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{{Short description|Music video block on The Disney Channel}}
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'''''D-TV''''' is a ] television series produced by ]<ref></ref> and edited by Ted Herrmann. Premiering on May 5, 1984 on the ],<ref></ref> the series combined both classic and contemporary popular music with various footage of vintage animated shorts and feature films from ], created out of the trend of music videos on cable channel ], which inspired the name of this series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insidethemagic.net/2019/02/dtv/|title=DTV – Disney's answer to Music Television|date=2019-02-13|website=Inside the Magic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>


== Content ==
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'''''D-TV''''' was a series of music videos created by ] in 1984 taking old hit songs of the past and putting them together with lots of vintage ] animation, created out of the trend of music videos on cable channel ], which inspired the name of this series. The videos were shown as filler material on the ] (as the network did not air commercials at this time), as well as being the focus of televisions specials. ] collections were also released on the VHS, Beta, CED Videodisc, and Laserdisc formats {{by whom|date=October 2010}}. After the first run of ''D-TV'', in 1989 a second series was produced known as ''DTV²''. Most songs used in the series were contemporary hits (e.g., "]" and "]" by ]), though older songs like ]'s "The Purple People Eater" were also featured. These music videos were shown as filler material on the Disney Channel (which refrained from airing commercials at the time), as well as being the focus of several television specials. Home video collections were also released on VHS, Beta, CED Videodisc, and Laserdisc formats. After the first run of ''D-TV'', in 1989, a second series was produced known as ''DTV²''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/254/mode/2up |page=254}}</ref>


== Theme music ==
''D-TV'' ceased airing in 1999. A small selection of the music videos can currently be viewed on ].
The main title music, known as "RPM", was created in 1981 by a recording company called ].<ref></ref> When the segments were shown individually on television, the title music used was from "Sunset Boulevard", also by Network Music.<ref></ref> In the show's opening, a cheese-like Moon zooms out to reveal a black background with blue musical notes. A silhouette of ]'s head rises from the Moon, and it exits below the screen. The letter D (in the corporate Disney font) and the letters TV appear and zoom out to attach to the head. Finally, after a few seconds, the screen zooms into the silhouette of the head, which reveals several vintage Disney cartoon clips.


== Home media ==
As of 2009, Disney seems to be reviving the ''D-TV'' idea in the form of '''''Re-Micks''''', similar music videos syncing clips from the classic shorts to pop songs.
Many songs listed above were released on VHS, in five separate volumes. The first three volumes, entitled "Pop & Rock", "Rock, Rhythm & Blues", and "Golden Oldies", were released in late 1984, as part of ]'s "Wrapped and Ready to Give" holiday promotion. In the Summer of 1985, two more volumes, "Love Songs" and "Groovin' For a '60s Afternoon", were released.


== Television Specials == == Television specials ==
Disney had aired three D-TV television specials on ] in 1986 and 1987: ''DTV Valentine'', ''DTV Doggone Valentine'', and ''DTV Monster Hits''. All three specials had its own theme of music: ''D-TV Valentine'' focused on love and romance music; ''D-TV Doggone Valentine'' focused on love songs with a tribute to Disney's dog and cat characters; and ''D-TV Monster Hits'' was focused on ] themed music and footage. Disney aired three ''DTV'' television specials on ] in 1986 and 1987: ''DTV Valentine'' (Feb 14, 1986, re-titled ''DTV Romancin''' in later airings), ''DTV Doggone Valentine'' (Feb 13, 1987), and ''DTV Monster Hits'' (Oct 30, 1987).


