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Mel Leven was born in Chicago. His most famous song is arguably "Cruella de Vil" from the 1961 Disney animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which is claimed to have been written in homage to Thelonious Monk's "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are". [1]
The songs were written by George Bruns and Mel Leven. Track listing. All tracks are written by George Bruns & Mel Leven. No. Title ... "Cruella De Vil" Bill Lee:
Cruella: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. It was released on May 21, 2021, by Walt Disney Records . A separate film score album, titled Cruella: Original Score and composed by Nicholas Britell , was released on the same day, under the same label.
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Though George Sanders, Shere Khan's voice actor, was an accomplished singer, he was not available during the finalized recording of the song. [2] Lee performed prolifically for The Walt Disney Company. Initially his Disney efforts were as part of The Mellomen, but he was later given many solos on Disneyland Records. [1]
Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 – January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly active in radio but also in film and television and as a voice actress. She is best known as the original voice of Cruella de Vil from the Disney animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1996.
The song is featured in the music video games Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Revolution, as well as downloadable content for Rock Band 3 and Rocksmith. [23] [24] It also appeared on the soundtrack of the 2021 Disney movie Cruella, where the opening verse underscores a young Cruella de Vil hijacking a car.
The name Cruella de Vil is a pun of the words cruel and devil, an allusion that is emphasized by having her English country house nicknamed 'Hell Hall'. [3] The name 'de Vil' is also a literary allusion to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), in which the realty firm Mitchell, Sons & Candy write a letter to Lord Godalming, informing him that the purchaser of a house in Piccadilly, London is "a ...