Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Sign in to save"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for Disney's 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and was the second Disney song to win this award, after "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio (1940). In 2004, it finished at number 47 in ''AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs'', a survey of top tunes in American cinema.
Key facts
- Song.name
- Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah
- Song.artist
- Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
- Song.recorded
- 1946
- Song.genre
- Pop
- Song.length
- 2:40
- Song.composer
- Allie Wrubel
- Song.lyricist
- Ray Gilbert
- Song.cover
- Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Bob B. Soxx.jpg
- Song.type
- single
- Song.album
- Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
- Song.B side
- Flip and Nitty
- Song.released
- 1962
- Song.studio
- Gold Star, Los Angeles
- Song.label
- Philles
- Song.writer
- Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert
- Song.producer
- Phil Spector
- Song.next_title
- Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart
- Song.next_year
- 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- pop music
- Country of origin
- United States
- Composer
- Allie Wrubel
- Producer
- Phil Spector
- Record label
- Philles Records
- Lyrics by
- Ray Gilbert
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- form of creative work
- song
- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1946-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable versions
- Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans version
- Personnel
- References
- External links
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for Disney's 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and was the second Disney song to win this award, after "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio (1940). In 2004, it finished at number 47 in ''AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, a survey of top tunes in American cinema.
According to Disney historian Jim Korkis, the word "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was reportedly invented by Walt Disney, who was fond of nonsense words used in songs such as "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from Cinderella (1950) and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins (1964). Ken Emerson, author of the 1997 book Doo-dah!: Stephen Foster And The Rise Of American Popular Culture, believes that the song is influenced by the chorus of the pre-Civil War folk song "Zip Coon", a "Turkey in the Straw" variation: "O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day".
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