{"product_id":"mouse-tracks-the-story-of-walt-disney-records-paperback","title":"Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Hollis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGreg Ehrbar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeonard Maltin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the world there are grandparents, parents, and children who can still sing ditties by Tigger or Baloo the Bear or the Seven Dwarves. This staying power and global reach is in large part a testimony to the pizzazz of performers, songwriters, and other creative artists who worked with Walt Disney Records. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles for the first time the fifty-year history of the Disney recording companies launched by Walt Disney and Roy Disney in the mid-1950s, when Disneyland Park, Davy Crockett, and the Mickey Mouse Club were taking the world by storm. The book provides a perspective on all-time Disney favorites and features anecdotes, reminiscences, and biographies of the artists who brought Disney magic to audio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthors Tim Hollis and Greg Ehrbar go behind the scenes at the Walt Disney Studios and discover that in the early days Walt Disney and Roy Disney resisted going into the record business before the success of \"The Ballad of Davy Crockett\" ignited the in-house label. Along the way, the book traces the recording adventures of such Disney favorites as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella, Bambi, Jiminy Cricket, Winnie the Pooh, and even Walt Disney himself. \u003ci\u003eMouse Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the struggles, major successes, and occasional misfires. Included are impressions and details of teen-pop princesses Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills, the Mary Poppins phenomenon, a Disney-style \"British Invasion,\" and a low period when sagging sales forced Walt Disney to suggest closing the division down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplementing each chapter are brief performer biographies, reproductions of album covers and art, and facsimiles of related promotional material. \u003ci\u003eMouse Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e is a collector's bonanza of information on this little-analyzed side of the Disney empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLearn more about the book and the authors at www.mousetracksonline.com.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Hollis\u003c\/b\u003e has published twenty-four books on pop culture history. For more than thirty years he has maintained a museum of cartoon-related merchandise in Dora, Alabama. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDixie before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFlorida's Miracle Strip: From Redneck Riviera to Emerald Coast\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAin't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eToons in Toyland: The Story of Cartoon Character Merchandise\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eGreg Ehrbar \u003c\/b\u003eis a two-time Grammy-nominated and Addy-winning writer who has spent over twenty-seven years with Disney. He is coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Inside the Whimsy Works: My Life with Walt Disney Productions, \u003c\/i\u003epublished by University Press of Mississippi, and contributor to the Official Disney Parks Blog; \u003ci\u003eThe Cartoon Music Book, Celebrating the Magic: 40 Years of Walt Disney World\u003c\/i\u003e; and numerous Disney journals, books, and sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.98 x 7.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44271201353830,"sku":"9781578068494","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MnRHVmk5YlpYcTJNbk54VUVlR1BUUT09.webp?v=1766266754","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mouse-tracks-the-story-of-walt-disney-records-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}