Song:A Whole New World
Album:The Best Of Peabo Bryson
Though Peabo Bryson had success as a solo artist, he was mainly known for his many duets with female singers like Roberta Flack, Natalie Cole and others. His only number one hit in his long career was this 1992 recording of A Whole New World with Regina Belle. It was from the Disney film Aladdin. Bryson and Celine Dion scored a top ten hit in 1991 with the theme from Beauty and the Beast. So Disney decided to try and repeat that success with Aladdin. The songs for Aladdin were written by Alan Menken and Tim Rice who stepped in after Menken's long time partner Howard Ashman died. The song is performed during the film by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga. The recording by Bryson and Regina Belle plays over the end credits. It was on the soundtrack and released as a single with a video. It topped the charts in 1992. Both singers were under contract to Columbia and the song appeared on solo albums by both. The record was produced by veteran producer Walter Afanasieff who had worked with both singers previously. And the two had recorded together before. Veteran session musician Michael Landau played the guitar solo. The Aladdin soundtrack is available on CD. For most of Bryson's career he recorded for Capitol and then Elektra. He only recorded two early 90s albums for Columbia. Time Life released a career spanning Bryson comp CD in 2006. Unfortunately, that is out of print. So this 2004 budget CD that covers Bryson's Columbia recordings is recommended. You can also get A Whole New World on Regina Belle comps and Disney CDs. Maybe there should be a CD of all of Peabo Bryson's duets because he recorded plenty of them. I guess I'm asking for too much. Here's the video for A Whole New World by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.
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