Walt Disney Records is an American

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owned by the

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. The label releases

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s from

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's motion picture studios, television shows,

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and traditional

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produced by its roster of

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and

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artists. The music label was founded in the Spring of 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed to a variety of other labels such as

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, Capitol,

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, and

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. It was Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson who convinced

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’s brother

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that Disney, at time known as ''Walt Disney Productions'' should form their own record label. It adopted its current name in 1988 and is currently distributed by

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for physical releases outside of North America and digital releases globally.

History

Disneyland Records was predicated by non-soundtrack audio material based on

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miniseries from the Disneyland anthology television series, along with the song, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," both featuring series star

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. These were licensed to

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, but the smaller

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label released the more successful "Ballad of Davy Crockett" sung by Bill Hayes faster, and this was the record that topped the charts instead. The following year, Disney saw profits for Mickey Mouse Club records in the millions being shared with Golden Records and

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, finally convincing Roy to allow Johnson to start the in-house Disneyland Records.

Disneyland Records

The label was founded as Disneyland Records on February 4, 1956, with Jimmy Johnson as president, serving as the record unit of

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. Johnson brought in musician Tutti Camarata to head the

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department of this new enterprise. One ten-inch LP with the "Disneyland" imprint had been released a few months earlier, a musical version of ''A Child's Garden of Verses'', but it was distributed by the Charles Hansen music publishing company. The first album produced, marketed and distributed by the label was ''Walt Disney Takes You to Disneyland'', the only album Walt had ever recorded especially for his own record company. Also in the first year, seven Disney animated movie soundtracks were issued by the label. Disneyland Records issued Parker's "Wringle Wrangle" single from the ''

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'' film within a year of starting operations; the single became a hit. This led the company to start recording music from outside the films. However, what ever was released by the company the industry categorized as children. Pricing was directed towards an adult audience, which was more than standard children fare. The only outside success was Camarata’s album "Tutti's Trumpets". Thus in 1959, the Disneyland label became the soundtrack and children's label and Buena Vista label for the occasional pop song record. Camarata established the label's initial forays into long-form musical albums, which included jazz interpretations of Disney standards from ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', as well as original musical concept albums, and he expanded the format of soundtracks by including selections from the score as well as the songs. Tutti's connections within the music industry also brought to the label the likes of

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and

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. After popular Mouseketeer,

Annette Funicello Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. She began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original ''The Mickey Mouse Club, Mickey Mouse Cl ...

, sang a song called "How Will I Know My Love" on the Mickey Mouse Club TV series, fans contacted the studio for the record, which became a minor hit. This prompted Camarata, Johnson and Walt Disney to encourage Annette's career as the label's first artist in residence. In 1959, the Buena Vista Records label was formed for Funicello's select recordings, soundtrack albums and other contemporary audiophile music. While looking for the right material for Annette, Tutti and his team discovered the songwriting duo of

Richard M. Sherman Richard Morton Sherman (June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024) was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "The ...

and

Robert B. Sherman Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter, best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman. The Sherman brothers produced more motion picture song scores than any oth ...

after hearing one of their songs on the radio. The two were brought to the Disney studio in Burbank where they eventually became the first staff songwriters for the company.With the participation of the Sherman brothers and two technicians at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Camarata developed his renowned "Annette Sound," a specific type of double/reverb recording to strengthen Annette's voice that became an industry standard. The Shermans penned not only a good deal of Annette's songs, but were also responsible for most of the iconic Disney songs of the 1960s and beyond – “

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” and “ The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room” for the theme parks, as well as the songs from ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1960, Camarata left the staff but under Roy O. Disney's suggestion, established his own full-service recording studio where most of Disney and Buena Vista's records were recorded, mixed, engineered, cut and mastered, the Los Angeles landmark,

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. In effect he was associated with Disney until the early seventies. Disneyland Records started its read-along series in 1965 with singer/actor

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appearing on more titles than any other in the history of the label.

