So, just who are the Sherman Brothers?

-Robert & Richard Sherman wrote more motion-picture musical song
scores than any other songwriting team in history. (Interested in
musical films? Check out GSPO's June concert, "On With the Show:
Musicals from the Silver Screen")

-Their first top-ten hit, "Tall Paul," sung by Mouseketeers Judy
Harriet and Annette Funicello, led to an invitation from Walt Disney
for them to become songwriters for Walt Disney Studios, until Disney's
death in 1966. Other hits with Funicello included the songs
"Pineapple Princess" and "Monkey's Uncle."

-They wrote the music for many Disney and non-Disney films, including
The Parent Trap, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Happiest
Millionaire, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Aristocats,
Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Tom Sawyer, Charlotte's Web, The Many
Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and The Tigger Movie.

-One of their most famous works, "It's A Small World (after all),"
written for the 1964 World's Fair, is thought by many to be Earth's
"most played" song, as it plays continuously, daily, at Disney parks
around the world.

-The Shermans partnered with composer John Williams to create the
music for 1973 musical film adaptation "Tom Sawyer," for which the
three received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.

-The Sherman Brothers were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame in 1976, which can be found at 6918 Hollywood Blvd.

-They've won two Oscars, one Grammy, and been nominated for seven
other Oscars, five Golden Globes and two other Grammys.

Come to the Warner Grand Theater on Sept 24 to hear GSPO's tribute to
the Sherman Brothers and enjoy music from their early rock 'n' roll
hits, Disneyland park ride songs such as "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" and
"It's A Small World," "Mary Poppins," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,", "The
Happiest Millionaire," "The Aristocats," "Charlotte's Web," "Bedknobs
and Broomsticks," "The Jungle Book," and "Winnie the Pooh."

If you enjoyed GSPO's 2010 and 2011 productions of "Disney in Concert:
Tale As Old As Time," you won't want to miss this chance to honor this
legendary songwriting team!