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Walt Disney Records
Parent company Disney Music Group
Founded 1956
Founder Roy O. Disney and Jimmy Johnson
Distributing label Universal Music Group (America)
Country of origin US
Official website Official Site

Walt Disney Records is a family music record label owned by Disney. The Disney Music Group (formerly Buena Vista Music Group) is a collection of affiliated record labels all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. Roy Oliver Disney ( June 24, 1893 &ndash December 20, 1971) was with his younger brother Walt Disney, co-founder of what is now Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music

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History

Walt Disney Records was formed in 1956. Events The Malt Shop Era Begins With Love Is Strange By Mickey & Sylvia January 1 - Blue Suede Shoes Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed out to a variety of other labels (RCA, Decca, Capitol, and AmPar Records). RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 It was Walt Disney’s brother Roy O. Disney who suggested that Walt Disney Productions (now The Walt Disney Company) form their own record label. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Roy Oliver Disney ( June 24, 1893 &ndash December 20, 1971) was with his younger brother Walt Disney, co-founder of what is now Roy enlisted long time staffer Jimmy Johnson to head this new division – Disneyland Records. Disneyland Records is the original name of the The Walt Disney Company 's Record company.

Jimmy brought in Salvador Tutti Camarata (renowned musician and founder of the legendary Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood) to head up the creative end of this new enterprise. Salvador "Tutti" Camarata ( May 11, 1913 - April 13 2005) was a Composer, Arranger and Trumpeter Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood California, located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard Tutti’s expertise and skill established the label’s initial forays into long form musical albums, which included Jazz interpretations of Disney Standards (Snow White, Bambi, and Cinderella), original musical concept albums (Summer, Winter, Spring, Autumn, and Tutti’s Trumpets) and expanded the format of Soundtracks by including selections from the score as well as the famous songs. Tutti’s connections within the music industry also brought to the label the likes of Mary Martin, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Jerry Colonna, and Phil Harris to name a few. Mary Virginia Martin ( December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award -winning star of stage film Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Louis Prima ( December 7, 1910 Legacy The Prima-Butera arrangements and recordings continued to be copied by younger musicians including David Jerry Colonna may refer to Jerry Colonna (entertainer, American comedy writer and performer Jerry Colonna (financier, New York City Phil Harris (born Wonga Philip Harris) ( June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American Singer, It was also Tutti’s idea that the popular Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello, become the label’s first artist in residence. Annette Joanne Funicello (born October 22, 1942) is an American Singer and Actress. For her albums, and more ‘contemporary’ selections, the Buena Vista Records label was established under the Disneyland Records banner. The Disney Music Group (formerly Buena Vista Music Group) is a collection of affiliated record labels all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company.

While looking for the right material for Annette, Tutti and his team discovered the songwriting duo of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman after hearing one of their songs on the radio. Robert Bernard Sherman (born December 19, 1925) (see also " Sherman Brothers " is an American Songwriter who specializes The two were brought to the Disney Studio in Burbank where they eventually became the first staff songwriters for the entire Disney Company. They not only penned a good deal of Annette’s songs, but were also responsible for most of the iconic Disney songs of the 1960s and beyond – “It’s a Small World” and “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room” for the Theme Parks, as well as the songs from “Mary Poppins”, “The Jungle Book”, “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is an Academy Award winning 1971 Musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions, which combines Live action

In 1989 Disneyland Records was renamed Walt Disney Records. In addition to the Buena Vista label, Disney Audio Entertainment (1990 – 1991), and Disney Sound (2004 – present) labels were established to delineate the many varied styles of recordings the company releases.

Core Product

Walt Disney Records’ product offerings have been quite diverse. Along with traditional Song Albums and soundtracks targeted to children and families, they’ve released spoken word Read Alongs (Book and Tape/CD reading tools), Storyteller Albums (album length spoken word for children), Audio Books, Official Theme Park Albums, Karaoke CD+G Albums, as well as the Baby Einstein Classical series (which regularly tops the midline Classical Charts). Baby Einstein is a line of Multimedia products and Toys that specializes in interactive activities for Children aged 3 months to 3 years old Currently, the label’s mainstay remains compilation albums composed of catalog recordings as well as collections of contemporary recordings of the Disney Standards by way of its DisneyMania Series.

Awards

Walt Disney Records holds the distinction of being the only record company to top the IFPI’s best-selling global album for two years in a row (High School Musical soundtrack in 2006, and “High School Musical 2” soundtrack in 2007). High School Musical is an Emmy Award -winning American Television film. High School Musical 2 is the Sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. It also has diversified by producing touring concerts (with its sister division, Buena Vista Concerts) of its artists including Hannah Montana and The Cheetah Girls. Hannah Montana is an Emmy Award-nominated American Television series, which debuted on March 24 2006 on Disney Channel.

Marketing

Publicity stunt

From 2007 forth, Miley Cyrus and various High School Musical acts have been attributed with various publicity stunts to raise awareness and to build brand portfolio. Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23 1992 is an American Actress and Singer-songwriter. High School Musical is an Emmy Award -winning American Television film. A publicity stunt is an event designed to attract the public 's attention to the promoters or their causes In Biological psychology, awareness comprises a human's or an animal's perception and Cognitive reaction to a condition or event A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a [1]

Cobranding

Disney has co-branded with various artists, especially in a new entrance product market such as in a country where artists are less well-established[2]. Co-branding refers to several different Marketing arrangements Co-branding is when two companies form an alliance to work together creating marketing synergy

Current artist roster (as of June 2008)

Record Labels of the Disney Music Group

See also

External links

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