The Innovative Song from Cinderella You Probably Never Knew About

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Did you know what's special about the movie Cinderella? Besides the magic of course. You probably know the song "Sing Sweet Nightingale" from the movie, but did you know how innovative the technology was for music recording at it's time? In this week's video we go over the "hidden" history behind the music of Cinderella, and briefly discuss how music used to be created and edited back in the analog era.

Link to Ilene Woods Interview
Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Prjci0Hu4
Sing Sweet Nightingale Timestamp: https://youtu.be/i6Prjci0Hu4?t=102

Music Used
The Great One Step - Victor Dance Orchestra
Shake It and Break It - Lanin's Southern Seranaders
Who's Sorry Now - Memphis Five
April Showers - Eddie Elkin's Orchestra
Oh By Jingo! - All Star Trio

Sources and Citations
Woods, Ilene. "Ilene Woods Talks With Cinderella: Working With Walt". By The Walt Disney Family Museum. Apr 17, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Prjci0Hu4
Paul, Les. "Disc to Disc Breakthrough." Les Paul. Les Paul Foundation
https://www.les-paul.com/sound-on-sound/#:~:text=Les%20Paul%27s%20many%20recording%20innovations,recorder%20was%20the%20most%20revolutionary.&text=This%20opens%20in%20a%20new%20window
Dreosti, Janis. "The Emergence of Multitrack Recording." National Museums Liverpool. National Museums Liverpool.
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/emergence-of-multitrack-recording
Sibley, Brian. "Ilene Woods Obituary." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited, July 19th 2010
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jul/19/ilene-woods-obituary
Abrams, Steve and Settlemier, Tyrone. "MERCURY 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000 - 5500." The Online Discographical Project. The Online Discographical Project, November 30th, 2014
http://78discography.com/Merc050.htm
Holden, Stephen and New York Times News Service. "Patti Page Was 1st to Overdub Voice." Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribue, July 21st 1988
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-07-21-8801160604-story.html
IMDb. "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met." IMDb. IMDb.com
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039109/

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