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"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett.[1] For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song[1] and was the second in a long line of Disney songs to win this award, after "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio (1940).[1] In 2004, it finished at number 47 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, a survey of top tunes in American cinema. Disney historian Jim Korkis said the word "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was reportedly invented by Walt Disney, who had a fondness for these types of nonsense words from "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" to "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".[2] The song is likely influenced by the chorus of the pre-Civil War folk song "Zip Coon", a "Turkey in the Straw" variation: "Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day".[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Although Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah received an academy award for Best song in ... Disneyland 50th anniversaryIn 2005 the 50th Anniversary disney Parade featured the song. In 2020 disney removed the song everywhere... etc. Disneyland executives issued the following statement after removing the song Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from everywhere.: The removal of the song from Downtown Disney's background music is part of a continuous process to deliver an environment that features stories that are relevant and inclusive. . OLD ZIP COON - 1834 - Performed by Tom RoushMany people spread the rumor that the song is racist, and compared it with minstral song called Zip Coon. In actuality, the only similiarity is that both songs start with the syllable "zip."
ICE CREAM TRUCK SONGOthers claim that the tunes for Zip Coon and the Ice Cream Truck song are the same, therefore the Ice Cream song is racist because the tunes are the same; although the song Turkey in the Straw also has the same tune. TURKEY IN THE STRAW (first version 1942)Yes, I'm serious. Logic hs been thrown out of the window. Given such reasoning, Zip codes, Zippers, Zip Ties, Zip Lock bags, are all racist and should be eliminated. In fact, they should all call the U.S. Post Office and tell them to send their mail back until the post office stops their racism. Ethel Merman Zip code song
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Statement by Philip Kippel"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is an Academy Award-winning song that has become an old standard and a Walt Disney Company anthem, alongside the likes of "When You Wish Upon a Star", "The Mickey Mouse March" and "It's a Small World After All". It has always been inclusive! The first three people to ever sing it were James Baskett (as Uncle Remus), Johnny Lee (as Brer Rabbit) and Nick Stewart (as Brer Bear) in the equally-inclusive Disney movie "Song of the South". It was also co-written by a Jewish man, Allie Wrubel, and it ranks #47 on the American Film Institute's list of Top 100 Songs in Movie History!
The much-beloved song has been sung and/or referenced in countless Disney films, TV shows, attractions and more, as well as being heavily utilized throughout the Disney theme parks and resorts not just in the wildly popular Splash Mountain attractions but also in parades, live stage shows, atmosphere performers and much, much, much more, becoming a staple of the parks and has further made the guests' experiences and vacations at the parks and resorts all the more happy and enjoyable. Not to mention the fact that the song has been released many, many, many times on countless Disney record albums since the film's release, has been sung by other Disney characters (such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy) from time to time and older Disney albums featuring the song continue to be reissued to this day. It has been covered by countless celebrities, musicians and recording artists across all backgrounds all over the world and in all sorts of musical styles and genres, from jazz musicians and rock groups to dancers and barbershop quartets to country singers and reggae artists to choirs and marching bands to pop stars and symphony orchestras. Among the countless talents and performers that have performed "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" over the years include Louis Armstrong (who was a partner of Nick Stewart onstage and in vaudeville), Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Julie Andrews, The Jackson Five, Shirley Bassey, Debbie Allen, Little Richard, Paula Abdul, Miley Cyrus, Aly & AJ, Los Lobos, Neil Patrick Harris, Patti Austin, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Muppets and many, many, many others. It has also been included in countless children's albums and you'll find videos featuring the song on YouTube by the ton, including many performed by kids, adults and amatuer YouTubers alike. It is even still being sung by children in schools and children still perform dance recitals set to the song. Even lullaby and remix versions of the song have been created! In addition, lots of people have sung the song to commemorate happy occasions ranging from school graduations to birthdays to weddings to holidays to the end of cancer treatments. Even movies, TV shows, comics, toys and other media produced by rival studios and competing companies have often featured and/or referenced "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"! The song has taken on a life of its own outside the world of Disney! "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" has NOTHING to do with "Zip Coon" and is not racist or offensive in any way! It's just a happy song about having a nice day and that's it! "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is just another one of many nonsense words that Disney has always been fond of and created over the years, just like "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "Brazzle Dazzle Day", "Fortuosity", "Substitutiary Locomotion", etc. If Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah really was racist, I very highly doubt that they would even allow children to sing it or perform it, most adults would most likely refuse to touch it with a ten-foot pole, celebrities would most likely refuse to ever do covers of it, it would most likely be forbidden from schools and places of worship like churches and synagogues, the lullaby versions of the song would most likely be nonexistent, etc. In other words, the millions of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah performances that have come into existence never wouldve happened if everyone thought it was racist! "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is very heavily burned into our DNA and deserves to continue doing so. Ever since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Derek Chauvin on May 25th, 2020, and in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the destroyer of history and popular culture known as Cancel Culture escalated to the most extreme levels imaginable and brainwashed tons of people. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, in addition to Song of the South and Splash Mountain, has sadly fallen victim to the current wave of Cancel Culture, with Disney attempting to erase the much-beloved and genuinely-inclusive song. For example: the Disneyland Resort removed the song from many of its background music loops, such as the Main Entrance area loop and the Fantasyland/King Arthur Carousel music loop. In addition, a Hallmark ornament featuring Mickey Mouse playing Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah on a xylophone was supposed to be released for the 2020 Christmas season, but was cancelled and never released as a result of the George Floyd tragedy. When Disneyland removed the song from its main entrance area, the official statement that they made was The removal of the song from Downtown Disneys background music is part of a continuous process to deliver an environment that features stories that are relevant and inclusive. Disney's recent attempts to eradicate this popular feel-good song from its theme parks and other media are nothing more than fool's errands! Erasing and removing such a song from area music loops, merchandise and other sources and media does not make things more "relevant" or "inclusive" in any way--it's hypocritical! It is absolutely ridiculous how so many people can suddenly turn against something that they were previously embracing with open arms and develop agendas to try and force people to start hating such things! It is absolutely disgusting that people like the current executives, managers and board of directors at The Walt Disney Company would do something so nasty, heartless, horrific, discriminatory and mean-spirited! Their vendettas against Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Song of the South and Splash Mountain are nothing more than true racism! Getting rid of such a nice song about having a good day only makes adults angry and children cry! Removing the song is also pretending that Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert, James Baskett, etc. did not exist and that the Academy Award that the song received also doesnt exist! Our mission is to keep "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" alive and reaffirm its popularity, inclusiveness and longevity and to get Disney to start listening to the majority of audiences again and restore the song. CELEBRITIES WHO SANG ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH
Part 1--The Muppets, Ric Ocasek, Jim Brickman, Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers, Stuart Foster, Jimmy Sturr, John Denver and Gordon Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGBXNBp_PnY8Rr1OhVUYYp1I-aedF1vVf Part 2--Louis Armstrong, Sammy Kaye, The Modernaires, Bing Crosby, James Last, The Rattles, Arthur Fiedler, Carol Lawrence, Alice Faye and the Lennon Sisters: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGBXNBp_PnY_bi8p5FHYhTWnigMBZUN5W Part 3--Debbie Allen, Xavier Cugat, Miley Cyrus, Aly & AJ, Los Lobos, Little Richard, Chevy Chase, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day and Julie Andrews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGBXNBp_PnY8GLM2Q34pu2azXF1fAzItk |
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