=== D-TV Valentine === === ''DTV Valentine'' ===
''DTV Valentine'' focused on love and romance music.
'''Original Airdate:''' February 1986, NBC
* ]: ''The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Hey, Mickey''
* ] & ]: '']''
* From "]": ''Bella Notte''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* From "]": ''Once Upon a Dream''
* ]: '']
* ]: '']''
* From "]": ''Someday My Prince Will Come''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''


====Songs====
'''Note:''' Rebranded as '''''DTV Romancin'''''' in subsequent airings.
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ] & ]: ]
* ] (from '']'') (song lyrics on-screen)
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ] (from '']'') (song lyrics on-screen)
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ] (from '']'') (song lyrics on-screen)
* ]: ]


=== D-TV Doggone Valentine === ==== Voice characterizations ====
* ] - ]
'''Original Airdate:''' February 1987, NBC
* ]: '']'' * ] - ]
* ] - ]
* ] & ]: ''You're the One That I Want''
* ] - ] (archive footage)
* ]: ''I Only Have Eyes for You''
* ] - ], Announcer
* ]: ''Workin' for a Livin'''
* Les Perkins - ]
* ]: ''Stayin' Alive''
* ] - ], ]
* ]: '']''
* Judith Searle - ]
* ]: ''Eat It''
* ] - ] (archive footage)
* ] & ]: '']''
* Lisa St. James - ] puppies
* ]: '']''
* From "]": ''The Siamese Cat Song''
* ]: ''Expressway to Your Heart''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Let's Hear It for the Boy''
* ] & ]: ''Stay''


=== ''DTV Doggone Valentine'' ===
'''Note:''' Announcer was Founding MTV "VJ" J.J. Jackson (d. 2004); Rebranded as '''''D-TV Doggone Hits''''' in subsequent airings.
''DTV Doggone Valentine'' focused on love songs with a tribute to Disney's dog and cat characters.


=== DTV Monster Hits === ====Songs====
* ]: ]
'''Original Airdate:''' October 1987, NBC
* ] & ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: Working For A Livin'
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* The Siamese Cat Song (from '']'') (song lyrics on-screen)
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
* ]: ]


==== Voice characterizations ====
'''Note:''' Narrated by ] as the Magic Mirror; and featuring ] as the voice of ], with ] as announcer.
* ] - Mickey Mouse
* Albert Ash - Ludwig Von Drake
* Eddie Carroll - Jiminy Cricket
* ] - Goofy
* ] - Awards Show MC
* Will Ryan - Pongo
* ] - Announcer
* Lisa St. James - Dalmatian puppies
* ] - ], Dalmatian puppies


=== ''DTV Monster Hits'' ===
* ]: ''Thriller''
''DTV Monster Hits'' was focused on ]-themed music and footage. It was also referred to as Disney's DTV Monster Hits by the show's narrator, ]. By this time, ] had died and the Magic Mirror, now credited at the end of the show as ''Man in the Magic Mirror'', was played by ].
* ]: '']''
* ] : ''Bad Moon Rising''
* ] featuring ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Superstition''
* ]: '']''
* ] & His City Slickers: ''That Old Black Magic''
* ]: ''Dreamtime''
* From "]": ''Heffalumps & Woozles''
* ]: '']''


== Home Video == ====Songs====
* ]: "]"
The following five videos were released for home use with the songs noted.
* ]: "]"
* ]: "]"
* Bobby "Boris" Pickett featuring The Crypt-Kickers: "]"
* Rockwell: "]"
* ]: "]"
* ]: "]"
* Pat Benatar: You Better Run
* Spike Jones and His City Slickers: That Black Old Magic
* Daryl Hall: Dreamtime
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Heffalumps & Woozles (song lyrics on-screen)
* The Eurythmics: "]"


=== Golden Oldies === ====Voice characterizations====
* Wayne Allwine - Mickey Mouse
==== Available Formats ====
* Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck
* VHS (Walt Disney Home Video 707 VS)
* ] - The Huntsman (archive footage)
* Betamax
* ] - ] (archive footage)
* Laserdisc (Walt Disney Home Video 707 AS)
* ] - ] (archive footage)
* Japanese Laserdisc
* Bill Farmer - Goofy
* ] - ], Pauline
* ] - Winnie the Pooh (archive footage)
* ] - Basil of Baker Street (archive footage)
* ] - ]
* Maurice LaMarche - Leslie J. Clark
* ] - Announcer
* ] - ] (archive footage)
* ] - ] (archive footage)
* ] - ] (archive footage)


