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- The Mellomen, manchmal auch als The Mellowmen oder The Mellow Men (dt. Die reifen Männer) bezeichnet, waren ein Männergesangsquartett, das unter anderem mit Bing Crosby, Doris Day und Elvis Presley arbeitete. Gelegentlich traten sie auch unter anderen Bezeichnungen wie Big John & the Buzzards, Crackerjacks, The Lee Brothers und The Ravenscroft Quartet auf. (de)
- The Mellomen est un quatuor vocal masculin américain fondé en 1948 par la basse Thurl Ravenscroft et le ténor , anciens chanteurs du groupe vocal The Sportsmen. Conçu initialement dans l'esprit des barbershop, genre très populaire aux États-Unis, son activité s'étend de la fin des années 1940 au milieu des années 1970. Le groupe se produit alternativement sous les noms de Big John & The Buzzards, The Crackerjacks, The Lee Brothers ou encore The Ravenscroft Quartet, et accompagne des chanteurs tels que Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Arlo Guthrie, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee et Elvis Presley. Mais c'est leur collaboration avec les studios Disney qui leur apporte une réelle notoriété. Ils interprètent ainsi, en chœur ou en solistes, les chansons de nombreux longs métrages d'animation parmi lesquels Cendrillon (1950), Alice au pays des merveilles (1951), Peter Pan (1953), La Belle et le Clochard (1955), La Belle au bois dormant (1959), Les 101 Dalmatiens (1961), Le Livre de la jungle. Toujours pour Disney, ils enregistrent les chansons des courts métrages Donald et la Sorcière (1952), Pigs is Pigs (1954), Paul Bunyan (1958), et Noah's Ark (1959). Ils apparaissent dans plusieurs émissions télévisées dont Le Monde merveilleux de Disney et chantent entre autres les génériques de The Mickey Mouse Club, Davy Crockett, Zorro et de L'Épouvantail Le quatuor a aussi travaillé sur plusieurs films d'Elvis Presley, de Blondes, brunes, rousses (It Happened at the World's Fair) en 1963 à Filles et Show business (The Trouble with Girls) en 1969, où il intervient sous l'apparence d'un chœur de gospel nommé The Bible Singers. (fr)
- The Mellomen were a popular singing quartet active from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s. The group was founded by Thurl Ravenscroft and Max Smith in 1948. They recorded under a variety of names, including Big John and the Buzzards, the Crackerjacks, the Lee Brothers, and the Ravenscroft Quartet. They were sometimes credited as the Mellowmen, the Mello Men, or the Mellow Men. They sang backup to some of the best-known artists of the day, including Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Arlo Guthrie, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, and Jo Stafford. In addition to backing up popular singers, they also were featured vocalists for bandleaders like Spike Jones and their solo work is part of many Disney films including Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp and The Jungle Book as well as numerous animated shorts, including Trick or Treat (1952), Pigs Is Pigs (1954), Paul Bunyan (1958), and Noah's Ark (1959). Their work for Disney also led to numerous television appearances, beginning with the Disneyland television show episode Cavalcade of Songs, originally broadcast February 16, 1955. The Mellomen were also featured frequently on Disneyland Records, which released their 1957 album Meet Me Down on Main Street. They also sang "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" theme and the introduction of Zorro. Henry Calvin, who portrayed Sergeant Garcia on that television series, also sang and released a version of the "Zorro" theme song. (A longer version of the Zorro Theme, recorded by the female quartet, the Chordettes, became a top ten hit in the US). The quartet also appeared in a 1959 episode of the television situation comedy Love and Marriage and performed singing voices for the elephants along with J. Pat O'Malley in the 1967 movie The Jungle Book. The group were also the "singing busts" in the graveyard of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride, and sang the recording of "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" used in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride. The Mellomen were also featured in the UPA animated feature Gay Purr-ee which starred Judy Garland as the voice of a beautiful cat named Mewsette and included songs by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. The film was released by Warner Brothers in 1962. In addition, they sang on several films with Elvis Presley, beginning with It Happened at the World's Fair. Elvis wanted the Jordanaires to perform for the film but they were unavailable, so the Mellomen were called in to sing One Broken Heart For Sale and Cotton Candy Land. The Mellomen later backed up Elvis on the title song for the film Roustabout as well as on most of the sound track for Paradise, Hawaiian Style. In 1969, the Mellomen appeared with Elvis in the film The Trouble with Girls, as a gospel group called the Bible Singers. (en)
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- The Mellomen, manchmal auch als The Mellowmen oder The Mellow Men (dt. Die reifen Männer) bezeichnet, waren ein Männergesangsquartett, das unter anderem mit Bing Crosby, Doris Day und Elvis Presley arbeitete. Gelegentlich traten sie auch unter anderen Bezeichnungen wie Big John & the Buzzards, Crackerjacks, The Lee Brothers und The Ravenscroft Quartet auf. (de)
- The Mellomen est un quatuor vocal masculin américain fondé en 1948 par la basse Thurl Ravenscroft et le ténor , anciens chanteurs du groupe vocal The Sportsmen. Conçu initialement dans l'esprit des barbershop, genre très populaire aux États-Unis, son activité s'étend de la fin des années 1940 au milieu des années 1970. Le groupe se produit alternativement sous les noms de Big John & The Buzzards, The Crackerjacks, The Lee Brothers ou encore The Ravenscroft Quartet, et accompagne des chanteurs tels que Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Arlo Guthrie, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee et Elvis Presley. (fr)
- The Mellomen were a popular singing quartet active from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s. The group was founded by Thurl Ravenscroft and Max Smith in 1948. They recorded under a variety of names, including Big John and the Buzzards, the Crackerjacks, the Lee Brothers, and the Ravenscroft Quartet. They were sometimes credited as the Mellowmen, the Mello Men, or the Mellow Men. They sang backup to some of the best-known artists of the day, including Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Arlo Guthrie, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, and Jo Stafford. (en)
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