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Encyclopedia > Stay Awake

"Stay Awake" is a song from Walt Disney's film Mary Poppins, and it is composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Mary Poppins is a 1964 feature film based on the Mary Poppins series of childrens books written by P. L. Travers and illustrated by Mary Shepard. ... Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928) are Academy Award-winning American songwriters, who specialize in musical film. ... Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928) are Academy Award-winning American songwriters, who specialize in musical film. ...


A lullaby sung by Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews), to the two children Jane and Michael, on a night of rain and thunder. The children protest when Mary tells them it's time for bed, but when "Stay Awake" is sung, the children yawn and dose off to sleep. A lullaby is a soothing song sung to children before they go to sleep. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music. ...


Julie Andrews took nearly 50 takes (most reports suggest 47) in the Disney recording studio to create the perfect "soft" voice quality for the song.


A song not used in the film, was "Mary Poppins Melody", instead elements of this song became part of "Stay Awake".


The song has also been recorded by several artists, including

This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Harry Connick Jr. ... Songs I Heard (2001) is an album by Harry Connick, Jr , with his take on songs from movies he remembers watching as a child. ... Louis Prima and Keely Smith singing for the radio in the 1950s Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, and trumpeter born in New Orleans. ...

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