Around the world there are grandparents, parents, and children
who can still sing ditties by Tigger or Baloo the Bear or the Seven
Dwarves. This staying power and global reach is in large part a
testimony to the pizzazz of performers, songwriters, and other
creative artists who worked with Walt Disney Records.
"Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records" chronicles for
the first time the fifty-year history of the Disney recording
companies launched by Walt Disney and Roy Disney in the mid-1950s,
when Disneyland Park, Davy Crockett, and the Mickey Mouse Club were
taking the world by storm. The book provides a perspective on
all-time Disney favorites and features anecdotes, reminiscences,
and biographies of the artists who brought Disney magic to
audio.
Authors Tim Hollis and Greg Ehrbar go behind the scenes at the
Walt Disney Studios and discover that in the early days Walt Disney
and Roy Disney resisted going into the record business before the
success of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" ignited the in-house
label. Along the way, the book traces the recording adventures of
such Disney favorites as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella,
Bambi, Jiminy Cricket, Winnie the Pooh, and even Walt Disney
himself. Mouse Tracks reveals the struggles, major successes, and
occasional misfires. Included are impressions and details of
teen-pop princesses Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills, the Mary
Poppins phenomenon, a Disney-style "British Invasion," and a low
period when sagging sales forced Walt Disney to suggest closing the
division down.
Complementing each chapter are brief performer biographies,
reproductions of album covers and art, and facsimiles of related
promotional material. "Mouse Tracks" is a collector's bonanza of
information on this little-analyzed side of the Disney empire.
Tim Hollis lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Three of his previous
books--histories of tourism and children's television--are
published by University Press of Mississippi. Two-time Grammy
nominee Greg Ehrbar, a twenty-year Disney company veteran, is a
writer of advertising, books, television specials, radio shows,
compact discs, and Walt Disney Records Read-Alongs.
Learn more about the book and the authors at
www.mousetracksonline.com.
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