"Baroque Hoedown" was created by early Moog synthesizer pioneers (and frequent collaborators) Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley (Perrey–Kingsley) in 1967. It was contained on the album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out. The composition was once described as being a "harpsichord gone country".
The composition later became the theme song for Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade in 1972 and all of its subsequent iterations around the world,Hong Kong Disneyland's Disney Paint the Night Parade, and for a time, Walt Disney World's Electrical Water Pageant. It was also incorporated into Disneyland's Light Magic, Paint the Night Electrical Parade, and Remember... Dreams Come True as a tribute to the Main Street Electrical Parade.
Jean-Jacques Perrey met Gershon Kingsley in 1964 at Carroll Bratman's (Carroll Bratman was Perrey's sponsor). They became associates for a period of time and created music together. Baroque Hoedown comes from the first album Perrey and Kingsley made together; “Kaleidoscopic Vibrations.” Perrey and Kingsley made a second album together called “The In Sound From Way Out.” The two albums were reissued in 1988 on one compact disc called The Essential Perrey and Kingsley.
-Baroque Hoedown is accompanied by 13 other tracks in the album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations, including: “The Savers” “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” “Strangers in the Night” “One Note Samba – Spanish Flea” “Lover’s Concerto” “Third Man Theme” “Fallout” “Winchester Cathedral” “Carousel of the Planets” “Toy Balloons” “Moon River” “Mas Que Nada” “Pioneers of the Stars”