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“Valentine Candy” is the reflective “I am” song tomboy Cordelia Drexel
Biddle (Lesley Ann Warren, in her screen debut) sings in the period movie
musical The Happiest Millionaire (1967). The Philadelphia heiress Cordelia,
who likes to box for a hobby, looks at herself in her bedroom mirror and
tries to find the woman between the society lady and the little girl with a
sweet tooth. Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman wrote the touching and
truthful song.
“Very Good Advice” is the somber, revealing song by Mack David, Al
Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston for the title character in the animated movie
Alice in Wonderland (1951). After all her adventures in Wonderland, Alice
(voice of Kathryn Beaumont) thinks back on the lessons she has learned and
comes to the conclusion that she is better at giving herself advice than she
is at following it. Doris Day and the Four Hits made a smooth recording of
the ballad, and years later it was recorded by Barbara Hendricks and the
Abbey Road Ensemble.
“The Virginia Company” is the rousing song of adventure by Alan Menken
(music) and Stephen Schwartz (lyric) that is sung by a male chorus on
the soundtrack of the animated film Pocahontas (1995). While the crew
readies their ship in London, Governor Ratcliffe (voice of David Ogden
Stiers) and Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson) come aboard, all preparing to
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