Disneyland/Vista Records

In 1971, Disneyland Records was renamed Disneyland/Vista Records. Also, ''

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'' was still in their line. Disneyland/Vista worked with

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to release six recordings tied to ''The Hobbit'' 1977 animated film. Rankin/Bass also had Disneyland/Vista release soundtracks for two of their earlier holiday specials, ''

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'' and '' ’Twas the Night Before Christmas''. The company was so successful with its ''Mickey Mouse Disco'' album that Disneyland looked to expand again into pop music by October 1980. Its success also lead to the issuance of animated theatrical shorts based on songs from the album. Two such original productions were "That Waddlin' Crazy Guy" and "Pardners" featuring the comedy singing team of Willio and Phillio (Will Ryan and Phil Baron).

Disneyland/Vista Records and Tapes

In 1985, the label was renamed Disneyland/Vista Records and Tapes. Around 1987, the label began releasing their albums on CD. Some of the first albums that the label released on CD were The Disney Collection series.

Walt Disney Records

In 1988, Disneyland/Vista Records and Tapes was renamed Disney Records then Walt Disney Records. Around 1990, Walt Disney Records signed several youth targeted acts like Parachute Express and Norman Foote. Disney let these acts go after several years as their mandate was changed to support the animated features, produce book and tape packages and compilations to take advantage of the catalog. In May 2000, Walt Disney Records signed the label's first teen singer,

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; her first single with the label, "Magic Carpet Ride", was released on May 23, 2000 as part of the ''La Vida Mickey'' album. On June 24, 2014, Walt Disney Records launched a series entitled '' The Legacy Collection.'' The series includes original soundtracks, as well as unreleased music, and composer and producer liner notes. As of 2022, the collection includes 16 albums ranging between various anniversaries of various Disney films and Disneyland. With Disney's purchase of

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on December 21, 2012, Walt Disney Records became the official record label for the studio and all ''

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''-related soundtracks, beginning with ''The Force Awakens'' soundtrack on December 18, 2015. In January 2017, Disney acquired the distribution rights to the entire ''Star Wars''

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from

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; the soundtrack albums from the first six films were then released by Walt Disney Records in digital formats the same day. Disney

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original ''Star Wars'' soundtrack albums in physical formats on May 4, 2018. In 2024, Disney acquired the distribution rights to the first four ''

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'' soundtrack albums from

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; the soundtracks were then reissued by Walt Disney Records later that year. That same year, Walt Disney Records released '' A Whole New Sound'', an album of pop-punk cover versions of classic songs from Disney films. The first single from the album, a cover of

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, was released on July 12, 2024. On May 13, 2025, for the 70th anniversary of

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, Walt Disney Records released the seven-song compilation album ''Music From Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration''. The album includes Jonas Brothers' “Celebrate Happy", the theme song for the 70th anniversary celebration, as well as new music from

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Albums

; Notable soundtracks and scores * ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1956) * ''Pinocchio'' (1956) * ''

'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * ''Fantasia'' (1957 mono, 1958 stereo) * ''Alice in Wonderland'' (Darlene Gillespie, 1957) * ''

Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' (Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Set in Latin America, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck ...

'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1958) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''The Sword in the Stone'' (1963) * ''it's a small world'' (1964, World's Fair attraction) * ''

'' (1964) * ''

'' (1967) * ''The Happiest Millionaire'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1967, Disneyland attraction) * ''

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'' (1968) * ''The Enchanted Tiki Room'' and ''Jungle Cruise'' (1968, Disneyland attraction) * ''

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'' (1969, Disneyland attraction) * ''The Aristocats'' (1970) * ''

'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1971, Walt Disney World attraction) * ''

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'' (1971, Walt Disney World attraction) * ''

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'' (1973) * ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (complete 1937 film soundtrack, 1975) * ''

The Rescuers ''The Rescuers'' is a 1977 American Animated film, animated adventure film, adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor respectively star as Bernard and B ...

