It's a Small World After All (The Grand Opening of Disney World, 1971) - Julie Andrews
Published 2024-01-24
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Walt (Disney) conducted a walk-through of the attraction scale model with his staff songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, saying, "I need one song that can be easily translated into many languages and be played as a round." The Sherman brothers then wrote "It's a Small World (After All)" in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which influenced the song's message of peace and brotherhood. When they first presented it to Walt, they played it as a slow ballad. Walt requested something more cheerful, so they sped up the tempo and sang in counterpoint. Walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction "It's a Small World" after the Sherman Brothers' song.
Robert J. Sherman, youngest son of Robert B. Sherman, has claimed that this song is the single most-performed and most-translated piece of music. In 2014, it was estimated that the song had played nearly 50 million times worldwide on the attractions alone, beating out the radio and TV estimates for "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Yesterday", which were believed to have been played at least eight and seven million times respectively.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Small_World
All Comments (8)
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Julie is a Disney Princess... a Disney Queen who happens to be the most magical of all of them!
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I really really wish someone would put together all the disney songs she covered over the years in an album!
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Her voice always makes me feel like coming home, something so familiar and cherished
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Now we have a Disney Cruise in Singapore đđžđŹ
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such a hard song to digest given how children are in such dire circumstances in certain parts of the world, the likes that was rarely seen in recorded history.
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Voz sempre extraordinĂĄria. Completa como cantora. Atriz. Apresentadora.
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There should have been a musical called "its a small world" or its a small world after all" starring Julie Andrews and featuring this song!
