Richard M. Sherman 2 Academy Awards for "Mary Poppins" – Best Original Score, which included "Feed The Birds", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"; and Best Original Song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee". Since "Mary Poppins"' premiere, Robert B. Sherman subsequently earned 9 Academy Award nominations, 2 Grammy Awards, 4 Grammy Award nominations and 23 gold and platinum albums. Robert and Richard Sherman worked directly for Walt Disney until Disney's death in 1966. After leaving the company, the brothers worked freelance as songwriters on scores of motion pictures, television shows, theme park exhibits and stage musicals. Their first non-Disney assignment came with Albert R. Broccoli's motion picture production "Chitty Chitty
The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons Sing the Blues is the first album released as an offshoot of "The Simpsons". The album contains originally recorded music not featured in the series save for the first verse of the track "Moaning Lisa Blues" which was first featured in the episode "Moaning Lisa", which aired in the United States on February 11, 1990. The album was released on December 4, 1990, and peaked at No. 3 on the "Billboard" 200. An early musical number, "Do the Bartman", leads the album as the first track and the first single released. It was