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"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song consisting of a melody written in 1907 by American composer John Walter Bratton, and lyrics added in 1932 by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. It remains popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom as a children's song, having been recorded by numerous artists over the decades.
The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song with melody by John Walter Bratton in 1907, and lyrics added by Jimmy Kennedy in 1932. Teddy Bears' Picnic may also refer to: Teddy Bears' Picnic, a 2002 film by Harry Shearer; The Teddy Bears' Picnic, 1983 book based on the song lyrics, illustrated by Alexandra Day
Teddy Bears' Picnic covers an annual encampment of prominent male leaders at the Zambezi Glen. [a]The film starts out with the first ever women's day at the glen, where wives and girlfriends of Zambezi members are invited to visit the glen ahead of the annual encampment, which also serves to introduce the glen and the characters to the audience.
The show's theme song was "Teddy Bears' Picnic" as sung by Ann Stephens. Cincinnati's Don Kortekamp, who was an editor at WSAI, teamed up with Arthur to become the scriptwriter of Big Jon and Sparkie. [2] [5] Arthur originally created the character of Sparkie as a young scamp who would interrupt him while he was on the air.
A teddy bear is a stuffed toy in the form of a bear.Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the U.S. and Richard Steiff under his aunt Margarete Steiff's company in Germany in the early 20th century, the teddy bear, named after President Theodore Roosevelt, became a popular children's toy and has been celebrated in story, song, and film.
Ann Stephens (21 May 1931 – 15 July 1966 [1]) was a British child actress and singer, popular in the 1940s. [2] She was born in London. [3] In July 1941 she recorded several songs, including a popular version of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic", [4] [5] "Dicky Bird Hop" (with Franklin Engelmann) and a setting by Harold Fraser-Simson of one of A. A. Milne's verses about Christopher Robin ...
Rosing sang on the original BBC recording of "Teddy Bears' Picnic" [2] as well as "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room". He also sang on the Ray Noble Orchestra's version of "Try a Little Tenderness", the first recording of this well-covered song.
James Kennedy OBE (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984) was an Irish songwriter. [1] He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers like Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon.