Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

Zip -a -Dee- Doo - Dah is a song by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert, published in 1946. In 1948 he received the Academy Award for Best Song.

Genesis of the song

Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert wrote "Zip -A -Dee- Doo - Dah " for the film Uncle Remus' Wonderland (English Song of the South ), a production of The Walt Disney Company from 1946. Allie Vrubel It was the last big hit. Wrubel had already written before a number of other, mostly " carefree and lyrical " songs for Walt Disney movies. " Allie Vrubel broad, compelling melody allowed the lyrics an idea of ​​a wonderful, sunny day to develop. " The Oxford Companion to the American Musical counts Vrubel Working with Ray Gilbert for Song of the South to his best songs. In the film Song of the South the song by James Baskett was carried forward, who played the lead role of Uncle Remus.

The American Film Institute took him to the list of 100 songs - on America's best film songs.

Cover versions

Already, 1946, J. Lawrence Cook, Tony Pastor and Charlie Spivak the song; from the 1940s interpreted him Blue Barron, Luther Dickinson, Buddy Greco, Hoagy Carmichael, Neal Hefti, André Previn, Les Brown, Dick Hyman and Warren Vache, in Europe and Others Eddie Brunner, Simon Brehm, Jerry Mengo and The Singers Unlimited ( Roger Kellaway ). In 1989, the Arkestra Sun Ra took at his concert in Jazzatelier Ulrich mountain of the song. Tom Lord lists 30 cover versions of the song Phil Spector produced successful 1962 Popfassung with the vocal group Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans.

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