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in the chorale recording Rhythm of the Pridelands. The group Baha Men
recorded the song in 2002.
“Half of Me” is the romantic ballad about love being the union of two different
halves, heard over the opening credits of the film The Last Flight of
Noah’s Ark (1980). Maurice Jarre wrote the flowing number, and it is sung
by Alexandra Brown, the lyric foreshadowing the relationship in the movie
between a surly pilot and a missionary.
“Handy Manny Theme Song” is the Spanish-flavored number by Fernando
Rivas that introduces the title character of the 2006 animated television
series about a Latino handyman. During the opening sequence, in
which Manny is seen with his magic tools as he makes repairs, a male chorus
sings the easygoing rhumba song with a lyric that is simply a rhythmic
repetition of his name.
“The Happiest Girl Alive” is the gushing “I am” song for Nebraska farm
girl Alice Bower (Lesley Ann Warren) in the movie musical The One and
Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968). Contemplating a future married
to Joe Carder, a newspaperman she has been corresponding with but
has never met, Alice sings the Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman number
as she cavorts in a pasture with some horses.
“The Happiest Home in These Hills” is the raucous song sung by the
backwoods redneck Gogan family in the part-animated, part-live-action
movie Pete’s Dragon (1977). Lena Gogan (Shelley Winters) and her crude
family (Jeff Conaway, Gary Morgan, and Charles Tyner) search the woods
for the runaway youth Pete, promising baked goods, campouts, and other
fun things if he will return to them. Yet under their breath the family revels
in the torturous things they plan to inflict on the boy once they get their
hands on him. Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn wrote the humorous yet devious
number, which bounces back and forth between playful and menacing
images.
“Happy, Happy Birthday” is the alternate birthday song written by
Michael and Patty Silversher to be used in Disney celebrations, avoiding
the copyright restrictions of the familiar “Happy Birthday” standard. This
number is more pop and danceable than the old favorite and lends itself
to various kinds of uses. The number debuted on the 1983 Disney album