Richard Sherman and his brother, Robert, wrote two hit songs — "Tall Paul" and "You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful (And You're Mine)" — before Walt Disney hired them to write exclusively for him.

In 1965, they won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the film "Mary Poppins." The score included "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "Chim Chim Cher-ee." The latter also won Best Original Song.

The Sherman Brothers also wrote "It's a Small World" for a 1964 New York World's Fair ride that later became a Disneyland attraction. It's been deemed the most played song ever. Here's a not-quite 2-minute version, appropriately starring kids.

If you'd like to hear Disney's first big star Annette Funicello singing "Tall Paul," go here. And here's Johnny Burnette singing "You're Sixteen" in 1960.

Finally, for a fun and sweet diversion, check out this MsMojo video of "Top 10 Best Mary Poppins Moments." If you lean toward nostalgia, you might get a little teary during some of those moments.

The image in the thumbnail and closing remarks for this episode is of Richard Sherman in 2014. In the chapters, you'll see a photo of the Sherman Brothers receiving the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in November 2008.

This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, has written and recorded in honor of the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.

Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.

Vocalist and keyboardist Doug Ingle is known for writing Iron Butterfly's iconic rock song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," originally over 17 minutes long. The song, which had only 30 words, turned out to be a happy accident for the band. It reached number four on the Billboard 200 chart.

You can go to this video to hear the 1968 original full version of the song with "CD sound and 3D" visuals. Below the video, there are a lot of fond remembrances, including this one: "My dad showed me this song when I was a wee gal, I still remember a time he played this, my mum was gone & had it on high volume, he was dancing & vibing & I just remember being so grateful for life & him. He passed away today, 5 years ago. He was my bestest friend, & this song always warms my heart."

For a much shorter version of the song, you can listen here.

The photo in the thumbnail is of Iron Butterfly with Ingle at the far left and drummer Ron Bushy, who's mentioned in the tribute, second from left. It was used in a 1969 trade ad for the band's single "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" and is credited to Atco Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, has written and recorded in honor of the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.

Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.

David Sanborn learned to play the alto sax at age 11; by his early teens, he was playing in blues clubs. As a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he performed at Woodstock; in the '70s and '80s, he collaborated with such major artists as Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen.

Sanborn also released his own albums, 17 of which made Billboard's 200 chart, and four reached number two on the jazz chart. His single "Bang Bang" peaked at number 53 on Billboard's Hot 100.

You can go here to watch him perform "Bang Bang" with Paul Shaffer's band on one of Sanborn's many guest appearances with David Letterman. I love how Shaffer really gets into banging on the piano keys and singing along. The comments below the video are good too. Here's one of them: "Caught his show at the Music Mill of Indianapolis in the spring of 2008. He hung out with fans during intermission. One of my best memories. Incredible music legacy, for sure."

The image in the thumbnail is from the cover of "David Sanborn Saxophone Play-Along Volume 8," published by Hal Leonard and available on Amazon and on the publisher's website.

In the chapters, you'll also see a Down Beat magazine from 1983 with Sanborn on the cover, as well as a picture of Sanborn performing at the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in 2008.

This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, has written and recorded in honor of the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.

Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.