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Mickey Mouse Disco
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Wikipedia article
'Mickey Mouse Disco' is an album released by Disneyland Records in 1979. A late entry in the genre of disco, 'Mickey Mouse Disco' included disco versions of Disney songs and Disney-fied versions of disco hits. The album was re-released on CD in 1995, and is currently available for download from iTunes.[https://music.apple.com/us/album/mickey-mouse-disco/1440754079 Apple Music] On April 13, 2019, the original LP was reissued for the annual Record Store Day.[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47404489 Record Store Day 2019: Ten of the best releases-BBC News]
Chart performance
The album peaked at number 35 on 'Billboard's Pop Albums Chart and was certified 2 Platinum by the RIAA.[http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/when-bugs-popeye-batman-mickey-friends-went-disco/?unapproved=702794&moderation-hash=9a728b1bc21c1a5b1b171831586cc115#comment-702794 When Bugs, Popeye, Batman, Mickey & Friends Went Disco|Cartoon Research]
Track listing
Arrangement
Arrangement is done by Dennis Burnside (except "It's a Small World").Side one
# "Disco Mickey Mouse" 4:00# "Welcome to Rio" 3:23
# "The Greatest Band" 4:10
# "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" 2:13
Side two
# "Macho Duck" 4:36# "Mousetrap" 2:56
# "Watch Out for Goofy!" 3:30
# "It's a Small World" 2:28
# "Chim Chim Cher-ee" 2:10
[https://www.amazon.com/Mickey-Mouse-Disco-Various-Artists/dp/B000001M0E Amazon.com]
Personnel
* Dennis Burnside keyboards (track 6)
* Rick Daller trumpet (track 6)
* Don Jackson saxophone (track 6)
* Terry Mead trumpet (track 6)
* Rex Peer trombone (track 6)
* Clarence "Ducky" Nash - voice of Donald Duck
Certifications
Film
A short film based on the album, a music video clip show of classic Disney cartoons comprising five of the nine songs featured[https://d23.com/celebrate-mickey-mouses-birthday-with-these-11-swell-cartoons/ Celebrate Mickey Mouse's Birthday with These 11 Swell Cartoons!-D23] was released theatrically on June 25, 1980, alongside the feature 'The Last Flight of Noah's Ark'.[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36627-Mickey-Mouse-Disco BCDB][https://d23.com/featured-photo/mickey-mouse-disco/ D23]
The clips featured in the short were 'Thru the Mirror' (1936), 'Clock Cleaners' (1937), 'Mr. Duck Steps Out' (1940), 'Mickey's Birthday Party' and 'Symphony Hour' (both 1942), the first appearance of Panchito Pistoles from 'The Three Caballeros' (1944), 'Mickey's Delayed Date' (1947) and 'How to Dance' (1953). It was also included in episodes of various Disney cartoon compilation shows, such as 'Mickey's Mouse Tracks', 'The Ink & Paint Club'[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233973/movieconnections/?tab=mc&ref_=tt_trv_cnn "Ink & Paint Club" The Mickey Boogie (TV Episode 1998)-Connections-IMDB] and 'Donald's Quack Attack'.
Legacy
"Disco Mickey Mouse" has appeared on more Disney compilation albums like 'Hallmark Celebrates 75 Years With Mickey' [https://archive.org/details/cd_hallmark-celebrates-75-years-with-mickey_various-artists-disco-mickey-mouse-album-m/disc1/05.+Rock+Around+the+Mouse+Album+-+Mickey+Motion.flac Hallmark Celebrates 75 Years With Mickey-Internet Archive] and 'Walt Disney Records Archive Collection, Vol.1' [https://www.allmusic.com/album/walt-disney-records-archive-collection-vol-1-mw0001721128 Walt Disney Records Archive Collection Vol.1-AllMusic]
D23 celebrated the album's 40th anniversary with a roller disco party.[https://d23.com/d23-video/mickey-mouses-roller-disco-party/ Mickey Mouses Roller Disco Party with D23-D23]
A sample of the discofied version of "It's a Small World" can be heard on Fatboy Slim's 1999 recording "Praise You".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04qGKPoJzbE Praise You by Fatboy Slim on YouTube]
See also
* Disco Duck
* "Macho Man" (song)
* Walt Disney Records
* Disco music
References
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