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.
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[1][2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
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1. | "A Whole New World" (Aladdin) | Alan Menken, Tim Rice | Brad Kane, Lea Salonga | 2:42 |
2. | "Circle of Life" (The Lion King) | Rice, Elton John | Carmen Twillie with Lebo M. | 3:59 |
3. | "Beauty and the Beast" (Beauty and the Beast) | Menken, Howard Ashman | Angela Lansbury | 2:46 |
4. | "Under the Sea" (The Little Mermaid) | Menken, Ashman | Samuel E. Wright | 3:14 |
5. | "Hakuna Matata" (The Lion King) | Rice, John | Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella with Jason Weaver and Joseph Williams | 3:33 |
6. | "Kiss the Girl" (The Little Mermaid) | Menken, Ashman | Wright | 2:43 |
7. | "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" (The Lion King) | Rice, John | Weaver with Rowan Atkinson and Laura Williams | 2:51 |
8. | "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (The Little Mermaid) | Menken, Ashman | Pat Carroll with Jodi Benson[3] | 4:51 |
9. | "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Mary Poppins) | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman | Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews with Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber | 2:47 |
10. | "Jolly Holiday" (Mary Poppins) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Van Dyke, Andrews | 4:58 |
11. | "A Spoonful of Sugar" (Mary Poppins) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Andrews | 4:09 |
12. | "Let's Get Together" (The Parent Trap) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Hayley Mills | 1:32 |
13. | "The Monkey's Uncle" (The Monkey's Uncle) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Annette Funicello with The Beach Boys | 2:33 |
14. | "The Ugly Bug Ball" (Summer Magic) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Burl Ives | 2:59 |
15. | "The Spectrum Song" (Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Paul Frees | 1:37 |
16. | "Colonel Hathi's March" (The Jungle Book) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | J. Pat O'Malley with the Pachyderm Chorus | 2:31 |
17. | "A Whale of a Tale" (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) | Al Hoffman, Norman Gimbel | Kirk Douglas | 2:11 |
18. | "You Can Fly" (Peter Pan) | Sammy Cahn, Sammy Fain | Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske | 4:05 |
19. | "The Work Song" (Cinderella) | Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston | The Mouse Chorus | 2:05 |
20. | "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Cinderella) | Hoffman, David, Livingston | Ilene Woods | 3:46 |
21. | "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Song of the South) | Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel | James Baskett | 2:19 |
22. | "Dance of the Reed Flutes" (Fantasia) | Peter I. Tchaikovsky | The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski | 1:48 |
23. | "Love Is a Song" (Bambi) | Larry Morey, Frank Churchill | Donald Novis | 2:09 |
24. | "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) | Morey, Churchill | Adriana Caselotti | 1:55 |
25. | "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo!" (Mickey's Follies) | Carl Stalling, Walt Disney | Disney Chorus | 2:00 |
Total length: | 72:04 |
Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[1][4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
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1. | "Be Our Guest" (Beauty and the Beast) | Alan Menken, Howard Ashman | Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury | 3:44 |
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 | 2:59 |
3. | "Part of Your World" (The Little Mermaid) | Menken, Ashman | Jodi Benson | 3:15 |
4. | "One Jump Ahead" (Aladdin) | Menken, Rice | Brad Kane | 2:25 |
5. | "Gaston" (Beauty and the Beast) | Menken, Ashman | Richard White, Jesse Corti | 3:39 |
6. | "Something There" (Beauty and the Beast) | Menken, Ashman | Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson | 2:18 |
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 Chorus | 2:03 |
8. | "Candle on the Water" (Pete's Dragon) | Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn | Helen Reddy | 2:59 |
