Sherman and Sherman – It s a Small World – Piano, Vocal, Guitar For Sale
Description
Children of the World was the working title of the attraction. Its tentative soundtrack, which can be heard on the album, featured the national anthems of each country represented throughout the ride all playing all at once, which resulted in disharmonic cacophony. Walt conducted a walk-through of the attraction scale model with his staff songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, saying, I need one song that can be easily translated into many languages and be played as a round.  The Sherman brothers then wrote It s a Small World (After All)  in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which influenced the song s message of peace and brotherhood. When they first presented it to Walt, they played it as a slow ballad. Walt requested something more cheerful, so they sped up the tempo and sang in counterpoint. Walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction It s a Small World after the Sherman Brothers song.
Robert J. Sherman, youngest son of Robert B. Sherman, has claimed that this song is the single most-performed and most-translated piece of music on Earth. In 2014, it was estimated that the song had played nearly 50 million times worldwide on the attractions alone, beating out the radio and TV estimates for You ve Lost That Lovin Feelin  and Yesterday, which were believed to have been played at least eight and seven million times respectively.
A third verse celebrating the attraction s 45th anniversary was written and popularized, but not incorporated into the ride. In 1965, an album of folk songs from around the world, that included the title track, It s a Small World (After All) , was recorded by the St. Charles Boys Choir under the direction of Paul Salamunovich using the name, The Disneyland Boys Choir . It is available for purchase in the theme park.
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