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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.
Hypnotic Hick introduced another rendition of "The Woody Woodpecker Song", which first appeared in the 1948 film Wet Blanket Policy. This rendition, featuring a prominent trumpet and piano riff , would become the de facto version, regularly appearing until 1961's Franken-Stymied .
"Woodpeckers from Space" is a song by the Dutch eurodisco duo VideoKids. A synth-pop cover of "The Woody Woodpecker Song", it was released in 1984 by Boni Records through their sublabel Break Records as the duo's debut single, as well as the sixth track from their debut studio album, The Invasion of the Spacepeckers (1984).
Woody Woodpecker is an American animated web series featuring the cartoon character of the same name created by Walter Lantz and produced by Splash Entertainment. The series premiered on YouTube on December 3, 2018.
In 1948, the Lantz studio created a hit Academy Award-nominated song titled "The Woody Woodpecker Song", featuring Blanc's laugh. The song was featured in the film Wet Blanket Policy. [14] Mel Blanc sued Lantz for half a million dollars, claiming that Lantz had used his voice in later cartoons without permission.
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]
The success of the pairing prompted both acts to record through 1950, producing such rhythmically comical fare as "The Woody Woodpecker Song" (based on the bird from the Walter Lantz cartoons and a Billboard hit for the quartet), "Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon (And Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea)", "The Big Brass Band from Brazil ...
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.