Richard Sherman
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, Events dear boy. Events, Music at 12:00 on 10 July 2024
Just before I went away came the news that songwriter Richard Sherman had died. He and his brother Robert wrote some of the most well-known songs from the mid to late twentieth century in their work for Disney and others.
Consider the beautifully constructed Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins.
Julie Andrews: Feed the Birds
For me though their masterpiece is I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) from The Jungle Book.
The best bit is of course when Baloo the bear comes in with his scat singing, starting at “Da zap dan roani” with the crowning glory of the whole sequence his ecstatic cry of, “Take me home , Daddy.”
Louis Prima, Phil Harris: I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
Richard Morton Sherman: 12/6/1928 – 25/5/2024. So it goes.
Tags: Feed the Birds, I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song), I Wanna Be like You, Julie Andrews, Louis Prima, Mary Poppins, Phil Harris, Richard Sherman, The Jungle Book