As one half of Walt Disney's go-to songwriting team with his brother Richard, Robert Sherman was responsible for such beloved songs as "A Spoonful of Sugar" from the film, Mary Poppins. Mr. Sherman died at the age of 86 in London yesterday. The Sherman brothers brought their songwriting talents to theme parks as well as films, television, and the stage, penning tunes such as "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" which anchors the Carousel of Progress, and the ubiquitous "It's a Small World" which is played at Disney's theme parks around the world.
Walt Disney was a huge fan of the Shermans and was known to summon them to perform the melancholy Poppins tune, "Feed the Birds," which would bring him to tears. Mr. Sherman's legacy will endure. In fact, in an earlier post, I innocently referred to the duo's classic, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," before I learned about his death.
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