==== Songs ==== ====Notes====
* June Foray returned as the voice of '''Witch Hazel''' to dub new lines. These can be seen when she introduces Michael Jackson and during the segment where she is reading a book about scary stories, which is a segment lifted directly from a Disneyland episode, ''The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte''.
Contains the following songs (complete list)
* New lines for Donald Duck were dubbed during the Ghostbusters theme, where he says he's "not afraid of ghosts" is a new line.
* ]: '']''
* ] with His City Slickers: ''The Blue Danube''
* ] and ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Pineapple Princess''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Stranded in the Jungle''
* ]: '']''
* Annette Funicello: ''Tall Paul''
* ]: '']''
* Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: '']''
* Spike Jones with His City Slickers: ''Holiday for Strings''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Lazy River'' (PAL VHS and Japanese Laserdisc Only)


=== Pop & Rock === == References ==
{{Reflist}}
==== Available Formats ====
* VHS (Walt Disney Home Video 705 VS) {{Former Disney Channel original series}}
* Betamax
* Laserdisc (Walt Disney Home Video 705 AS)
* Japanese Laserdisc


==== Songs ====
Contains the following songs (complete list)
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Dizzy''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* Stevie Wonder: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''The Purple People Eater'' (Not in Monster Hits)
* ]: ''Dreamin'''
* Little Richard: '']''
* ]: ''Surf City''
* Elvis Presley: ''Hound Dog''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''You Can't Sit Down''
* ]: '']''

=== Rock, Rhythm & Blues ===
==== Available Formats ====
* VHS (Walt Disney Home Video 706 VS)
* Betamax
* Laserdisc (Walt Disney Home Video 706 AS)
* Japanese Laserdisc

==== Songs ====
Contains the following songs (complete list)
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Two Left Feet''
* ]: '']''
* ]: ''Friendship Train''
* ]: ''It Keeps You Runnin'''
* ]: '']''
* ] and ]: '']''
* ]: ''Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)''
* Jimmy Cliff: ''You Can Get It If You Really Want''
* Gladys Knight & the Pips: '']''
* Hall & Oates: ''Private Eyes''
* ]: ''Belly of the Whale''
* ]: ''Flip, Flop & Fly'' (PAL VHS and Japanese Laserdisc Only)
* ]: '']'' (PAL VHS and Japanese Laserdisc Only)

=== Love Songs ===
==== Available Formats ====
* VHS
*

==== Songs ====
Contains the following songs (complete list)
* Juice Newton: '']''
* ]: ''Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)''
* Elvis Presley: ''I'm All Shook Up''
* The Marvellettes: ''Don't Mess with Bill''
* Stevie Wonder: ''My Cherie Amour''
* ]: ''Duke of Earl''
* The Drifters: ''Some Kind of Wonderful''
* Mary Wells: ''Two Lovers''
* The Marvellettes: ''Too Many Fish in the Sea''
* Dee Clark: ''Raindrops''
* The Temptations: ''Ain't Too Proud to Beg''
* Otis Redding: ''Try a Little Tenderness''
* Yes: '']''
* Sister Sledge: '']''

=== Groovin' for a 60's Afternoon ===
==== Available Formats ====
* VHS
*

==== Songs ====
Contains the following songs (complete list)
* ]: '']'''
* Joey Dee: ''Peppermint Twist''
* ]: ''Catch a Wave''
* The Shirelles: ''Mama Said''
* The Mamas & the Papas: ''Go Where You Wanna Go''
* ]: ''Mustang Sally''
* The Beach Boys: ''I Get Around''
* ]: ''Castles in the Sand''
* The Mamas & the Papas: ''I Saw Her Again Last Night''
* Aretha Franklin: ''Think''
* The Supremes: ''Nothing But Heartaches''
* The Beach Boys: ''Be True to Your School''
* Wilson Pickett: '']''
* The Mamas & the Papas: ''Dedicated to the One I Love''
* Marvin Gaye & ]: '']''
* Stevie Wonder: ''Hey, Harmonica Man''
* The Beach Boys: ''California Girls''

