Kenneth Connor, Jim Dale, Cheryl Kennedy With The Wonderland Singers And Alyn Ainsworth And His Orchestra - Songs From Walt Disneys Winnie The Pooh And Other Childrens Favourites

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Review by هارون عبد السلام

Alright, buckle up, folks. We’re diving headfirst into Songs From Walt Disney’s Winnie The Pooh And Other Children’s Favourites, a quirky little gem from 1966 that somehow still sticks in your brain like syrup on pancakes. Released by Music For Pleasure in the UK, this album is basically a sugar-coated time capsule of childhood innocence and weirdly catchy tunes. With Kenneth Connor, Jim Dale, Cheryl Kennedy, The Wonderland Singers, and Alyn Ainsworth’s orchestra doing their thing, it’s hard not to feel like you’ve stumbled into some kind of musical fairy tale—albeit one with oddly aggressive charm. Let’s get real for a sec: if you grew up on nursery rhymes or just have kids who won’t stop bugging you about “that bear with the honey,” then yeah, this record will slap you right back to those days. Tracks like “Little Black Rain Cloud” and “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” are straight-up earworms that refuse to leave your skull. Like ever. You’ll be humming them while stuck in traffic or trying to figure out why your toaster broke again. It’s infuriating but also kinda magical? Take “Little Black Rain Cloud,” for instance. This track slaps harder than it has any business doing. Jim Dale belts it out like he’s auditioning for Broadway, giving Pooh Bear’s existential crisis over rainclouds an almost operatic vibe. Honestly? It shouldn’t work. But it does. Something about the way they layer those vocals with Alyn Ainsworth’s lush orchestration makes you wanna grab a jar of honey and chill under a tree yourself. Plus, let’s give props where it’s due—the Sherman brothers wrote this sucker, so no wonder it hits different. These guys knew how to craft lyrics sharp enough to cut glass yet sweet enough to make you smile. Then there’s “Teddy Bears’ Picnic.” Oh man, this one feels like someone spiked your juice box with nostalgia. The rhythm? Infectious as heck. The Wonderland Singers come through like a gang of overly enthusiastic woodland creatures ready to party. I mean, seriously—who doesn’t remember sneaking around as a kid pretending we weren’t gonna spy on imaginary teddy bears having a picnic? That eerie-yet-cute vibe still gives me chills. And don’t even get me started on the line “If you go down to the woods today…” Legend. Absolute legend. Now, here’s the kicker: listening to this album now feels…weirdly rebellious? Like, sure, it’s all cutesy and aimed at tiny humans, but there’s something raw about its unabashed cheesiness. In 2023, when everything’s auto-tuned to oblivion and drowning in existential dread, hearing these unapologetically joyful tracks feels like flipping off modernity itself. Screw your doomscrolling playlists; gimme Pooh Bear rapping about tummy troubles any day. So yeah, maybe this review got a bit carried away. Maybe I’m projecting my own midlife crisis onto a children’s album. Or maybe—just maybe—this record proves that sometimes simplicity can punch way above its weight class. Either way, next time life gets too heavy, throw this bad boy on. Let Winnie the Pooh remind you that even clouds full of rain can taste like honey if you look at ‘em the right way. Who knew a cartoon bear could drop wisdom bombs like that?

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Up Down Touch The Ground
Little Black Rain Cloud
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers (Vespers)
Mind Over Matter Into Finale: Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Rumbly In The Tumbly
The Ugly Duckling
Christopher Robin At Buckingham Palace
Rocking Horse Cowboy

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Catalog Numbers

MFP 1078

Labels

Music For Pleasure

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Formats

  • Vinyl
  • LP
  • Album
  • Mono

Companies

RoleCompany
Made ByE.M.I. Records
Printed ByGarrod & Lofthouse

Credits

RoleCredit
Photography ByRoy Rich
ProducerNorman Newell
SleeveJack Wood , Vincent Wood
Written-BySherman (tracks: A1 to A5), Sherman (tracks: A1 to A5)

Notes

  • 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'Christopher Robin' material on this recording is derived from 'Winnie-the-Pooh' by A. A. Milne, with drawings by E. H. Shepard, published by Methuen. Toys manufactured by Merrythought.
  • ℗ 1966
  • Made in Great Britain by EMI Records (The Gramophone Co Ltd)
  • Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents Pending.
  • Publishers:
  • A1 to A5 - Walt Disney Music, BIEM, Chappell
  • B1 - Feldman, Bosworth
  • B2 & B5 - Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crewe Ltd.
  • B3 - Chappell & Co. Ltd.
  • B4 - E. H. Morris, BIEM

Barcodes

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Stamp Side A): MFP 1078 A-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Stamp Side B): MFP 1078 B-1

About Kenneth Connor, Jim Dale, Cheryl Kennedy With The Wonderland Singers And Alyn Ainsworth And His Orchestra

Kenneth Connor, MBE (born June 6, 1918, Islington, London, England  died November 28, 1993, South Harrow, London, England) was an English comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor.

Interesting fact about Album

Here’s something cool: The album *Songs From Walt Disney's Winnie The Pooh And Other Children's Favourites* isn’t just a collection of kids’ songs—it’s a time capsule of 1966 UK creativity. The Sherman brothers, famous for their Disney magic, wrote the Winnie the Pooh tracks. But here’s the kicker—Jim Dale, who sings on the album, later became a legend himself. He narrated the entire *Harry Potter* audiobook series in the UK! So, this record ties two massive worlds of storytelling together: Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood and Hogwarts. Neat, right?