'' (1977) * ''

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'' (first digital soundtrack, 1979) * ''

The Fox and the Hound ''The Fox and the Hound'' is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. It tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a r ...

'' (1981) * ''

Mickey's Christmas Carol ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' is a 1983 American animated Christmas fantasy featurette, directed and produced by Burny Mattinson. The cartoon is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'', and stars Scrooge McDuck as E ...

'' (1983) * ''

Oliver & Company ''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American Animated film, animated musical film, musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is inspired by the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist''. I ...

'' (1988) * ''

The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" (), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story foll ...

'' (1989) * ''

Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales''). Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...

'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1992) * ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. Produced by Walt Disney ...

'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1997, first issue of 1951 soundtrack) * ''

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'' (1997, first issue of 1961 soundtrack) * ''

Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American Animated film, animated Musical film, musical romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based on Ward Greene's 1945 ''Cosmopolitan (magazine) ...

'' (1997, first extended version of 1955 soundtrack) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' The Cheetah Girls'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

Hannah Montana ''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cy ...

'' (2006) * '' Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Tron: Legacy'' (2010) * '' Frozen'' (2013) * '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' Moana'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

Raya and the Last Dragon ''Raya and the Last Dragon'' ( ) is a 2021 American animated fantasy action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directed by ...

'' (2021) * ''

Encanto ''Encanto'' is a 2021 American animated Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, co-directed by Charise Castro Smith, and ...

'' (2021) * ''

Ron's Gone Wrong ''Ron's Gone Wrong'' is a 2021 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Peter Baynham and Smith. The film follows Barney ( Jack Dylan Grazer), a soci ...

'' (2021) * '' Strange World'' (2022) * ''

Wish A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices. In folklore, opportunities for "making a wish" or for wishes to "come true" or "be granted" are themes that are sometimes used. Sociology Several cu ...

'' (2023) * ''

Moana 2 ''Moana 2'' is a 2024 American animated musical film, musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The second film in the Moana_(franchise)#Films, ''Moana'' franchise, it was directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and D ...

'' (2024) ; Compilations * ''Walt Disney Takes You to Disneyland'' (1956) * ''Walt Disney's Music Cavalcade'' (1959) * ''Walt Disney's Happiest Songs'' (1967) * ''Walt Disney's Merriest Songs'' (1968) * ''50 Happy Years of Disney Favorites'' (1973) * ''The Best of Disney'' (1976) * ''The Disney Collection'' (1987) * ''For Our Children'' (2003) * ''The Disney Princess Christmas Album'' (2007) * ''

Disney Channel Holiday Playlist ''Disney Channel Holiday Playlist'' (titled '' Family® Holiday Playlist'' in Canadahttps://music.amazon.ca/albums/B07BB1TLNX ) is a 2012 holiday music album released on October 2, 2012 in the United States, and November 2, 2012 in Canada. The alb ...

'' (2012) * ''Disney Classics'' (Box Set, 2013) * '' Disney Holidays Unwrapped'' (2013) * '' Disney Channel Play It Loud'' (2014) * '' Dconstructed'' (April 22, 2014) Disney tunes remix by EDM stars * ''The Silly Symphony Collection'' (2015) * ''Disney 100'' (2023) ; Album series * ''Walt Disney Records Classic Soundtrack Series'' * Disney Archive Collection Series * ''Disney Children's Favorite Songs'' * '' Disneymania'' * '' Radio Disney Jams'' * ''Disney Karaoke Series'' * ''

We Love Disney ''We Love Disney'' is a compilation series that features cover versions of Disney songs by contemporary artists. It is the successor to the '' Disneymania'' series of albums that were released from 2002 to 2010. The first album of the series was ...

'' (2013–present) * '' Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection'' (2014–2015, 2017–present)

References

External links

Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records Database

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