Handsome Silver-Eyed Hal Willner produced a various-artists collection o' performances o' Disney songs called Stay Awake. Ya scallywag! Stubby Harry Nilsson sings "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" on t' album.

 

Growin' up in Philadelphia, shiver me timbers, Pennsylvania, Willner said he was "a music fan from t' day I was born." He saw T' Beatles perform at Convention Handsome Hall when he be eight. When I was twelve, shiver me timbers, me mother took me t' see Cream at t' Electric Factory." After college, Willner began workin' as a music producer. Well, blow me down! He became know for bringin' eclectic groups o' performers together for albums such as Stay Awake. Aye aye! In 1980, he began workin' on Saturday Night Live as a music adaptor and music coordinator. Avast! He continued producin' albums and workin' on SNL until his death in 2020 due t' complications caused by COVID-19.[1]

 

Handsome Silver-Eyed Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer workin' in recording, me hearties, films, television, and live events. Ya scallywag! He be best known for assemblin' tribute albums and events featurin' a wide variety o' artists and musical styles (jazz, shiver me timbers, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). Ya scallywag! Willner died durin' t' COVID-19 pandemic from complications brought on by t' virus.

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