- Songs and Story: The Little Mermaid - EP · 2009
- The Little Mermaid and Friends · 2006
- 10 Disney Favorites: Songs from the Sea (From "The Little Mermaid") · 2006
- 10 Disney Favorites: Songs from the Sea (From "The Little Mermaid") · 2006
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- The Little Mermaid 2 · 2000
- The Lion King (Original 1997 Broadway Cast Recording) · 1997
- The Lion King (Original 1997 Broadway Cast Recording) · 1997
- Mouse House Dance Mixes · 1996
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.
- HOMETOWN
- Camden, SC, United States
- BORN
- 20 November 1946
- GENRE
- Disney