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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.
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.
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]
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]
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.
We used the Woody Woodpecker theme because it was descriptive to us of spring and summer." [ 2 ] Biographer David Leaf noted its "bizarre woodpecking" percussion, the sentimental use of an accordion to imitate Woody Woodpecker's laugh, and droning wordless vocals by all of the Beach Boys which were originally an element of the shelved ...
In the interim, Lantz made a series of film ads for Coca-Cola and introduced "The Woody Woodpecker Song" as the theme song for the character. He also went to Europe to look for studios that could animate his films there, approaching government incentives not found stateside, and lower labor costs.
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.