Q: Thank you for all the time you take answering so many questions sent in by your fans and Disney devotees. I wanted to ask you about the song “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo.” It is my favorite of all Disney songs. It’s the song that plays on my alarm clock and it’s my ringtone, yet I have no idea of its history. Can you please enlighten me on the story behind this clever and whimsical little tune? I’d be most grateful.
Leo, Santa Maria, California
A: “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo” was actually the first Disney song to be published, in 1930, on sheet music—both for general sale and as a giveaway at Mickey Mouse Club events in theaters (it was the club’s official theme song). Listed authors were Walt Disney and Carl Stalling. The song originally appeared in the Mickey Mouse cartoon, Mickey’s Follies (1929).
Dave Smith