- Some Day My Prince Will Come
"Some Day My Prince Will Come" is a popular song from
Walt Disney 's1937 animated movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". It was written byLarry Morey (lyrics) &Frank Churchill (music), and performed byAdriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the movie).Overview
This song first appears 57:56 into the movie, when Snow White sings a bedtime song for the dwarfs after their small party. It later appears when Snow White is making a pie and once more in a more formal version when the prince takes Snow White away at the end.
The
American Film Institute listed this song at #19 on their list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history. Following "When You Wish Upon A Star " from "Pinocchio", this is the second highest ranked song from a Disney movie.As a jazz standard
In 1957, the
jazz pianist Dave Brubeck , inspired by an anthology of Disney tunes owned by his child, included a version of the song on the album "Dave Digs Disney ".The song quickly became popular amongst jazz musicians, who considered its chord sequence to be particularly satisfying.fact|date=August 2008 Later versions were recorded by
Bill Evans ,Miles Davis ,Oscar Peterson , and many times byHerbie Hancock , who would use it as the basis for a virtuoso showpiece display.The recording on the 1961
Miles Davis album, Someday My Prince Will Come, features apedal point interlude between choruses that has often been imitated.The
Chet Baker Trio recorded an album called "Someday My Prince Will Come" in 1979.Pop covers
Anastacia covered the song in the "DisneyMania " compilation.Ashley Tisdale covered the song in the "DisneyMania 4 " compilation album withDrew Seeley on backup vocals.Barbra Streisand sings a version with altered lyrics in the Snow White special edition DVD release. In addition, a cover version byJ-pop singerAyumi Hamasaki exists.The Cheetah Girls covered the song for the
DisneyMania 6 compilation. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015HZAPC Amazon.com: Disneymania, Vol. 6: Various Artists: Music] ]Sinéad O'Connor covered the song for the 1988 compilation Stay Awake.References
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* http://cip.law.ucla.edu/cases/case_allendisney.html - 1941 plagiarism case
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