Sherman Brothers which includes the songs "Feed The Birds," "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," and the Oscar-winning "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Since "Mary Poppins"' premiere, the Shermans have subsequently earned nine Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Awards, four Grammy Award nominations, and 23 gold- and platinum-certified albums. Robert and Richard Sherman worked directly for Walt Disney, completing the scores for the live-action musical films "The Happiest Millionaire" and "The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band" until Disney's death in 1966. Since leaving the company, the brothers have worked freelance as songwriters on scores of motion pictures, television shows, theme-park exhibits, and stage musicals. Their first non-Disney
Cotton Fields 1958 album "Belafonte Sings the Blues" with a live version appearing on the 1959 concert album "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall": Belafonte had learned "Cotton Fields" from Odetta and been singing it in concert as early as 1955. A #13 hit in 1961 for The Highwaymen, "Cotton Fields" served as an album track for a number of C&W and folk-rock acts including Ferlin Husky ("The Heart and Soul of Ferlin Husky" 1963), Buck Owens ("On the Bandstand" 1963), the New Christy Minstrels ("Chim-Chim-Cheree" 1965) and the Seekers ("Roving With The Seekers" 1964): Odetta also made a new studio recording of the