THE SHERMAN BROTHERS
COMPOSERS AND LYRICISTS

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman are leading composer/lyricists in family entertainment. Their career spans almost 50 years and includes winning two Academy Awards for Mary Poppins (Best Score) and Chim Chim Cher-ee (Best Song). They also wrote the most translated and performed song on earth, It's a Small World (After All).

The Sherman Brothers gained recognition in popular music with several top-ten hits, among them You're Sixteen, Let's Get Together and Tall Paul.

1960 marked the start of a phenomenal 10 year association with Walt Disney, during which time they composed over 150 songs for his films, TV shows, Disneyland and other theme parks. Their Disney credits include the films The Jungle Book; The Parent Trap; Bedknobs and Broomsticks; The Sword in the Stone; The Aristocats; The Happiest Millionaire and the Winnie the Pooh series.

They went on to compose song scores for Snoopy Come Home; Charlotte's Web; the Broadway hit musical Over Here! and of course the "fantasmagorical" Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - with its Oscar nominated title song.

The Sherman Brothers created screenplays and song scores for Tom Sawyer (their music won First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival); Huckleberry Finn; the 1976 Royal Film Performance The Slipper and the Rose (with co-author and Bryan Forbes) and The Magic of Lassie which earned them their 9th Academy Award nomination for Best Song.

Most recent credits include the book Walt's Time - a wonderful autobiographical and pictorial journey through their song-writing years; the Disney hit animated feature The Tigger Movie; the stage musical Busker Alley starring Tommy Tune, which toured the United States, and Beverley Hills Cop 3.

Other musical honours include 3 Grammys, 24 Gold and Platinum Albums and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.