Cartoon character references in songs

[gilligan fanati]

I am sure there are a ton of them. Here is one called "The Movies" by the Statler Brothers

Here is the line and a little more of the song.

I love Captain Blood and Elmer Fudd and Charlie Chan
Ben Ben Hur The Way We Were True Grit and Music Man
Thunderball and Walking Tall and Jaws and Jesse James
Doctor No and Vertigo and Singing in the Rain singing in the rain
Blood and Sand and Santa Fe Dunaway and Gataway Mexicali Rose and Rose Marie

:befuddled

There are a ton more in other songs so lets here some

[Dell Comics Fan]

Hey, thanks, pal, for passing that along. Although I'm a Statler Brothers fan,
somehow that one got passed me.

Others that come to mind include:
"Yogi" by the Ivy Three
"Speedy Gonzales" by Pat Boone
"Alley Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles
"Charlie Brown" by The Coasters (although they weren't really thinking of the
comic strip character at the time)
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen
(Yes, most of those are comic strip characters but they also appeared in
animated cartoons.)

I'm sure there are some others.

[jazzman78]

Well it really depends on how far back you want to go.

One of the most famous is "Barney Google" from 1923, There is also "Felix the Cat" 1928, "Betty Boop" 1931 and There are also a number of Micky Mouse songs in the early 30's and in the early 30's songs from the Disney Silly Symphonies "the World Owes Me A Living" Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", "Your Nothing But A Nothing" and others There are also 2 Popeye the Sailor Man - One obsucre on from 1930 and the famous one from the Fleischer Cartoons. These just come to mind on the top of head.

[Sogturtle]

Hey, thanks, pal, for passing that along. Although I'm a Statler Brothers fan,
somehow that one got passed me.

Others that come to mind include:
"Yogi" by the Ivy Three
"Speedy Gonzales" by Pat Boone
"Alley Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles
"Charlie Brown" by The Coasters (although they weren't really thinking of the
comic strip character at the time)
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen
(Yes, most of those are comic strip characters but they also appeared in
animated cartoons.)

I'm sure there are some others.

In a similar vein is...
Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" which mentions "Superman or Green Lantern".

Then there's ...
The THREE different Snoopy and Red Baron songs by the Royal Guardsman.

And in a totally cartoony universe...

Tia Juana Ball by the Ralke-Talkies "with Speedy Gonzales (Mel Blanc)"
The Woody Woodpecker Song by (several differnt artists, fave is Mel Blanc)
The Woody Woodpecker Polka by Mel Blanc
[Mel also recorded several other songs about and starring Warner cartoon characters, but the Daffy one is terrific, ...maybe this is getting too specific:o].

[J. B. Warner]

It may be a stretch, but there's a line from "Bicycle" by Queen that comes to mind ("I don't believe in Peter Pan / Frankenstein or Superman").

[nickramer]

In Cole Porter's song "You're the Top" there's a reference to Mickey Mouse.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

"Hooray For Hollywood" mentions Donald Duck. :donald:

[wackyoverkhaki]

In The Gay Divorcee, Betty Grable sings a song "Let's K-nock K-nees" that mentions Mickey Mouse.:mickey:

[Dell Comics Fan]

In a similar vein is...
Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" which mentions "Superman or Green Lantern".

Then there's ...
The THREE different Snoopy and Red Baron songs by the Royal Guardsman.

And in a totally cartoony universe...

Tia Juana Ball by the Ralke-Talkies "with Speedy Gonzales (Mel Blanc)"
The Woody Woodpecker Song by (several differnt artists, fave is Mel Blanc)
The Woody Woodpecker Polka by Mel Blanc
[Mel also recorded several other songs about and starring Warner cartoon characters, but the Daffy one is terrific, ...maybe this is getting too specific:o].

Also: Five for Fighting's "Superman (It's Not Easy") and Neal Hefti's "Batman" theme (which the Marketts turned into a Top 40 hit);
although technically the former doesn't specifically mention Superman, there are several oblique references (incl. one to kryptonite).

[rodney]

"You never had a rhyme or a reason
A notion or a clue
A duck insisting that it's rabbit season
If days are numbered, this one's two"

----Your Amazing Life by Ass Ponys

[mojokingbee1]

There's references to Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, and Sylvester in Danger Doom's "Mince Meat"; along with a Klondike Cat soundclip.

[doctoon]

There's a rap by Doug E. Fresh that samples Clarence Wheeler's version of "The Wody Woodpecker Song," which played during the title sequence of "Woody" cartoons in the late 1950s. The rap is called "Guess Who." In another rap he sampled the start of the SPIDER-MAN theme.

Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" samples the "na na" part of the FAT ALBERT theme.

In rapper Big Daddy Kane's song "Calling Mr. Welfare," one of his sidemen exclaims Sylvester's "Sufferin' succotash!"

The rapper Del the Funky Homosapien has an album titled, "I Wish My Brother George Was Here," an ode to Freleng's THREE LITTLE BOPS.

And last but definitely not least:
The rap group Two Kings and a Cypher declared in one song, "Daffy Duck was a black man."

[J. J. Hunsecker]

The rapper Del the Funky Homosapien has an album titled, "I Wish My Brother George Was Here," an ode to Freleng's THREE LITTLE BOPS.
The reference to "my brother George" is from famed piano player Liberace. The Pig in "Bops" is imitating him. Bugs Bunny also does a Liberace imitation in a McKimson cartoon about tv, with Elmer Fudd having his own hunting show (I forget the title).

[Thad]

The reference to "my brother George" is from famed piano player Liberace. The Pig in "Bops" is imitating him. Bugs Bunny also does a Liberace imitation in a McKimson cartoon about tv, with Elmer Fudd having his own hunting show (I forget the title).

"Wideo Wabbit" :bugs2::befuddled

[RyougaLolakie]

Then there's ...
The THREE different Snoopy and Red Baron songs by the Royal Guardsman.



Actually, there's two...well three, if you count the original version. And those titles in those versions are:

"Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" ~ The original version
"The Red Baron Strikes Again" ~ The sequel to the original version. I'm not sure if the title is correct but I could be wrong.
"Snoopy's Christmas" ~ Christmas version

[Sogturtle]

Actually, there's two...well three, if you count the original version. And those titles in those versions are:

"Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" ~ The original version
"The Red Baron Strikes Again" ~ The sequel to the original version. I'm not sure if the title is correct but I could be wrong.
"Snoopy's Christmas" ~ Christmas version

RyougaLolakie~

There are three songs;) ... Welllll I deliberately left it out, but there was a whole Royal Guardsmen LP side of the three songs all linked together with a story of Snoopy's battles! :) It is a great little thing to play every now and again.

Similarly I left out that there was a 45 (not by the Royal Guardsmen) entitled "Snoopy For President". :cool:

[FleischerFan]

There have been multiple references to Superman in many, many songs. One that immediately stands out is "Superman" by the Kinks. The Kinks also recorded a song called "Plastic Man" and another song, "Catch Me Now, I'm Falling" features "Captain America" as the purported singer of said song.

There is also a complete Broadway musical (dreadful, but it was produced) called "It's a Bird, It's a Plane...It's Superman."

Getting away from comic book characters and back to more animation-oriented songs, there is Bo Diddley's "Road Runner." While it doesn't mention the coyote, I'd be willing to bet it was inspired by the cartoons.