9. | "Main Street Electrical Parade" (Main Street Electrical Parade) | Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley, Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain, Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Julius Fučík, Don Dorsey, Kasha, Hirschhorn | Disney Chorus | 5:12 |
10. | "The Age of Not Believing" (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Lansbury | 3:17 |
11. | "The Bare Necessities" (The Jungle Book) | Terry Gilkyson | Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman | 4:50 |
12. | "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" (Mary Poppins) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Andrews | 3:51 |
13. | "Best of Friends" (The Fox and the Hound) | Stan Fidal, Richard Johnston | Pearl Bailey | 2:16 |
14. | "Let's Go Fly a Kite" (Mary Poppins) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | David Tomlinson, Van Dyke | 1:51 |
15. | "It's a Small World" (1964 New York World's Fair) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | The Disneyland Chorus | 2:41 |
16. | "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room" (Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Wally Boag, Fulton Burley, Thurl Ravenscroft with The Mellomen | 2:41 |
17. | "Mickey Mouse March" (Mickey Mouse Club) | Jimmie Dodd | The Mouseketeers | 2:42 |
18. | "On the Front Porch" (Summer Magic) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Burl Ives | 3:25 |
19. | "The Second Star to the Right" (Peter Pan) | Fain, Sammy Cahn | The Jud Conlon Chorus | 1:51 |
20. | "Everybody's Got a Laughing Place" (Song of the South) | Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel | James Baskett, Johnny Lee, Jesse Cryor, Nicodemus Stewart | 0:51 |
21. | "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (Cinderella) | Livingston, David, Hoffman | Verna Felton, James Macdonald | 3:36 |
22. | "So This Is Love" (Cinderella) | Livingston, David, Hoffman | Ilene Woods, Mike Douglas | 1:33 |
23. | "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Pinocchio) | Ned Washington, Leigh Harline | Cliff Edwards | 3:16 |
24. | "Heigh-Ho" (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) | Larry Morey, Frank Churchill | The Dwarf Chorus | 2:48 |
25. | "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" (Three Little Pigs) | Churchill, Ann Ronell | Pinto Colvig, Mary Moder, Dorothy Compton, Billy Bletcher | 2:43 |
Total length: | 72:46 |
Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[1][5]
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the albums' Liner Notes[1][6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
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1. | "One Last Hope" (Hercules) | Alan Menken, David Zippel | Danny DeVito | 3:02 |
2. | "A Guy Like You" (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) | Menken, Stephen Schwartz | Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, Mary Stout | 2:54 |
3. | "On the Open Road" (A Goofy Movie) | Tom Snow, Jack Feldman | Bill Farmer, Aaron Lohr | 3:04 |
4. | "Just Around the Riverbend" (Pocahontas) | Menken, Schwartz | Judy Kuhn | 2:30 |
5. | "Home" (Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical) | Menken, Tim Rice | Susan Egan | 3:50 |
6. | "Fantasmic!" (Disneyland) | Bruce Healey | Bruce Healey with Disney Chorus | 3:00 |
7. | "Oogie Boogie's Song" (The Nightmare Before Christmas) | Danny Elfman | Ken Page with Ed Ivory | 3:19 |
8. | "I Will Go Sailing No More" (Toy Story) | Randy Newman | Randy Newman | 2:58 |
9. | "Substitutiary Locomotion" (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman | David Tomlinson, Angela Lansbury, Cindy O'Callaghan, Ian Weighill, Roy Snart | 1:44 |
10. | "Stop, Look, and Listen/I'm No Fool" (Mickey Mouse Club) | George Bruns, Jimmie Dodd, Gil George | Cliff Edwards | 3:00 |
11. | "Love" (Robin Hood) | Bruns, Floyd Huddleston | Nancy Adams | 1:51 |
12. | "Thomas O'Malley Cat" (The Aristocats) | Terry Gilkyson | Phil Harris | 2:36 |
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 | 2:06 |
14. | "Winnie the Pooh" (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Disney Chorus | 2:25 |
15. | "Femininity" (Summer Magic) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Hayley Mills, Deborah Walley, Wendy Turner | 2:01 |
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 | 4:03 |
