{"id":20187,"date":"2012-03-07T12:16:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T01:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=20187"},"modified":"2012-03-07T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T01:46:39","slug":"vale-robert-sherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2012\/03\/07\/vale-robert-sherman\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Robert Sherman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert B Sherman - 1925-2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Sherman, the co-writer of such classic Disney tunes as Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, It’s A Small World<\/em>, and Chim Chim Cher-ee<\/em>, has passed away. Together with his brother Richard, Robert Sherman wrote for a number of classic Disney films, including Mary Poppins<\/em> (winning a couple of Oscars), The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Bedknobs & Broomsticks<\/em>, as well as non-Disney projects like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Magic Of Lassie<\/em>, and Charlotte’s Web<\/em> (1973).<\/p>\n

The Sherman Brothers\u00a0were noticed by Walt Disney after scoring chart success with the 1958 song Tall Paul<\/em>, sung by Disney Mousketeer Anette Funicello, and were signed as staff writers. While at Disney, they composed the now-infamous theme park melody, It’s A Small World (After All)<\/em>, as well as songs for The Sword In The Stone<\/em>, before going on to Oscar glory for their work on Mary Poppins<\/em>. The Sherman Brothers left Disney after Walts death, becoming freelance writers and composers, and picked up work\u00a0on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em> – a critical failure – for MGM. Some of their other film projects included Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, The Slipper & The Rose, Magic Journeys<\/em> and The Mighty Kong<\/em>, as well as other Disney projects like The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh<\/em> (1977) and 2000’s The Tigger Movie<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Robert Sherman passed away on March 5th, aged 86. His brother Richard still survives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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