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It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 American animated educational short film directed by Ward Kimball and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The short won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons in 1969 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film in 1971.
• Richard Bakalyan as M.C. Bird
• Ruth Buzzi as Soprano
• John Emerson as Bird Fancier
• Jim Swain as Bird Fancier
• Ann Lord as Bird Fancier
• Hank Schloss as Bird Fancier
• Walter Perkins as Bird Fancier
• Rolf Darbo as Bird Fancier
- from Wikipedia
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It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 American animated educational short film directed by Ward Kimball and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The short won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons in 1969 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film in 1971.
• Richard Bakalyan as M.C. Bird
• Ruth Buzzi as Soprano
• John Emerson as Bird Fancier
• Jim Swain as Bird Fancier
• Ann Lord as Bird Fancier
• Hank Schloss as Bird Fancier
• Walter Perkins as Bird Fancier
• Rolf Darbo as Bird Fancier
- from Wikipedia
Personal IG - @micahspictures
Disney IG - @wonderfulworldofcolorpalettes
![Balladino [from Charming] - Sia (Complete Song)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OXZ7nbrWozI/mqdefault.jpg "Balladino [from Charming] - Sia (Complete Song)
Since this doesnt seem to be available officially anywhere, I took an effects-free version with a rough opening and looped the beginning and end to reflect the full and complete version heard in the film.
2018
Written by Sia (as Sia Furler), Jasper Leak, and Oliver Kraus
Performed by Sia
Published by Pineapple Lasagne Music (ASCAP)/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (PRS)
Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)
Vocals Recorded by Jesse Shatkin
Produced, Arranged, and Mixed by Oliver Kraus
Courtesy of Monkey Puzzle Music")
