produced the dialogue segments) and Tutti Camarata, who was responsible for securing the talent and producing...

This book truly is going to have the kind of Disney information unavailable anywhere else, as the press release indicates. Most of the people who performed for Disneyland Records have never been interviewed about their careers at all, and they have much to tell that has never been documented...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Writers uncover Disney?s recorded history for the first time ORLANDO, FL - They?re among the most popular forms of Disney entertainment. They?ve sold millions, won numerous awards and influenced the entertainment industry. They?ve been the soundtracks of childhood for...

Speaking of new Disney books... you have heard it here first... in October 2005 the University Press of Mississippi will be issuing the first-ever book-length history of Disneyland/Buena Vista Records. Watch this site for a formal announcement soon, including how you can help get involved...

I just thought I would throw in this bit of trivia for what it's worth... Although I know the soundtrack has been redone several times, in the original World's Fair version the voice of the mother and little sister was Rhoda Williams, a.k.a. Drizella in CINDERELLA. Rhoda is battling some pretty...