Song of the South Facts and Statistics:

• This was Disney’s first live-action film.

• The movie is based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris.

• Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah won the 1947 Oscar for Best Song.

• Song of the South has never been released for home video.

• The star of the movie, James Baskett, was not able to attend its premiere because the city it was held in, Atlanta, was a racially segregated city.

• Even though the movie has not been released on home video, it was re-released in theaters 5 times as recently as 1986.

• The popular Disneyeland and Disney World ride Splash Mountain was based on this movie.

Related Music:

• All I Want
• Everybody’s Got a Laughing Place
• How Do You Do?
• Let the Rain Pour Down
• Song of the South
• Sooner or Later
• Uncle Remus Said
• Who Wants to Live Like That
• Zip a Dee Doo Dah