Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing Disney Classics

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Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing Disney Classics
Studio album by Diana Ross & the Supremes
Recorded January 1967 - September 1967
Genre Pop/showtunes
Label Motown
Producer Michael Gentile
Frank Wilson
Diana Ross & the Supremes chronology
Greatest Hits
(1967)		 Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing Disney Classics
(1967)		 Reflections
(1968)

Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing Disney Classics is a 1967 unreleased album recorded for Motown Records by Diana Ross & the Supremes. The album began recording in New York in January of 1967. At the time, Michael Gentile was the album's producer. Frank Wilson would later produce several of the tracks for the album. The album consisted of classic Disney songs from films that stretched back to Pinocchio to the more recent films as Mary Poppins and The Happiest Millionaire. Mary Wilson sings lead on "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett," featuring Florence Ballard doing an early 'rap' within the song. The album was put on hold when Florence Ballard was fired from the group in July of 1967. By September, there was interest in the project and work continued with Cindy Birdsong in Ballard's place. The album was completed with 14 songs recorded, but was never given a catalog number. The project was shelved and put into the vaults for unknown reasons.

A majority of the songs from the 'Disney' sessions were released on the 1987 compilation "Diana Ross & The Supremes - The Never Before Released Masters." All of the recordings have been released except for "Chim Chim Cher-ee", "A Spoonful of Sugar", and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" which still remain unreleased.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Heigh-Ho" (Larry Morey, Frank Churchill)
  2. "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" (Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston)
  3. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel)
  4. "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington)
  5. "It Won't Be Long Til Christmas" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
  6. "Toyland" (Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough)
  7. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
  8. "Whistle While You Work" (Larry Morey, Frank Churchill)
  9. "The Land Of Make Believe" (Ronald Miller, A. Miller)
  10. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Larry Morey, Frank Churchill)
  11. "A Spoonful Of Sugar" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
  12. "I've Got No Strings" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline)
  13. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
  14. "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett" (Tom Blackburn, George Bruns)

[edit] Personnel