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The English lyrics were written by Harold Adamson. The song became a hit in 1940, recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, [ 2 ] The Andrews Sisters , and Kate Smith in 1940. The Glenn Miller recording on RCA Bluebird featuring Marion Hutton on vocals reached No. 1 on the Your Hit Parade chart in 1940 where it topped the charts for seven weeks.
Sung by Woody Woodpecker in The Dizzy Acrobat (1943) Recorded and sung by Tex Ritter as part of Children's Songs and Stories (1948) Captain Kangaroo with Mitch Miller orchestra & The Sandpipers (1958) [5] Sung by Richard Dreyfuss's character Moses Wine to his sons in the film The Big Fix (1978) [6]
In 1947, Woody got his theme song when musicians George Tibbles and Ramey Idriss wrote "The Woody Woodpecker Song", making ample use of the character's famous laugh. Kay Kyser 's 1948 recording of the song, with Harry Babbitt 's laugh interrupting vocalist Gloria Wood , became one of the biggest hit singles of 1948.
As a result of including "The Woody Woodpecker Song" in Wet Blanket Policy, the song became the first and only tune from an animated short subject to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, losing the award to "Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface. [5] Lantz adopted the song as Woody's theme music from then on. [2]
1948: First sings The Woody Woodpecker Song in Wet Blanket Policy cartoon. 1948: So Dear to My Heart (Disney Live Action/Animated Film; chorus) 1949: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Disney Animated Film, "The Headless Horseman"; chorus) 1950: Wood is the uncredited singing voice of Adele Jergens in the comedy film Blues Busters.
Chilly Willy was inspired by mystery writer Stuart Palmer, according to Scott MacGillivray's book Castle Films: A Hobbyist's Guide.Palmer used the Lantz studio as a background for his novel Cold Poison, in which the cartoon star was a penguin character, and Lantz adopted the penguin idea for the screen. [4]
George F. Tibbles (June 7, 1913 [1] – February 14, 1987) [2] was an American composer and screenwriter.. He and Ramez Idriss co-wrote "The Woody Woodpecker Song" for the 1948 short film, Wet Blanket Policy; the song would receive an Academy Award nomination (Academy Award for Best Original Song), [2] and by June 30, 1948, it was third on the hit parade. [3]
"Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)" is an instrumental composed by Brian Wilson for American rock band the Beach Boys. Released in 1967 as the third track on the group's album Smiley Smile , the composition derives from " Fire " – a piece recorded by Wilson several months earlier, but left unreleased due to his paranoia.