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"The Bare Necessities" is a jazz song, written by Terry Gilkyson, [1] from Disney's 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. [2] Bill Murray and Neel Sethi, in the same roles, performed the song in the 2016 remake .
Most of the song is performed in Spanish. Harry Connick Jr., "The Bare Necessities" Connick appears as a nouveau-riche happy-go-lucky millionaire in a house full of women and fancy parties. When repossessed, he remains care-free, claiming he can survive with the "bare necessities of life".
Disney Sing-Along Songs [a] is a series of videos on VHS, betamax, laserdisc, and DVD with musical moments from various Disney films, TV shows, and attractions. Lyrics for the songs are sometimes displayed on-screen with the Mickey Mouse icon as a "bouncing ball".
In 1993, a medley of "I Wan'na Be like You" and "The Bare Necessities" called "The Jungle Book Groove" was released by Disney's Hollywood record label. Credited by the Official Charts Company as being by the artist Jungle Book, the record charted at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and spent 8 weeks in the UK top 75.
In 1968, he was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Bare Necessities" from the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book. [4] Other songs Gilkyson wrote for Disney films were: Swiss Family Robinson (1960) Song: "My Heart Was An Island'" Savage Sam (1963) Song: "Savage Sam and Me" The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) Song: "Thomasina"
The Shermans were brought onto the film by Walt Disney, who felt that the film in keeping with Rudyard Kipling's book was too dark for family viewing. In a deliberate effort to keep the score light, this song as well as the Sherman Brothers' other contributions to the score generally concern darker subject matter than the accompanying music would suggest. [3] "
Guerin performed on Marcus Roberts' In Honor of Duke, a New York Times Album of the Week [16] in 2009, on Allen Toussaint's album Connected, [17] The Marsalis Family, [18] and Dr. John's single "The Bare Necessities [19]" for Disney's live action movie The Jungle Book. Guerin's first album The Winds of the New Land was released in 1997. [20]
Bare Necessities or The Bare Necessities may refer to: "The Bare Necessities", a song from the 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book; The Bare Necessities, a precursor of the 1997 film The Full Monty; Bare Necessities, a 1999–2001 BBC2 television survival show; Bare Necessities (company), a clothing retailer