=== Pop & Rock PAL VHS and Japanese laserdisc ===
Several of the aforementioned songs were released on PAL VHS in Europe and Australia and on laserdisc in Japan.
* Martha and the Vandellas: ''Dancing In the Street''
* Little Richard: ''Tutti Frutti''
* Hall & Oates: ''Kiss on My List''
* The Supremes: ''Stop! In the Name of Love''
* The Doobie Brothers: ''It Keeps You Runnin'''
* Gladys Knight & the Pips: ''Friendship Train''
* The Diamonds: ''Little Darlin'''
* The Beach Boys: ''When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)''
* Barrett Strong: ''Money (That's What I Want)''
* The Supremes: ''Baby Love''
* Johnny Burnette: ''Dreamin'''
* Stevie Wonder: ''Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)''
* The Beach Boys: ''Dance, Dance, Dance''
* The Jackson 5: ''Dancing Machine''
* The Four Tops: ''Reach Out, I'll Be There''
* The Supremes: ''You Keep Me Hangin' On''
* The Dovells: ''You Can't Sit Down''
* Spike Jones featuring The City Slickers: ''The Blue Danube''
* Stevie Wonder: ''Uptight (Everything's Alright)''
* Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: ''Ain't No Mountain High Enough''
* Gladys Knight & te Pips: ''I Heard it Through the Grapevine''
* The Cadets: ''Stranded in the Jungle''
* The Blues Brothers: ''Flip, Flop & Fly''
* The Coasters: ''Charlie Brown''
* Bobby Darin: ''Lazy River''

