Richard & Robert Sherman
As a songwriting team, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman are one of the most successful and honored in history. They have written more than 1,000 songs — for 50 movies alone — as well as for television, records, theme parks and the theater. The only songwriters to be put under contract by Walt Disney Studios, they became synonymous with its musicals — "Mary Poppins," "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and "The Jungle Book" among them.
They hit their stride with their Oscar-winning score of 1964's "Mary Poppins," which features numerous standards including the Academy Award-winning best song, "Chim-Chim-Cher-ee," as well as "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Feed the Birds." They also supplied the majority of the tunes to 1967's "The Jungle Book" and composed music for such non-Disney films as 1968's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and 1973's "Charlotte's Web."
Robert B. Sherman died Mar. 5, 2012, at the London Clinic. He was 86.
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Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Best Song | "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins | Win* |
| 1964 | Best Original Score | Mary Poppins | Win* |
| 1968 | Best Song | "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Nomination* |
| 1971 | Best Song | "The Age of Not Believing" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Nomination* |
| 1971 | Best Adaptation and Original Song Score | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Nomination* |
| 1973 | Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation | Tom Sawyer | Nomination* |
| 1977 | Best Original Song | "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz" from The Slipper and the Rose | Nomination* |
| 1977 | Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation | The Slipper and the Rose | Nomination* |
| 1978 | Best Original Song | "When You're Loved" from The Magic of Lassie | Nomination* |
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