In this musical time-machine is the top representative song, and the first and second runner up, for each year of the past nine decades, in a chronological retrospective of how music and the Walt Disney Company has evolved through time.
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PART TWO - FROM ANIMATION TO INNOVATION 1950-1969
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- 1950 - * Winner * A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
from Cinderella - premiered on February 15, 1950
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- 1950 - Second Runner Up Cinderella Work Song
from Cinderella - premiered on February 15, 1950
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- 1950 - First Runner Up Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
from Cinderella - premiered on February 15, 1950
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- 1950 - Finalist So This is Love
from Cinderella - premiered on February 15, 1950
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- 1950 - Honorable Mention The Ballad of Casey Jones
from the special cartoon: The Brave Engineer - premiered on March 13, 1950
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- 1950 - Honorable Mention Crazy Over Daisy
from the Donald Duck cartoon: Crazy Over Daisy - premiered on March 25, 1950
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- 1950 - Honorable Mention Goofy Theme
from the Goofy cartoon series - premiered on June 30, 1950
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- 1950 - Honorable Mention Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling
from In Beaver Valley: covered by The Andrews Sisters - released in 1950
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- 1951 - Honorable Mention Hungry Babies / Autumn / Springtime
from the True-Life Adventure: Nature's Half Acre - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - * Winner * Alice in Wonderland
from Alice in Wonderland - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - First Runner Up I'm Late / Down the Rabbit Hole
from Alice in Wonderland - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - Finalist All in the Golden Afternoon
from Alice in Wonderland - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - Second Runner Up The Unbirthday Song
from Alice in Wonderland - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - Honorable Mention Very Good Advice
from Alice in Wonderland - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - Honorable Mention Painting the Roses Red / March of the Cards
from Alice in Wonderland - premiered on July 28, 1951
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- 1951 - Honorable Mention How D'Ye Do and Shake Hands
from Alice in Wonderland: covered by Jimmy Durante and Company - released in 1951
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- 1951 - Honorable Mention Lurkey's Turkeys
from the Pluto cartoon: Cold Turkey - premiered on September 21, 1951
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- 1952 - * Winner * Lambert the Sheepish Lion
from the special cartoon: Lambert the Sheepish Lion - premiered on February 8, 1952
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- 1952 - Honorable Mention The Voice of the Trade Winds / A Man Like Me
from the Goofy cartoon: Hello Aloha - premiered on February 19, 1952
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- 1952 - Second Runner Up Riddle-De-Diddle-De-Day
from The Story of Robin Hood - London premiere on March 13, 1952
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- 1952 - Finalist My Destiny / Little Girl
from the Chip and Dale cartoon: Two Chips and a Miss - premiered on March 21, 1952
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- 1952 - First Runner Up Trick-or-Treat
from the Donald Duck cartoon: Trick-or-Treat - premiered on October 10, 1952
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- 1953 - First Runner Up The Second Star to the Right
from Peter Pan - premiered on February 5, 1953
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- 1953 - * Winner * You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
from Peter Pan - premiered on February 5, 1953
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- 1953 - Honorable Mention Following the Leader
from Peter Pan - premiered on February 5, 1953
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- 1953 - Second Runner Up Never Smile at a Crocodile
from Peter Pan: covered by The Paulette Sisters - released in 1953
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- 1953 - Finalist Toot Whistle Plunk Boom
from Adventures in Medley: Toot Whistle Plunk Boom - premiered on November 10, 1953
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- 1953 - Honorable Mention Desert Suite / Scorpion Square Dance
from the True-Life Adventure: The Living Desert - premiered on November 10, 1953
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- 1954 - Honorable Mention Irish Washer Woman
from the special cartoon: Pigs is Pigs - premiered on May 21, 1954
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- 1954 - Second Runner Up Buffalo Theme
from the True Life Adventure: The Vanishing Prairie - premiered on August 16, 1954
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- 1954 - Finalist Disneyland Theme
from the Disneyland television series - premiered on October 27, 1954
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- 1954 - * Winner * The Ballad of Davy Crockett
from Davy Crockett - premiered on the Disneyland TV series on December 15, 1954
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- 1954 - Honorable Mention 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Main Title)
from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - premiered on December 23, 1954
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- 1954 - First Runner Up A Whale of a Tale
from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - premiered on December 23, 1954
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- 1955 - Finalist Siamese Cat Song
from Lady and the Tramp - premiered on June 6, 1955
