Disney Sing-Along Songs


Disney Sing-Along Songs is a series of videos on VHS, betamaxs, laserdiscs and DVDs with musical moments from various Disney films, TV shows and attractions. Lyrics for the songs are displayed on-screen with the Mickey Mouse icon as a "bouncing ball". Early releases open with a theme song introduction containing footage featuring Professor Owl and his class, seen originally in 1953 in two Disney shorts, Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom. Professor Owl hosts some of the videos, while either Ludwig Von Drake or Jiminy Cricket host others, and later volumes, as well as the two Christmas videos, did not have a host at all. The footage of Von Drake and Jiminy Cricket were taken from several television programs featuring the characters in the 1950s and 1960s.

History

Issued beginning on December 23, 1986, there have been four distinct series. The 1st launched in 1986 with Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, followed by five more volumes. The 2nd series began appearing in August 1990 with Under the Sea and Disneyland Fun, featuring a new design and reissued volumes labeled One through Twelve in North America. The 3rd series, beginning in 1994 with Circle of Life, saw another new package design and the re-release of all previous volumes. Around 1996 this series incorporated Mickey's Fun Songs repackaged as Sing-Along Songs. Spanish language editions of some volumes were released. Some songs moved to newer volumes, newly remixed opening and closing songs appeared, and the final release in this format was Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom on June 8, 1999. During the remixed opening and closing themes, the remixed opening was heard on Friend Like Me, Circle of Life, Honor to Us All, and Collection of All-Time Favorites, and the remixed closing was heard on the 1993 and 1994 editions of Heigh-Ho, as well as Friend Like Me, Circle of Life, and Collection of All-Time Favorites. This series abandoned any new volume numbers, included only sporadically on third series volumes. A special three volume set, Collection of All-Time Favorites, was released in 1997. There have been over 30 titles released to home video. Newly remastered editions began appearing in 2002 on Disney DVD, beginning with Very Merry Christmas Songs, featuring a new package design, bonus features, and some new songs. Some Disney DVD feature releases include individual songs as bonus features. Winnie-the-Pooh Sing a Song volumes are being incorporated into the Sing Along Songs series. The DVD series features Sebastian the Crab singing the theme song, replacing Professor Owl.

Volumes: Original series (1986-1998)

''Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah'' (1986)

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A full day of Disneyland is shown over Disney hit songs.

''Let's Go to Disneyland Paris!'' (1993)

Similar plot to the US Disneyland version, but it takes place at the Paris, France Disneyland location.
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The gang spends Christmas at Mickey's Log Cabin and at Disneyland.
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The gang spends time in the great outdoors at Fort Wilderness at Walt Disney World.
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Mickey and the gang visit Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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Mickey and the gang have a big beach party.
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Pongo, Perdita, and the puppies prepare for the Bow Wow Ball.
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''Collection of All Time Favorites: The Early Years'' (1997)

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Mickey and the gang have a spooky halloween party at a haunted house.
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Flik, Mickey, Minnie, and the rest of the gang spend the day at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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''Brother Bear - On My Way'' (2003)

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