== Other Songs Produced ==
=== DTV ===
* The American Breed: ''Bend Me, Shape Me''
* ]: ''Rag Mop''
* ]: ''Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)''
* The Andrews Sisters: '']''
* The Andrews Sisters: ''Winter Wonderland''
* The Angels: ''My Boyfriend's Back''
* ]: ''Daydream Believer''
* Anne Murray: ''Hey Baby!''
* Anne Murray: ''Snowbird''
* Aretha Franklin: ''Respect''
* Bachman-Turner Overdrive: ''Taking Care of Business''
* Bay City Rollers: ''I Only Want to Be With You''
* The Beach Boys: ''Good Vibrations''
* The Beach Boys: ''Papa Oom Mow Mow''
* ]: ''Piano Concerto No. 5''
* Beethoven: ''Symphony No. 5''
* ]: '']''
* Big Joe Turner: '']''
* ]: ''Rock Around the Clock''
* Bill Haley & His Comets: ''See You Later, Alligator''
* Billy Preston: ''Nothing from Nothing''
* Billy Preston: ''Will it Go Round in Circles?''
* Bizet: ''Habanera (from 'Carmen')''
* The Blasters: ''I'm Shakin'''
* The Blues Brothers: ''Flip, Flop and Fly''
* ]: '']''
* Bobby Darin: ''Lazy River''
* Bobby Darin: '']''
* Bobby Darin: ''What'd I Say?''
* Bobby Day: ''Rockin' Robin''
* Bobby Freeman: ''Do You Wanna Dance''
* Bobby Helms: ''Jingle Bell Rock''
* Bobby Lewis: ''Tossin' and Turnin'''
* Bobby Vee: ''Devil or Angel''
* The Box Tops: ''The Letter''
* Brahms: ''Hungarian Dance No. 5''
* Brenda Lee: ''Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree''
* The Bus Boys: ''American Worker''
* The Cars: ''Shake It Up''
* The Chords: ''Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)''
* Chris Kenner: ''I Like It Like That, Pt. 1''
* Clarence Carter: ''Too Weak to Fight''
* The Clovers: ''Love Potion #9''
* The Coasters: ''Charlie Brown''
* The Coasters: ''Down in Mexico''
* ]: ''Poison Ivy''
* The Coasters: '']''
* David Bowie: ''Let's Dance''
* DeBarge: ''Rhythm Of The Night''
* Dee Dee Sharp: ''Do the Bird''
* Dee Dee Sharp: ''Mashed Potato Time''
* Dino, Desi & Billy: ''I'm A Fool''
* The Doobie Brothers: ''Listen to the Music''
* ]: ''Just One Look''
* ]: '']''
* The Drifters: ''Saturday Night at the Movies''
* The Drifters: ''Save the Last Dance for Me''
* The Drifters: '']''
* The Drifters: '']''
* Duke Ellington: ''Take the 'A' Train''
* Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions: ''Boogie Wonderland''
* The El Dorados: ''At My Front Door''
* Ella Mae Morse: ''Blacksmith Blues''
* ]: ''Crocodile Rock''
* ]: ''G.I. Blues''
* The Everly Brothers: ''Temptation''
* Faron Young: ''Country Girl''
* ]: '']''
* Fats Domino: ''I'm Walking''
* The Five Americans: ''Western Union''
* The Four Tops: ''Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got)''
* The Four Tops: ''I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)''
* Freddy Cannon: ''Palisades Park''
* Gene Chandler: ''You Threw A Lucky Punch''
* Gene Vincent: '']''
* Glen Campbell: ''Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet in L.A.)''
* Glen Campbell: ''Southern Nights''
* Grand Funk Railroad: ''The Loco-Motion''
* Huey Lewis and The News: ''The Heart of Rock & Roll''
* ]: ''Lonely Teardrops''
* Jackie Wilson: ''(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher''
* James & Bobby Purify: ''I'm Your Puppet''
* James & Bobby Purify: ''Shake a Tail Feather''
* Jerry Lee Lewis: ''Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On''
* Jimmy Hughes: ''Neighbor (Tend to Your Business)''
* Jo Stafford and Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers ''Candy''
* Joanie Sommers: ''Johnny Get Angry''
* Joey Dee: ''Shout''
* Johnny Otis Show: ''Willie and the Hand Jive''
* Juice Newton: ''Angel of the Morning''
* ]: ''Queen Of Hearts''
* Juice Newton: '']''
* Kay Starr: ''Side By Side''
* Kenny Loggins: ''Footloose''
* Kool & the Gang: ''Celebration''
* Korsakov: ''The Flight of the Bumblebee''
* ]: ''Jim Dandy''
* Leapy Lee: ''Little Arrows''
* Leo Sayer: ''Long Tall Glasses''
* Leo Sayer: ''You Make Me Feel Like Dancing''
* Lloyd Price: ''(You've Got) Personality''
* ]: ''High Society''
* Louis Armstrong: ''On the Sunny Side of the Street''
* The Marcels: ''Blue Moon''
* Marvin Gaye: '']''
* Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell: ''If I Could Build My Whole World Around You''
* Maxine Nightingale: ''Right Back to Where We Started From''
* Michael Jackson: ''Beat It''
* ]: ''Automatic Man''
* The Mills Brothers: ''Glow Worm''
* The Miracles: '']''
* The Mouseketeers: ''Pig Out''
* Otis Redding with Carla Thomas: ''Tramp''
* Pablo Cruise: ''What You Gonna Do (When She Says Goodbye)''
* ]: '']''
* Peggy Lee: ''All Right, OK, You Win''
* Rare Earth: ''I Just Want to Celebrate''
* The Rascals: ''Groovin'''
* ]: ''Hit The Road, Jack''
* The Rays: ''Silhouettes''
* The Reflections: ''(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet''
* Ringo Starr: ''Oh My My''
* ]: ''King Of The Road''
* The Ronettes: ''Sleigh Ride''
* Ronny & The Daytonas: ''G.T.O.''
* Roscoe Gordon: ''Just a Little Bit''
* Rose Royce: ''Car Wash''
* The Routers: ''Let's Go''
* Rufus Thomas: ''Walking the Dog''
* Ruth Brown: ''This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'''
* Sandy Nelson: ''Teen Beat''
* Shades of Blue: ''Oh How Happy''
* The Silhouettes: ''Get A Job''
* The Skyliners: ''Pennies From Heaven''
* The Spaniels: ''Automobiles''
* ]: ''While You See a Chance''
* Stevie Wonder: ''A Place in the Sun''
* Stevie Wonder: ''Fingertips, Part 1''
* Stevie Wonder: ''Travelin' Man''
* Strauss: ''Trisch Trasch Polka''
* The Supremes: ''Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart''
* ]: ''1812 Overture''
* Tchaikovsky: ''Piano Concerto No. 1''
* Tchaikovsky: ''Violin Concerto in D''
* The Temptations: ''It's Summer''
* The Temptations: ''My Girl''
* ]: ''It's Not Unusual''
* Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: ''Don't Do Me Like That''
* ]: ''The Music Goes Round and Round''
* ]: ''Happy Together''
* The Turtles: ''You Showed Me''
* The Videos: ''Trickle, Trickle''
* The Vogues: ''Magic Town''

