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
Chim Chim Cheree (album) Chim Chim Cheree (album) Chim Chim Cheree is an album by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. It was recorded in 2009 and released by Venus Records in the following year. The album was recorded at the Avatar Studio in New York on October 3, 2009. It was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan. The four musicians are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. The material is compositions by saxophonist John Coltrane and other pieces associated with him. "Chim Chim Cheree" was released by Venus Records in 2010. The "IAJRC Journal" reviewer concluded