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"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. [1] For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song [ 1 ] and was the second Disney song to win this award, after " When You Wish upon a ...
The song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Original Song [5] and Baskett received an Academy Honorary Award for his performance as Uncle Remus. Since its initial release the film has attracted controversy, with critics characterizing its portrayal of African Americans and plantation life as racist .
Lyrics from “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” have been quietly removed from the set list of Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade. The melody originates from the 1946 feature “Song of the South,” which ...
Wrubel collaborated with lyricist Ray Gilbert on the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", from the film Song of the South, which won the Oscar for Best Song in 1947. Wrubel also contributed to the films Make Mine Music , Duel in the Sun , I Walk Alone , Melody Time , Tulsa , Never Steal Anything Small and Midnight Lace .
Lyrics from “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” have been quietly removed from the set list of Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade.
The song comes from the 1946 film 'Song of the South,' which used racist tropes and painted a rosy picture of race relations in the antebellum South.
Old muley cow come on to the track, Doo-dah! doo-dah! The bob-tail fling her over his back, Oh, doo-dah-day! Then fly along like a rail-road car, Doo-dah! doo-dah! Runnin' a race with a shootin' star, Oh, doo-dah-day! CHORUS See them flyin' on a ten mile heat, Doo-dah! doo-dah! Round the race track, then repeat, Oh, doo-dah-day!
James Franklin Baskett [citation needed] (February 16, 1904 – July 9, 1948) was an American actor who portrayed Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 Disney feature film Song of the South. In recognition of his portrayal of Remus, he was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1948. [1]