The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

78 “HERE’S THE HAPPY ENDING”
“Here’s the Happy Ending” is the finale number written by Jay Blackton
(music) and Joe Cook (lyric) for the 1979 Radio City Music Hall stage version
of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Snow White (Mary Jo Salerno)
and Prince Charming (Richard Bowne) led the company in the joyous song
that celebrates the defeat of the witch and the awakening of Snow White
to be reunited with the prince. The production was taped and broadcast on
pay TV in 1980 and on the Disney Channel in 1987 as Snow White Live.
“He’s a Tramp” is the cool and sexy tribute to an unfaithful lover written
by Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke for the animated film Lady and the Tramp
(1955). When the well-bred cocker spaniel Lady is put in the dog pound,
the worldly-wise canine Peg (voice of Peggy Lee) sings to her about the
freewheeling mutt Tramp, whom she loves even though he is a bounder.
The group Jazz Networks made a notable recording of the song in 1996, as
did the Beu Sisters in 2004. There was a pleasing duet version in 2005 by
Ashley Brown and Kaitlin Hopkins, and the next year it was recorded by
Steve Tyrell.
“He’s Gonna Make It” is the zippy song about unlikely success that is
heard over the opening credits of the movie comedy The Barefoot Executive
(1971), about a mail clerk who uses monkeys to determine which television
shows will be successful. Robert F. Brunner wrote the pop music,
Bruce Belland penned the lyric about working your way to the top, and it is
sung by a studio chorus on the soundtrack.
“He’s Large” is the awkward song of admiration sung by the insecure Olive
Oyl (Shelley Duvall) in the surreal movie musical Popeye (1980). When
asked by her girlfriends what she sees in her bullying fiancé Bluto, his size
is the only attribute she can come up with. Harry Nilsson wrote the enharmonic
number, which perfectly matches the fragile nature of Olive Oyl.
“Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me)” is the tuneful ode to
the lure of show business, written for the animated film Pinocchio (1940) by
Leigh Harline (music) and Ned Washington (lyric). The sly fox J. Worthington
Foulfellow (voice of Walter Catlett) sings of the glory of the stage to the
wooden puppet Pinocchio (Dickie Jones) as he leads him to enslavement
with Stromboli’s marionette troupe. The merry, carefree song is in contrast
to the sinister situation, although out of context it is a cheerful celebration
of the acting profession.