In the 1967 Disney movie The Jungle Book, who taught Mowgli The Bare Necessities?
The Bare Necessities which was his first paid gig after moving to California. The song was also sung by Louis Armstrong. In 1967, "The Bare Necessities" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. A hip-hop version of the song performed by Lou Rawls was used as the theme song for "Jungle Cubs". The Bare Necessities "The Bare Necessities" is a song, written by Terry Gilkyson, from the animated 1967 Disney film "The Jungle Book", sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. Originally, it was written for an earlier draft of the movie that was never produced.
The Jungle Book (1967 film) the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. Disney released a live-action remake in 1994 and an animated sequel, "The Jungle Book 2", in 2003; another live-action adaptation directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016. Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes