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opening credits, Huey Lewis sings the number about the tough city that is
home to a thousand stories and dreams and how one should overcome shyness
and get out and experience the metropolis. Lewis’s recording enjoyed
some popularity.
“Once Upon a Wintertime” is a bucolic song by Bobby Worth (music)
and Ray Gilbert (lyric) that was used effectively in the animated film anthology
Melody Time (1948). Frances Langford and a studio chorus sing the
flowing number about the joys of winter on the soundtrack while a courting
couple rides a two-horse open sleigh through the countryside to go ice
skating on a pond. After a dramatic episode in which the two lovers quarrel
and are saved from drowning in the freezing water by some helpful animals,
the song is reprised as we see a Victorian picture frame of the happily married
couple years later. The background art for the sequence has a stylized
Currier and Ives look to it, and the song itself is lush and romantic, but at a
cheerful pace that matches the prancing horses.
“The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band” is the boastful
title song by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman for the 1968 movie musical,
set during the 1888 presidential election. Nebraska family patriarch
Grandpa Bower (Walter Brennan) sings the proud march number with
family members (Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren, Janet Blair) and the
Bower grandchildren as they all rehearse for the Democratic Convention,
singing, marching, and playing musical instruments.
“One by One” is the intoxicating African chant number written by Lebo
M for the 1997 Broadway version of The Lion King. At the beginning of the
second act, the ensemble sings the chorale piece, which uses African and
English phrases, urging the lions to persevere and be true to themselves
even as it celebrates Africa and the African races. The stirring song was
included in the chorale recording Rhythm of the Pridelands and was also
featured in the 2004 film short One by One, about children in South Africa
who fly homemade kites as a sign of freedom.
“101 Dalmatians” is the 1950s-like rock-and-roll song by Patrick DeRemer
that serves as the theme song for the animated television program 101
Dalmatians: The Series (1997). A guy group sings the pop number on the
soundtrack during the opening credits, celebrating all the fun you can have
with so many puppies and so many spots.