Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic


Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic is a five-volume compilation series, each containing 25 songs compiled from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, various Disney films in animation and live-action, and the Walt Disney anthology television series. Each volume was released individually on CD and cassette between 1995 and 1998. Volume I was released on March 28, 1995, Volume II on September 12, 1995, Volume III on July 2, 1996, Volume IV on July 15, 1997 and Volume V on September 22, 1998. In 2000, a box set was released containing volumes 1 - 3, followed by a box set containing volumes 1 - 4 in 2001, Finally, a box set containing all five volumes packaged in a slipcase was released by Walt Disney Records in Australia, Japan, North America and Europe in 2003.
The series was followed by Disney's Greatest, a three-volume compilation series released in 2001 and 2002. The series was very similar to Classic Disney and although each volume featured many of the same songs, only 20 songs appeared on each volume as opposed to Classic Disney's 25. In addition to containing only 20 songs, the Disney's Greatest compilations also contained songs from films released from 1999 - 2002, after the Classic Disney compilations were released.

Track listing

Volume I - Maroon

  1. "A Whole New World"
  2. "Circle of Life"
  3. "Beauty and the Beast"
  4. "Under the Sea"
  5. "Hakuna Matata"
  6. "Kiss the Girl"
  7. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King"
  8. "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
  9. "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
  10. "Jolly Holiday"
  11. "A Spoonful of Sugar"
  12. "Let's Get Together"
  13. "The Monkey's Uncle"
  14. "The Ugly Bug Ball"
  15. "The Spectrum Song"
  16. "Colonel Hathi's March"
  17. "A Whale of a Tale"
  18. "You Can Fly"
  19. "The Work Song"
  20. "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
  21. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
  22. "Dance of the Reed Flutes"
  23. "Love Is a Song"
  24. "Someday My Prince Will Come"
  25. "Minnie's Yoo Hoo"

    Volume II - Blue

  26. "Be Our Guest"
  27. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
  28. "Part of Your World"
  29. "One Jump Ahead"
  30. "Gaston"
  31. "Something There"
  32. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
  33. "Candle on the Water"
  34. "Main Street Electrical Parade"
  35. "The Age of Not Believing"
  36. "The Bare Necessities"
  37. "Feed the Birds"
  38. "Best of Friends"
  39. "Let's Go Fly a Kite"
  40. "It's a Small World"
  41. "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room"
  42. "Mickey Mouse March"
  43. "On the Front Porch"
  44. "The Second Star to the Right"
  45. "Ev'rybody Got a Laughing Place"
  46. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
  47. "So This Is Love"
  48. "When You Wish Upon a Star"
  49. "Heigh-Ho"
  50. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf"

    Volume III - Green

  51. "Colors of the Wind"
  52. "You've Got a Friend in Me"
  53. "Be Prepared"
  54. "Out There"
  55. "Family"
  56. "Les Poissons"
  57. "Mine, Mine, Mine"
  58. "Jack's Lament"
  59. "My Name Is James"
  60. "Heffalumps and Woozles"
  61. "The Mob Song"
  62. "Portobello Road"
  63. "Stay Awake"
  64. "I Wan'na Be Like You"
  65. "Oo-De-Lally"
  66. "Are We Dancing"
  67. "Once Upon a Dream"
  68. "Bella Notte"
  69. "Following the Leader"
  70. "Trust in Me"
  71. "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
  72. "I'm Professor Ludwig von Drake"
  73. "Pink Elephants on Parade"
  74. "Little April Shower"
  75. "The Silly Song"

    Volume IV - Purple

  76. "One Last Hope"
  77. "A Guy Like You"
  78. "On the Open Road"
  79. "Just Around the Riverbend"
  80. "Home"
  81. "Fantasmic!"
  82. "Oogie Boogie's Song"
  83. "I Will Go Sailing No More"
  84. "Substitutiary Locomotion"
  85. "Stop, Look and Listen/I'm No Fool"
  86. "Love"
  87. "Thomas O'Malley Cat"
  88. "That's What Friends Are For"
  89. "Winnie the Pooh"
  90. "Femininity"
  91. "Ten Feet off the Ground"
  92. "The Siamese Cat Song"
  93. "Enjoy It!"
  94. "Although I Dropped $100,000 in the Market"
  95. "Give a Little Whistle"
  96. "Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale"
  97. "I Wonder"
  98. "Looking for Romance "
  99. "Baby Mine"
  100. "I'm Wishing/One Song"

    Volume V - Orange

  101. "I'll Make a Man Out of You"
  102. "I Won't Say "
  103. "God Help the Outcasts"
  104. "If I Can't Love Her"
  105. "Steady as the Beating Drum"
  106. "Belle"
  107. "Strange Things"
  108. "Cruella De Vil" -- performed by Dr. John.
  109. "Eating the Peach"
  110. "Seize the Day"
  111. "What's This?"
  112. "Lavender Blue"
  113. "The Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down"
  114. "A Step in the Right Direction"
  115. "Boo Bop Bopbop Bop "
  116. "Yo Ho "
  117. "My Own Home"
  118. "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat"
  119. "In a World of My Own"
  120. "You Belong to My Heart"
  121. "Humphrey Hop"
  122. "He's a Tramp"
  123. "Song of the South"
  124. "When I See an Elephant Fly"
  125. "I've Got No Strings"

    Reception

The Melbourne Age called the collection "pure joy", saying that "the Disney policy of hiring quality songwriters and the best voicing talent has produced top-drawer popular songs that stand the test of time."
The Palm Beach Post said that "the set covers an amazing bit of ground," and gave "credit to the producers for including some harder-to-find material."