During the first year at Disneyland, young guests could go into a recording booth and sing a song and interact with either Fess Parker as Davey Crockett or Donald Duck. In this example, a young guest named Corky sings The Ballad of Davey Crockett with Donald. The souvenir envelope was used for other items that were to be mailed from Disneyland. The Disneyland label on the record is unique to these souvenir recordings.
Here is the recording: Donald and Corky . Sorry that it is so scratchy.
WOW - I never knew the park hard a recording booth - do you know where it was located?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the Donald part was pre-recorded? What a fantastic souvenir, thanks for sharing!
What's the "Globe" supposed to represent in the artwork on the cover?
WOW!!! I'd never heard of those recordings, much less seen a picture of one. And then to be able to HEAR it? WOW!!! Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteAwesome souvenir here! Thanks for posting the recording too!
ReplyDeleteVery neat item, Matterhorn! Another first for me. Guess it wasn't popular, or you'd think that it would have been around longer.
ReplyDeleteWhat would the American Idol judges say?
I think there's a picture of Corky Severson on this page:
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Look for "MR BATES' SIXTH GRADE - LOWELL ELEMENTARY"
Outstanding! What a rare piece of audio. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteVDT- it is my understanding the booth was in Davey Crockett's arcade in Frontierland. It could have easily been on Main Street as well. I believe there is an early E-Ticket magazine article discussing the recording.
ReplyDeleteI believe the globe is kind of a generic symbol for Tomorrowland. I guess you could say Satellite View of the World.
Hello, While doing some Google research on this record I happened upon your blog. And I am so glad I did ! I just acquired a copy of this record and am now thrilled to have more information on it ! Thank you.
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