From The Film Guide
A Symposium on Popular Songs is a special cartoon featurette made by
the Walt Disney Company in
1962. It features songs by the
Sherman Brothers. The Shermans also co-wrote the screenplay but are not credited for this. Host
Ludwig Von Drake invites his audience into his mansion where he tells all about
popular music through the years, introducing several songs illustrated with
stop-motion photography. The film was nominated for an
Academy Award as Best Cartoon Short Subject. The film was released on DVD in 2005 as part of the
Walt Disney Treasures set "Disney Rarities".
- "The Rutabaga Rag"
- "I'm Blue For You, Boo-Bo-Bo-Bo-Boo"
- "Charleston Charlie"
- "Although I Dropped $100,000" also known as "Although I Dropped a Hundred Thousand in the Market, Baby (I Found a Million Dollars in Your Smile)"
- "The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man"
- "Puppy Love is Here to Stay"
- "Rock, Rumble and Roar"
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