A Symposium on Popular Songs

A Symposium on Popular Songs is an animated Disney short that originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on December 19, 1962. It features Ludwig Von Drake lecturing on the state of popular music punctuated by a number of stop-motion musical numbers.
==Songs==
The songs were written by Richard and Robert Sherman, with each song represented a different era in musical history. The brothers considered this one of their favorite Disney assignments.
*"The Rutabaga Rag"
*"Charleston Charlie"
*"Although I Dropped $100,000 (I Found a Million Dollars in your Smile)"
*"I'm Blue for You (Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo)"
*"The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man"
*"Puppy Love is Here to Stay"
*"Rock, Rumble, and Roar"
==Voice cast==
*Paul Frees - Ludwig von Drake, Depression-Era Singer
*Gloria Wood - Flapper, Boogie Woogie Singers, the Babylonians
*Skip Farrell - Crooner
*Billy Storm - Jackie Babylon
===Uncredited===
*Thurl Ravenscroft - Jackie Babylon's Backup Singer
==Trivia==
*This marks Ludwig von Drake's only appearance in a theatrical project.
==Releases==
===Television===
*Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, episode #11.3: "A Rag, a Bone, a Box of Junk"
===DVD===
*Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities
==Gallery==
ASymposiumonPopularSongstitlecard.jpeg|Title card
ASymposiumonPopularSongs2.png|Professor Von Drake
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ASymposiumonPopularSongsDrums.jpg|The drummer
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Category:Animated shorts
Category:1962 shorts
Category:Academy Award nominated films
Category:Stop motion films