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16 Jun 05 - 07:36 PM (#1502616) Subject: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: Shanghaiceltic 'Mickey Mouse Club' Composer Dies at 79 Thu Jun 16,11:03 AM ET We never really had the Micky Mouse Club on UK TV, but I remember hearing the tune in Disney World. Seems there was more to him than met the eye as a musician. LOS ANGELES - Jaime Mendoza-Nava, a Bolivian native who composed music for "The Mickey Mouse Club" and hundreds of movies, has died. He was 79. Mendoza-Nava died May 31 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Woodland Hills of complications of diabetes, the Los Angeles Times reported. Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Mendoza-Nava was a child prodigy who by age 11 had composed, performed and organized a children's orchestra. After studying in South America, he trained in piano and composing at New York's Juilliard School, and later at Madrid's Royal Conservatory of Music and elsewhere in Europe. In 1951, still in his 20s, Mendoza-Nava was named director of Bolivia's National Symphony Orchestra. The musician immigrated to Los Angeles in 1953 and soon went to work for Disney, where he composed music for 1950s television series including "The Mickey Mouse Club" and "Zorro." In 1961, he became music director for United Productions of America, where he worked on the theatrical cartoon series "Mr. Magoo," among others. Mendoza-Nava went on to form his own company and score music for more than 200 movies, including sci-fi, horror and adventure films. Among his credits were "Ballad of a Gunfighter" in 1964, "A Boy and His Dog" in 1975, "The Vampire Hookers" in 1978 and "Terror in the Swamp" in 1985. Mendoza-Nava is survived by his wife, four children and four grandchildren. ___ |
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16 Jun 05 - 08:23 PM (#1502648) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: Sorcha Awww.....but I guess we all die sometime. |
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16 Jun 05 - 09:22 PM (#1502663) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: RangerSteve "The Vampire Hookers". I'd prefer not to have that one mentioned in my obit. But "Zorro" is one I love. I find myself singing it when I'm driving on the interstate sometimes. Thanks, Jaime. Steve |
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16 Jun 05 - 10:33 PM (#1502692) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: Peace Who's the leader of the club That's made for you and me M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there You're as welcome as can be M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse! Forever let us hold our banner High! High! High! High! Come along and sing a song And join the jamboree! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse club We'll have fun We'll be new faces High! High! High! High! We'll do things and We'll go places All around the world We'll go marching Who's the leader of the club That's made for you and me M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there You're as welcome as can be M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse! Forever let us hold our banner High! High! High! High! Come along and sing a song And join the jamboree! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
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17 Jun 05 - 08:45 AM (#1502940) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: JJ Thanks for the lyrics, Brucie, but that song was written by Jimmie Dodd, who's been dead for over forty years. |
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17 Jun 05 - 09:50 AM (#1502980) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: sapper82 To Brucie:- HEEEEEEWWWWEEEEEEEEEEE |
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17 Jun 05 - 12:26 PM (#1503035) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: GUEST,brucie I feel like I am IN the Mickey Mouse Club every time I vote in federal or provincial elections. |
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17 Jun 05 - 05:04 PM (#1503223) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: fat B****rd I only heard the song at the end of "Full Metal Jacket" |
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17 Jun 05 - 07:09 PM (#1503298) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: Peace I used to watch it--mostly for Annette because she had a bust--avidly, enraptured and whew it's warm in here. |
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17 Jun 05 - 07:14 PM (#1503300) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: LilyFestre *Thinking Jimmy woulda kicked the snot of brucie...ears and all!* Michelle |
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17 Jun 05 - 07:15 PM (#1503301) Subject: RE: Obit: Micky Mouse Club composer dies From: LilyFestre Er...wait...I mean CUBBY...yeah...CUBBY woulda kicked the snot out of brucie...chasing his woman and all..... |