78 RPM - The Voices Of Mickey Mouse And The Merry Mouseketeers - Official Mickey Mouse Club Pledge / Sho-Jo-Ji (A Japanese Play Song) - Walt Disney Productions - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	The Voices Of Mickey Mouse And The Merry Mouseketeers
Label:	Walt Disney Productions
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	D223
Date:	1955
Format:	6"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	The Voices Of Mickey Mouse And The Merry Mouseketeers	Official Mickey Mouse Club Pledge	Dodd	Rate
B	Frances Archer, Beverly Gile, The Official Mickey Mouse Club Chorus	Sho-Jo-Ji (A Japanese Play Song)		Rate

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B side:
The full name of this song is 'Shojoji no tanuki bayashi' (Raccoon Dogs Dancing at Shojoji Temple). The song is based on a poem written by 野口雨情 (Ujou Noguchi) in 1924, to which 中山晋平 (Shinpei Nakayama) added the music in 1925. Eartha Kitt made the song popular in the US when she recorded it with English lyrics in 1955.

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xiphophilos 11th Feb 2018		Thank you, kei masaru, for providing all this additional information. It makes this entry both more interesting and useful. It's true, though, that the credits are supposed to mirror what's on the record. So I have moved your information (with some minor additions) into the Notes. The lyrics with English translation are here: https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=2712 Eartha Kitt, who spoke four or five languages and sang in even more (including French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Hebrew, and Swaheli), sings it in Japanese and English:



boyjohn 10th Feb 2018		Thanks, good info. Not sure if it should be in the credits though, since not listed on the record.



kei masaru 10th Feb 2018		Concerning composers of Side B. 野口雨情（Ujou Noguchi） wrote a poem in 1924. 中山晋平（Shinpei Nakayama） set this poem to music in 1925. Sho-Jo-Ji（’證誠寺’ or ‘証城寺’） is the name of a temple, located in Kisarazu city, Chiba prefecture（千葉県木更津市). Eartha Kitt recorded this song with English lyrics in 1955.



boyjohn 9th Feb 2018		This is in the Golden Records numbering system.



boyjohn 9th Feb 2018