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- 1955 - First Runner Up Bella Notte
from Lady and the Tramp - premiered on June 6, 1955
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- 1955 - Second Runner Up He's a Tramp
from Lady and the Tramp - premiered on June 6, 1955
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- 1955 - * Winner * Mickey Mouse Club March
from the Mickey Mouse Club television series - premiered on October 3, 1955
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- 1955 - Honorable Mention I'm No Fool
from the Mickey Mouse Club television series - premiered on October 3, 1955
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- 1955 - Honorable Mention Talent Roundup / Hi To You
from the Mickey Mouse Club television series - premiered on October 7, 1955
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- 1955 - Honorable Mention Triple 'R' Song
from the Mickey Mouse Club serial: Spin and Marty - premiered on November 15, 1955
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- 1955 - Honorable Mention The Marching Song
from the Disneyland Record: A Child's Garden of Verses - released in 1955
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- 1955 - Honorable Mention I See Da Moon
from the Disneyland TV episode: Man and the Moon - premiered on December 28, 1956
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- 1956 - Honorable Mention Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck
Disneyland TV series: A Day in the Life of Donald Duck - premiered on February 1, 1956
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- 1956 - Finalist Humphrey Hop
from the special cartoon: In the Bag - premiered on July 17, 1956
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- 1956 - Honorable Mention Fun with Music / The Merry Mouseketeers
from the Mickey Mouse Club television series: season 2 - premiered on October 1, 1956
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- 1956 - Honorable Mention Nineteen Twenty-Five
performed by Cliff Edwards for Disneyland Records - released in 1956
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- 1956 - Second Runner Up A Cowboy Needs a Horse
from the special cartoon: A Cowboy Needs a Horse - premiered on November 9, 1956
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- 1956 - * Winner * Meet Me Down on Main Street
from the documentary short: Disneyland USA - premiered on December 20, 1956
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- 1956 - First Runner Up Wringle Wrangle
from Westward Ho! The Wagons - premiered on December 25, 1956
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- 1957 - Second Runner Up The Liberty Tree
from Johnny Tremain - premiered on June 19, 1957
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- 1957 - Honorable Mention The Truth About Mother Goose
from the special cartoon: The Truth About Mother Goose - premiered on August 28, 1957
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- 1957 - Honorable Mention Together Time
from the True-Life Fantasy: Perri - premiered on August 28, 1957
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- 1957 - Honorable Mention 'Twas Brillig
from the Disneyland Record: Alice in Wonderland - released in September, 1957
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- 1957 - Finalist We're the Mouseketeers
from the Mickey Mouse Club television series: season 3 - premiered on September 30, 1957
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- 1957 - * Winner * Theme from Zorro
from the Zorro television series - premiered on October 10, 1957
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- 1957 - First Runner Up Old Yeller
from Old Yeller - premiered on December 25, 1957
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- 1958 - * Winner * How Will I Know My Love?
from the Mickey Mouse Club serial: Annette - premiered on March 8, 1958
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- 1958 - Honorable Mention World of Tomorrow Theme
from the TV episode: Magic Highway USA - premiered on May 14, 1958
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- 1958 - Finalist Paul Bunyan
from the special cartoon: Paul Bunyan - premiered on August 1, 1958
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- 1958 - Second Runner Up Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail
from the True-Life Adventure: The Grand Canyon - premiered on December 17, 1958
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- 1958 - First Runner Up From All of Us to All of You
from the Walt Disney Presents television series - premiered on December 19, 1958
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- 1959 - Second Runner Up Tall Paul
performed by Annette Funicello for Buena Vista records - released in 1959
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- 1959 - * Winner * Once Upon a Dream
from Sleeping Beauty- premiered on January 29, 1959
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- 1959 - Honorable Mention Battle with the Forces of Evil
from Sleeping Beauty- premiered on January 29, 1959
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- 1959 - Honorable Mention Chip 'n' Dale Song
from the TV episode: The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale - premiered on February 27, 1959
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- 1959 - Honorable Mention Lonely Guitar
from the Zorro television series: season 2 - premiered on March 12, 1959
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- 1959 - Honorable Mention The Shaggy Dog
from The Shaggy Dog - premiered on March 19, 1959
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- 1959 - First Runner Up My Pretty Irish Girl
from Darby O'Gill and the Little People - premiered on June 26, 1959
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- 1959 - Finalist Swamp Fox
from the television miniseries: The Swamp Fox - premiered on October 23, 1959
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- 1959 - Honorable Mention Don't Mention His Name to Me
from the special stop-motion cartoon: Noah's Ark- premiered on November 10, 1959