17. | "The Siamese Cat Song" (Lady and the Tramp) | Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke | Peggy Lee | 2:13 |
18. | "Enjoy It!" (In Search of the Castaways) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Mills, Maurice Chevalier | 2:09 |
19. | "Although I Dropped $100,000 (I Found a Million Dollars in Your Smile)" (Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Paul Frees | 1:48 |
20. | "Give a Little Whistle" (Pinocchio) | Leigh Harline, Ned Washington | Cliff Edwards with Dickie Jones | 1:38 |
21. | "Sing, Sweet Nightingale" (Cinderella) | Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston | Ilene Woods with Rhoda Williams | 2:10 |
22. | "I Wonder" (Sleeping Beauty) | Bruns, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears | Mary Costa | 1:19 |
23. | "Looking for Romance" (Bambi) | Larry Morey, Frank Churchill | Donald Novis with Disney Chorus | 2:10 |
24. | "Baby Mine" (Dumbo) | Churchill, Washington | Betty Noyes | 2:08 |
25. | "I'm Wishing/One Song" (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) | Churchill, Morey | Caselotti, Harry Stockwell | 3:07 |
Total length: | 63:08 |
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
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1. | "I'll Make a Man Out of You" (Mulan) | Matthew Wilder, David Zippel | Donny Osmond and Chorus | 3:22 |
2. | "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" (Hercules) | Zippel, Alan Menken | Susan Egan with LaChanze, Vaneese Thomas, Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman | 2:21 |
3. | "God Help the Outcasts" (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) | Menken, Stephen Schwartz | Heidi Mollenhauer and Chorus | 3:45 |
4. | "If I Can't Love Her" (Beauty and the Beast: A Broadway Musical) | Menken, Tim Rice | Terrence Mann | 4:06 |
5. | "Steady as the Beating Drum" (Pocahontas) | Menken, Schwartz | The Disney Chorus | 1:53 |
6. | "Belle" (Beauty and the Beast) | Menken, Howard Ashman | Paige O'Hara and Richard White with Chorus | 5:09 |
7. | "Strange Things" (Toy Story) | Randy Newman | Randy Newman | 3:20 |
8. | "Cruella De Vil" (101 Dalmatians) | Mel Leven | Dr. John | 4:08 |
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 Stevens | 2:55 |
10. | "Seize the Day" (Newsies) | Menken, Jack Feldman | David Moscow and the Newsies | 2:02 |
11. | "What's This?" (The Nightmare Before Christmas) | Danny Elfman | Danny Elfman | 3:08 |
12. | "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" (So Dear to My Heart) | Traditional, Adapted by Eliot Daniel and Larry Morey[8] | Burl Ives | 2:32 |
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 | 1:40 |
14. | "A Step in the Right Direction" (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Angela Lansbury | 2:24 |
15. | "Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You, Too)" (Pete's Dragon) | Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn | Sean Marshall, Charlie Callas | 2:47 |
16. | "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" (Pirates of the Caribbean) | George Bruns, Xavier Atencio | The Disney Chorus | 4:46 |
17. | "My Own Home" (The Jungle Book) | R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman | Darleen Carr | 3:32 |
18. | "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" (The Aristocats) | Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston | Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Thurl Ravenscroft, Liz English | 2:03 |
19. | "In a World of My Own" (Alice in Wonderland) | Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard | Kathryn Beaumont and Chorus | 1:21 |
20. | "You Belong to My Heart" (The Three Caballeros) | Agustín Lara, Ray Gilbert | Dora Luz | 2:22 |
21. | "Humphrey Hop" (In the Bag) | Bruns, Daws Butler | The Disney Chorus | 1:25 |
22. | "He's a Tramp" (Lady and the Tramp) | Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke | Peggy Lee | 2:02 |
23. | "Song of the South" (Song of the South) | Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow | The Disney Chorus | 1:58 |
24. | "When I See an Elephant Fly" (Dumbo) | Oliver Wallace, Ned Washington | Jim Carmichael and Cliff Edwards with the Hall Johnson Choir | 1:50 |
25. | "I've Got No Strings" (Pinocchio) | Washington, Leigh Harline | Dickie Jones | 2:21 |
Total length: | 69:13 |
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]
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