America Sings
| America Sings | |
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| Disneyland | |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | June 29, 1974 |
| Closing date | April 10, 1988 |
| Replaced | Carousel of Progress |
| Replaced by | Innoventions |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Rotating Theater |
| Designer | WED Enterprises |
| Theme | American Musical History |
| Music | Buddy Baker |
| Hosted by | Eagle Sam (Burl Ives) Ollie Owl (Sam Edwards) |
| Additional Voices |
Rex Allen Sue Allen Mic Bell Ray Campi Peggy Clark Bill Cole Mac Curtis Jewel Hall Geary Hanley Bill Lee Diana Lee Ray McKinley Gene Merlino Tim Morgan Lloyd Perryman Cheryl Poole Jean Ritchie Skuffy Shew Betty Taylor Jerry Whitman Chill Wills |
| Audio-Animatronics | 115 |
| Sponsor | Del Monte Foods |
America Sings was an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of audio animatronics animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in America's musical history, often in a humorous fashion.
America Sings opened on June 29, 1974, replacing the General Electric-sponsored Carousel of Progress attraction, which had moved to the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1973. America Sings used the same Carousel Theater as its predecessor. The building had an outer ring of six theaters, connected by divider walls, that revolved mechanically about every four minutes around the six fixed stages in the center of the building.
Unlike Disneyland's Carousel of Progress, which rotated clockwise, America Sings rotated in a counter-clockwise direction. Also, unlike Carousel of Progress, America Sings only used the lower level of the Carousel Theater. The upper level was eventually used to house the SuperSpeed Tunnel in 1977 (which later became the Game Grid of Tron) that the PeopleMover transportation attraction passed through.
Written primarily by Marc Davis and Al Bertino, America Sings was comparable to Disneyland's Country Bear Jamboree, in that it featured a singing cast of audio-animatronics animals. The show's Masters of Ceremonies were an American bald eagle named Sam (voiced by Burl Ives) and an owl named Ollie (voiced by Sam Edwards). The image of Eagle Sam was designed by Disney animator Marc Davis, as were the other characters. Eagle Sam is completely separate from the Sam the Olympic Eagle character designed a decade later by C. Robert Moore (also a Disney employee) for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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