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- 1960 - Finalist Nation on Wheels / The Monorail Song
from the documentary short: A Gala Day at Disneyland - premiered on January 21, 1960
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- 1960 - Honorable Mention Biddle-Dee-Dee
from Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus - premiered on January 21, 1960
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- 1960 - First Runner Up Pollyanna's Song (The Glad Game)
from Pollyanna - premiered on May 19, 1960
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- 1960 - * Winner * Pineapple Princess
from the Buena Vista album Hawaiiannette - released in the Summer of 1960
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- 1960 - Second Runner Up Swisskapolka
from The Swiss Family Robinson - premiered on December 10, 1960
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- 1961 - * Winner * Cruella DeVil
from One Hundred and One Dalmatians - premiered on January 25, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention Medfield Fight Song
from The Absent-Minded Professor - premiered on March 16, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention The Parent Trap
from The Parent Trap - premiered on June 12, 1961
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- 1961 - First Runner Up Let's Get Together
from The Parent Trap - premiered on June 12, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention The Inventor of the Wheel / Wheels of Progress
from the Donald Duck cartoon: Donald and the Wheel - premiered on June 21, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention Castle in Spain
from Babes in Toyland - premiered on September 12, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention Just a Toy
from Babes in Toyland - premiered on September 12, 1961
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- 1961 - Finalist March of the Toys
from Babes in Toyland - premiered on September 12, 1961
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- 1961 - Second Runner Up A Carousel of Color
from The Wonderful World of Color television series - premiered on September 24, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention Green with Envy Blues
from The Wonderful World of Color television series - premiered on September 24, 1961
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- 1961 - Honorable Mention The Strummin' Song
from the television movie: The Horsemasters - premiered on October 1, 1961
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- 1962 - Honorable Mention Mon Amor Perdu
from Big Red - premiered on June 6, 1962
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- 1962 - * Winner * Mr. Piano Man
from The Wonderful World of Color television series - premiered on September 23, 1962
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- 1962 - Finalist The Legend of Lobo
from The Legend of Lobo - premiered on November 7, 1962
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- 1962 - Second Runner Up Rutabaga Rag
from A Symposium on Popular Songs - premiered on December 19, 1962
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- 1962 - Honorable Mention The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man
from A Symposium on Popular Songs - premiered on December 19, 1962
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- 1962 - Honorable Mention Puppy Love is Here to Stay
from A Symposium on Popular Songs - premiered on December 19, 1962
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- 1962 - First Runner Up Enjoy It!
from In Search of the Castaways - premiered on December 19, 1962
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- 1963 - * Winner * In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
from Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room - premiered at Disneyland on June 23, 1963
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- 1963 - Honorable Mention Beulah Land
from Summer Magic - premiered on July 7, 1963
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- 1963 - Honorable Mention Summer Magic
from Summer Magic - premiered on July 7, 1963
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- 1963 - First Runner Up The Ugly Bug Ball
from Summer Magic - premiered on July 7, 1963
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- 1963 - Finalist On the Front Porch
from Summer Magic - premiered on July 7, 1963
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- 1963 - Second Runner Up Higitus Figitus
from The Sword in the Stone - premiered on December 25, 1963
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (Main Title)
from the TV miniseries: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh - premiered on February 9, 1964
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention Merlin Jones Song
from The Misadventures of Merlin Jones - premiered on February 11, 1964
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- 1964 - * Winner * It's a Small World
from It's a Small World - premiered at the NY World's Fair on April 22, 1964
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
from The Carousel of Progress - premiered at the NY World's Fair on April 22, 1964
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention Thomasina
from The Three Lives of Tomasina - premiered on June 4. 1964
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention Moon-Spinners Theme
from The Moon-Spinners - premiered on July 2. 1964
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- 1964 - Second Runner Up A Spoonful of Sugar
from Mary Poppins - premiered on August 27, 1964
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention Jolly Holiday
from Mary Poppins - premiered on August 27, 1964
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- 1964 - First Runner Up Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
from Mary Poppins - premiered on August 27, 1964
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- 1964 - Finalist Feed the Birds
from Mary Poppins - premiered on August 27, 1964
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- 1964 - Honorable Mention Chim-Chim-Cheree
from Mary Poppins - premiered on August 27, 1964
