Disney Sing-Along Songs

The original 1986 Disney Sing Along Songs title card.

Disney Sing-Along Songs is a series of videos, laserdiscs and DVDs with musical moments from various Disney films, TV shows and attractions. Lyrics for the songs are displayed on-screen with the Mickey Mouse icon as a "bouncing ball". Early releases open with a theme song introduction (written by Patrick DeRemer) containing footage featuring Professor Owl and his class, seen originally in 1953 in two Disney shorts, Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom (voiced then by Bill Thompson). Professor Owl (now voiced by Corey Burton) hosts some of the videos, while either Ludwig Von Drake or Jiminy Cricket host others, and later volumes, as well as the two Christmas videos, had no host at all. The footage of Von Drake and Jiminy Cricket were taken from several television programs (including the Walt Disney anthology television series, and Mickey Mouse Club) featuring the characters in the 1950s and 1960s.

History

Issued beginning on December 23, 1986, there have been four distinct series. The 1st launched in 1986 with Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, followed by five more volumes. The 2nd series began appearing in August 1990 with Under the Sea and Disneyland Fun, featuring a new design and reissued volumes labeled One (1) through Twelve (12) in North America (worldwide, volume numbers). The 3rd series, beginning in 1994 with Circle of Life, saw another new package design and the re-release of all previous volumes (excluding Fun with Music, repackaged as 101 Notes of Fun along with Hercules for the non-North American market). Around 1996 this series incorporated Mickey's Fun Songs repackaged as Sing-Along Songs (a three volume live-action set in the style of Disneyland Fun). Spanish language editions of some volumes were released (Disney Canta Con Nosotros). Some songs moved to newer volumes, newly remixed opening and closing songs appeared, and the final release in this format was Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom on June 8, 1999. During the remixed opening and closing themes, the remixed opening was heard on Friend Like Me, Circle of Life, Honor to Us All, and Collection of All-Time Favorites, and the remixed closing was heard on the 1993 and 1994 editions of Heigh-Ho, as well as Friend Like Me, Circle of Life, and Collection of All-Time Favorites. This series abandoned any new volume numbers, included only sporadically on third series volumes. A special three volume set, Collection of All-Time Favorites, was released in 1997. There have been over 30 titles released to home video. Newly remastered editions began appearing in 2002 on Disney DVD, beginning with Very Merry Christmas Songs, featuring a new package design, bonus features, and some new songs. Some Disney DVD feature releases include individual songs as bonus features. Winnie-the-Pooh Sing a Song volumes are being incorporated into the Sing Along Songs series. The DVD series (4th series) features Sebastian the Crab (from The Little Mermaid) singing the theme song, replacing Professor Owl.

Volumes

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1986)

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Heigh-Ho (1987)

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The Bare Necessities (1987)

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You Can Fly! (1988)

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Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988)

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Fun with Music (1989)

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Under the Sea (1990)

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Disneyland Fun (1990)

Let's Go to Disneyland Paris! (1993)

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I Love to Laugh! (1990)

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Be Our Guest (1992)

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Friend Like Me (1993)

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The Twelve Days of Christmas (1993)

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Campout at Walt Disney World (1994)

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Let's Go to the Circus! (1994)

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Circle of Life (1994)

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Beach Party at Walt Disney World (1995)

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Colors of the Wind (1995)

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Topsy Turvy (1996)

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Pongo and Perdita (1996)

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From Hercules (1997)

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Collection of All Time Favorites: The Early Years (1997)

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Collection of All Time Favorites: The Magic Years (1997)

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Collection of All-Time Favorites: The Modern Classics (1997)

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Honor to Us All (1998)

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Happy Haunting - Party at Disneyland! (1998)

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Sing a Song with Pooh Bear (and Piglet Too!) (1999)

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Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom (1999)

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Winnie the Pooh - Sing a Song with Tigger (2000)

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Brother Bear - On My Way (2003)

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Home on the Range - Little Patch of Heaven (2004)

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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs Vol. 1 - Once Upon a Dream (2004)

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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005)

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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess (2006)

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 "Top Kid Video". Billboard 109 (36): 97. September 6, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  4. Hay, Carla (November 22, 2003). "Collins Scores For Disney". Billboard 115 (47): 22. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
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