Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Little Mermaid

I remember as a kid acting out The Little Mermaid every time I took a bath. I was Ariel and Prince Eric (hottie) was nonexistant. And I would splash water all over the bathroom floor as I "swam" to "shore" and screeched what few words I knew to Part Of Your World. Good times.

March 26, 1990
The Little Mermaid's "Under the Sea" Wins Oscar for Best SongThe baritone vocalist Samuel E. Wright — who won the role of Sebastian solely through a taped demo of the song he had sent to producers — sang this jubilant finger-snapper inspired by the Caribbean style of Calypso music. The song, composed by Disney Legends Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, is also a rousing highlight of the Broadway musical version, though because Tituss Burgess, who plays Sebastian, is a tenor, the key of the song was raised from B-flat to D

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