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- 1965 - Second Runner Up The Anniversary Song
from The Wonderful World of Color television series - premiered on January 3, 1965
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- 1965 - Finalist Gallegher
from the television miniseries: Gallegher- premiered on January 24, 1965
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- 1965 - Honorable Mention Cabin Raisin' Song
from Those Calloways - premiered on January 28, 1965
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- 1965 - * Winner * The Monkey's Uncle
from The Monkey's Uncle - premiered on August 18, 1965
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- 1965 - First Runner Up That Darn Cat
from That Darn Cat - premiered on December 21, 1965
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- 1966 - * Winner * Winnie the Pooh
from Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree - premiered on February 4, 1966
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- 1966 - Finalist Up, Down, Touch the Ground
from Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree - premiered on February 4, 1966
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- 1966 - First Runner Up Little Black Rain Cloud
from Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree - premiered on February 4, 1966
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- 1966 - Honorable Mention Little Ranger Nature Camp
from Ranger's Guide to Nature - premiered on November 15, 1966
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- 1966 - Second Runner Up Follow Me Boys
from Follow Me Boys - premiered in on December 1, 1966
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- 1967 - Finalist Yo Ho! Yo Ho! (A Pirate's Life for Me)
from Pirates of the Caribbean - premiered in Disneyland on March 18, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention Bullwhip Griffin
from The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin - premiered on June 15, 1967
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- 1967 - Second Runner Up Fortuosity
from The Happiest Millionaire - premiered on June 23, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention I'll Always Be Irish
from The Happiest Millionaire - premiered on June 23, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention Detroit
from The Happiest Millionaire - premiered on June 23, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention Let's Have a Drink on It
from The Happiest Millionaire - premiered on June 23, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention The Gnome Mobile
from The Gnome Mobile - premiered in Disneyland on July 12, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention Colonel Hathi's March
from The Jungle Book - premiered on October 18, 1967
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- 1967 - * Winner * The Bear Necessities
from The Jungle Book - premiered on October 18, 1967
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- 1967 - First Runner Up I Wanna Be Like You
from The Jungle Book - premiered on October 18, 1967
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- 1967 - Honorable Mention Trust in Me
from The Jungle Book - premiered on October 18, 1967
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- 1968 - Honorable Mention The One & Only Genuine Original Family Band
from The One & Only Genuine Original Family Band - premiered on March 21, 1968
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- 1968 - Finalist 'Bout Time
from The One & Only Genuine Original Family Band - premiered on March 21, 1968
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- 1968 - Honorable Mention West of the Wide Missouri
from The One & Only Genuine Original Family Band - premiered on March 21, 1968
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- 1968 - First Runner Up Ten Feet Off the Ground
from the Buena Vista album: Disney Songs the Satchmo Way - released in May, 1968
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- 1968 - * Winner * The Wonderful Things About Tiggers
from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - premiered on December 20, 1968
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- 1968 - Second Runner Up Heffalumps and Woozles
from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - premiered on December 20, 1968
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- 1968 - Honorable Mention Hip Hip Pooh Ray!
from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - premiered on December 20, 1968
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- 1969 - Honorable Mention What, What, What Should I Do?
from the What Should I Do? educational series - premiered on February 13, 1969
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- 1969 - * Winner * Herbie's Theme
from The Love Bug - wide release on March 13, 1969
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- 1969 - Honorable Mention Summer Sweet
from Rascal - premiered on June 11, 1969
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- 1969 - First Runner Up Grim Grinning Ghosts
from The Haunted Mansion - premiered in Disneyland on August 9, 1969
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- 1969 - Honorable Mention The Wonderful World of Disney (Main Title)
from The Wonderful World of Disney TV series - premiered on September 14, 1969
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- 1969 - Honorable Mention It Won't Be Long 'Til Christmas
from The Happiest Millionaire: covered by Anne Shelton - released on November 28, 1969
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- 1969 - Finalist It's Tough to Be a Bird
from the special cartoon: It's Tough to Be a Bird - premiered on December 10, 1969
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- 1969 - Second Runner Up The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
from The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes - premiered on December 24, 1969
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• And The Dream Continues
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