The composer Richard M Sherman, who co-wrote wrote songs for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has died in Beverly Hills, aged 95.
All his songs were written with his brother Robert. They won an Oscar for Mary Poppins.
Richard, as he aged, bore a striking resemblance to Mel Brooks.
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And Christian Tillman bears a resemblance to Hans Pfitzner as he ages…
At school, a classmate, of Andre Previn
Both L.A guys, yes.
Also wrote the song for the Parent Trap, I believe.
When I read the headline, my instant reaction was “but Charles Koechlin died long ago!”
Speaking of Jungle Book, Disney’s been hit with formal complaints the last few years from pressure groups about its supposed racism, apparently revolving around the gorilla character — with not anyone now knowing that the character was voiced by Louie Prima, and who was just doing Louie Prima.
Louie Prima was ITALIAN. So much for the righteous youth of today.
Mediocrities ragging on genius. Casting Louis Prima and Phil Harris in that movie was a masterstroke. “I Wanna Be Like You” – with those two, a throwback to the Big Band era.
Note that the Shermans did NOT write “The Bare Necessities”.
“The Bare Necessities” was by Terry Gilkyson; the one song retained from his previous work on the “Jungle Book” project after the Shermans were brought on.
Ironically, it is the only song from “Jungle Book” that is strongly remembered.
Except the Shermans didn’t write “The Bare Necessities”….
Not great songwriters. They wrote alot of junk.
Harry Warren, Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers were great genius songwriters to name a few.
Had the Sherman brothers written nothing more than “Feed the Birds,” they would have ensured their place in the Pantheon of Songwriters.