Richard Sherman

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.

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