- The Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Special Edition] · 1989
- The Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Special Edition] · 1989
- The Little Mermaid (Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection] · 1989
- The Lion King (Original 1997 Broadway Cast Recording) · 1997
- The Lion King (Original 1997 Broadway Cast Recording) · 1997
- The Little Mermaid and Friends · 2006
- 10 Disney Favorites: Songs from the Sea (From "The Little Mermaid") · 2006
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- Disney's Sebastian: From the Little Mermaid · 1990
- Over Here! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) · 1974
- 10 Disney Favorites: Songs from the Sea (From "The Little Mermaid") · 2006
- Disney's Sebastian: From the Little Mermaid · 1990
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
Essential Albums
- Disney reached new heights in 1989 with a soundtrack for an animated movie that had both kids and parents singing along. Alan Menken’s masterful compositions and Howard Ashman's lively lyrics make all the difference, but they’re helped by the big voice of Jodi Benson belting outcast anthem “Part of Your World” as Ariel the mermaid. The deliciously devilish “Les Poissons” is another standout, while a crustacean band and calypso beats add to the fun on tracks like “Kiss the Girl” and the GRAMMY®-winning “Under the Sea”.
About Samuel E. Wright
American stage and film actor Samuel E. Wright is best known for voicing Sebastian the Crab in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. ∙ Wright got his first big break in 1972, when he took over for Ben Vereen as the lead in the Broadway production of Pippin. ∙ In 1973, he recorded a soul single, “There’s Something Funny Going On,” for Paramount Records. ∙ Playing jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, he made his film debut in 1988’s Bird. ∙ “Under the Sea,” one of several songs he performed in The Little Mermaid, won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. ∙ The 1990 album Disney’s Sebastian from the Little Mermaid featured various reggae and calypso songs sung by Wright in the Sebastian voice. ∙ He starred as Mufasa in the original 1997 Broadway production of The Lion King.
- FROM
- Camden, SC, United States
- BORN
- 20 November 1946
- GENRE
- Disney