''Chim Chim Cheree and Other Children's Choices'' is a children's album by

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backed by Disneyland's Children's Chorus. It was released in 1964 by

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(catalog no. ST-3927). The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood. Salvado "Tutti" Camarata, the musical director at Disneyland Records, was the album's producer. The audio engineers were

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, known for his later work with

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, and Brian Ross-Myring. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category " Best Recording for Children". It was reissued in 1998 as the first release from the "Disney's Archive Collection."

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gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the album "retains its charm, not only for aging boomers and Gen-Xers, but also for young children, since this music is simply delightful."

Track listing

Side A # " Chim Chim Cheree" ( Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, from '' Mary Poppins'') :28# " Swingin' on a Star" ( Johnny Burke,

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) :59# " Funiculi Finicula" ( Luigi Denza, Howard Johnson) :10# "The Big Bad Wolf" (Ann Ronell, Frank Churchill) :45# "

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" (American traditional, public domain) :03# " Let's Go Fly a Kite" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, from ''Mary Poppins'') :20 Side B # " A Spoonful of Sugar" (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, from ''Mary Poppins'') :58# "Constantinople" (Harry Carlton) :07# " Lavender Blue, Dilly Dilly" (Eliot Daniel, Larry Morey) :15# "

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" (

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) :05# "The World by a Tail" (Albert Hague, Langston Hugues) :15# " Ilkey Moor Bar'tat" (English traditional, public domain) :21

References

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