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"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. [ citation needed ] The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishing among the stars from a boat which is a wooden shoe.
Wynken, Blynken & Nod is a 1938 Silly Symphonies cartoon, adapted from Eugene Field's poem of the same name. Like other Symphonies at the time, it utilized the multiplane camera . It was directed by Graham Heid, produced by Walt Disney Productions , and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures .
Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings is a remastered compilation CD released by Geffen Records, and distributed on-line by Hip-O-Select, released in 2006. It contains all 25 songs from the Simon Sisters ' first two albums for Kapp Records: Meet the Simon Sisters (1964) and Cuddlebug (1966). [ 1 ]
The Doobie Brothers' cover of "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" was the only single release to chart, when it reached No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [4] A second single, Al Jarreau's "One Good Turn", failed to chart.
In 2006, Hip-O-Select re-released the album, along with Cuddlebug, as the single disc "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings". [4] Carly provided liner notes in the albums 12-page booklet. The album was available exclusively through Hip-O-Records.com and Amazon.com. Only 4,000 copies were printed, and it is now out of print. [5]
Their names were taken from Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, although their appearance and characterization was a spoof on the Three Stooges. [2] Noddy Moylan was based on Moe Howard, and often gave the other two a Stooges-style smack. Winky Boylan's red curly hair imitated Larry Fine's.
They had a minor hit with the single "Winkin' Blinkin' And Nod", [7] a children's poem by Eugene Field that Lucy had put to music. It reached No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. [8] The duo performed both "Winkin' Blinkin' And Nod" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" on the Hootenanny series, and those performances were selected for inclusion in the DVD set. [9]
[5] [9] The resulting work, the "Wynken, Blynken and Nod Fountain", was dedicated in 1919 in Denver's Washington Park. [5] The sculpture, which was based on the Eugene Field poem "Dutch Lullaby", remains a major Denver landmark. In the 1930 edition of his History of American Sculpture, Lorado Taft described the fountain as Torrey's most ...