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  • Songwriter Richard Sherman dies at 95

    From DianeE@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 26 19:38:01 2024
    He and his brother Robert (who died in 2012) did a lot of work for
    Disney Studios, but most of that was after our era, and included the
    malevolent earworm "It's A Small World," introduced at the 1964 World's
    Fair.

    <<In 1951, Richard and Robert’s father bet them that they couldn’t write and sell a song. Accepting the challenge, they wrote “Gold Can Buy
    Anything (but Love),” which was recorded by the cowboy star Gene Autry.

    <<In 1960, their “You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful, and You’re Mine),”
    recorded by Johnny Burnette, became a Top 10 hit. (Attitudes toward the
    lyrics later changed when listeners no longer automatically imagined a 17-year-old boy singing to a peer.)

    <<A year earlier, the brothers had their first big hit when Annette
    Funicello, who had been a Mouseketeer on Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club,” recorded “Tall Paul” (1959), which reached No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart. Their work for Ms. Funicello led to a meeting with Walt
    Disney himself, and that day he asked them to write a song for the movie
    that would become “The Parent Trap” (1961).

    <<They delivered: “Let’s Get Together,” sung by Hayley Mills in the dual role of spunky adolescent twins, was their third Top 10 hit. Disney soon
    put the brothers under contract.>>

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to DianeE on Sun May 26 23:57:10 2024
    On Sun, 26 May 2024 19:38:01 -0400, DianeE <[email protected]> wrote:

    Richard Sherman and his brother Robert (who died in 2012):

    In 1961, their �You�re Sixteen (You�re Beautiful, and You�re Mine),�
    recorded by Johnny Burnette, became a Top 10 hit.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYT6eRx84GQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS5vObzDMQ Live on TV

    YT comment: "We met when I was 16 and he 21...married a year later. We
    just celebrated our 46 years."

    RIP Johnny Burnette (March 25, 1934 � August 14, 1964), aged 30

    A year earlier, the brothers had their first big hit when Annette
    Funicello, who had been a Mouseketeer on Disney�s �The Mickey Mouse
    Club,� recorded �Tall Paul� (1959), which reached No. 7 on the Billboard >singles chart.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqGMMnGIi4

    "At the time, Annette was dating another teen idol named Paul Anka.
    Because the song came out around the same time of their teenage
    affair, everyone thought that the song was written for him."

    They delivered: �Let�s Get Together,� sung by Hayley Mills in the dual
    role of spunky adolescent twins, their third Top 10 hit.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH7pIQc6vuQ - 1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fu4jkhshLY from "The Parent Trap" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=graoQ7e0DoY from "The Parent Trap"

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to DianeE on Mon May 27 13:03:34 2024
    DianeE wrote:


    He and his brother Robert (who died in 2012) did a lot of work for
    Disney Studios, but most of that was after our era, and included the malevolent earworm "It's A Small World," introduced at the 1964 World's

    Fair.

    <<In 1951, Richard and Robert’s father bet them that they couldn’t
    write

    and sell a song. Accepting the challenge, they wrote “Gold Can Buy
    Anything (but Love),” which was recorded by the cowboy star Gene Autry.

    <<In 1960, their “You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful, and You’re Mine),”
    recorded by Johnny Burnette, became a Top 10 hit. (Attitudes toward the

    lyrics later changed when listeners no longer automatically imagined a 17-year-old boy singing to a peer.)

    <<A year earlier, the brothers had their first big hit when Annette Funicello, who had been a Mouseketeer on Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club,” recorded “Tall Paul” (1959), which reached No. 7 on the Billboard

    singles chart.

    They also wrote the big Annette hit "Pineapple Princess" and her later
    single with The Beach Boys that used to sell well in our store---"The
    Monkey's Uncle"

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to BobRoman on Mon May 27 19:37:32 2024
    BobRoman wrote:

    DianeE wrote:


    <<In 1960, their “You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful, and You’re Mine),”
    recorded by Johnny Burnette, became a Top 10 hit. (Attitudes toward the

    lyrics later changed when listeners no longer automatically imagined a
    17-year-old boy singing to a peer.)

    Perhaps that queasy shift began when 30+ Ringo revived the song and got
    a huge hit with it.

    ---------------
    That makes logical sense, but I don't remember anyone complaining about
    it in 1974 (or whenever it was). And it didn't register with me at the
    time, although today of course it would. I think the obituary writer
    was speaking for himself there.

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