These Disney movies recycled plots, wardrobes, movie sets, and supporting casts. It capitalized on slightly lower tier teen stars, the Andrew Keegans and Katherine Heigls, not the JTTs and Christina Riccis who were dominating the kid-oriented box office. Wish Upon a Star was one of the Disney movies that were deemed family friendly enough to play incessantly throughout the late 90s. It was also the first Disney song to win an Oscar.Remember when Katherine Heigl wasn’t an often maligned TV star/rom-com maven? Remember when the Disney Channel had TV movies with budgets and plots that befit their low quality, limited audience reach, and very targeted appeal? It won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Original Song. A recording with Christian Rub (with Mister Geppetto's voice), Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released by Victor Records as catalogue number 26479B (in the US) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 823. It was first released on a 4-record 78-RPM album set, and years later as one side of an LP, backed by selections in grayscale and black and white and technicolor from The Wizard of Oz. Edwards recorded another version in 1940 for an American Decca Records "cover version" of the score of Pinocchio, conducted by Victor Young and featuring soprano Julietta Novis and The King's Men. The recording by Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released by Victor Records as catalogue number 26157A (in the US) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice Label as catalogue number BD 821. The song has since become the representative song of The Walt Disney Company. The original version was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film. "When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio.
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