From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:
"Over the weekend, film composer and songwriter Richard M. Sherman passed on, the man most famous (alongside his brother) for creating the memorable melodies of one of the world’s most iconic musicals, Mary Poppins. We had him for quite a long time; the man lived to his mid-90s and kept working up to the end.
Sherman was born in 1928 and didn’t think of teaming up with his brother Robert Sherman to write songs until the early 50s, but once they did, every step was a step up. Their writing a song for Annette Funicello attracted the attention of Walt Disney, who put them on films like The Absent-Minded Professor and Sword in the Stone.
It was during the 60s and 70s, thanks to Mary Poppins, that work for the Sherman Brothers exploded: they would get gigs outside of Disney including writing the songs for Snoopy Come Home and Hanna-Barbera’s Charlotte’s Web adaption. They would also continue to work for Disney even after its namesake passed — The Aristocats and Bedknobs and Broomsticks are two more of their musicals."
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"Songwriter Richard Sherman Dead At 95"
"Over the weekend, film composer and songwriter Richard M. Sherman passed on, the man most famous (alongside his brother) for creating the memorable melodies of one of the world’s most iconic musicals, Mary Poppins. We had him for quite a long time; the man lived to his mid-90s and kept working up to the end.
Sherman was born in 1928 and didn’t think of teaming up with his brother Robert Sherman to write songs until the early 50s, but once they did, every step was a step up. Their writing a song for Annette Funicello attracted the attention of Walt Disney, who put them on films like The Absent-Minded Professor and Sword in the Stone.
It was during the 60s and 70s, thanks to Mary Poppins, that work for the Sherman Brothers exploded: they would get gigs outside of Disney including writing the songs for Snoopy Come Home and Hanna-Barbera’s Charlotte’s Web adaption. They would also continue to work for Disney even after its namesake passed — The Aristocats and Bedknobs and Broomsticks are two more of their musicals."
Read the full article here.