==== Disney songs ====
* From "]": ''The Ballad of Davy Crockett''
* From "]": ''Casey Junior''
* From "]": ''The Best of Friends''
* From "]": ''The Bare Necessities''
* From "]": ''He's A Tramp''
* From "]": ''Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah''
* From "Mickey Mouse Disco": ''It's a Small World''
* From "]": ''Step In Time''
* From "Mousercise": ''I Wanna Be Like You II''
* From "]": ''Mickey Mouse Club March''
* From "]": ''Let's Get Together''
* From "]": ''It's Not Easy''
* From "]": ''You Can Fly, You Can Fly, You Can Fly''
* From "]": ''Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)''
* From "Splashdance": ''Splashdance''
* From "Splashdance": ''Mickey, She's Got A Crush On You''
* From "Splashdance": ''You Can Always Be Number One''
* From "]": ''The Ugly Bug Ball''

== DTV² ==
* Alicia Bridges: ''I Love the Night Life (Disco Round)''
* ]: ''Little Deuce Coupe''
* Bobby Helms: ''My Special Angel''
* Chubby Checker: ''The Twist''
* ]: ''All Through the Night''
* Earth, Wind the Fire: ''Fantasy''
* Elton John: ''The Bitch is Back''
* Ernie Maresca: ''Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out''
* ]: ''Sea Cruise''
* Freddy Cannon: ''Action''
* ]: ''Am I Blue?''
* Huey Lewis and the News: ''It's Hip to Be a Square''
* Jan and Dean: ''Heart and Soul''
* ]: ''Escapade''
* Johnny Rivers: '']''
* The Jordanaires: ''Pinocchio's Boogie''
* Kool & the Gang: ''Let's Go Dancin' (Ohh, La, La, La)''
* Len Barry: ''1-2-3''
* ]: ''Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens''
* Mary Wells: ''My Guy''
* ]: ''Billie Jean''
* The Monkees: ''I'm a Believer''
* Ritchie Valens: ''Come On, Let's Go''
* The Supremes: ''I Hear a Symphony''
* Wilson Pickett: ''Land of 100 Dances''

== Re-Micks ==
* ]: '' ]''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ] with ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ] & ]: '']''
* ] featuring ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ] & Spearhead featuring ]: '']''
* ]: '']''
* ]: '']''

==See also==

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==References==

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Music video block on The Disney Channel
D-TV
No. of episodes240
Original release
NetworkThe Disney Channel
ReleaseMay 5, 1984 (1984-05-05) –
1989 (1989)

D-TV is a music video television series produced by Charles Braverman and edited by Ted Herrmann. Premiering on May 5, 1984 on the Disney Channel, the series combined both classic and contemporary popular music with various footage of vintage animated shorts and feature films from The Walt Disney Company, created out of the trend of music videos on cable channel MTV, which inspired the name of this series.

Content

Most songs used in the series were contemporary hits (e.g., "Kiss on My List" and "Private Eyes" by Hall & Oates), though older songs like Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater" were also featured. These music videos were shown as filler material on the Disney Channel (which refrained from airing commercials at the time), as well as being the focus of several television specials. Home video collections were also released on VHS, Beta, CED Videodisc, and Laserdisc formats. After the first run of D-TV, in 1989, a second series was produced known as DTV².

Theme music

The main title music, known as "RPM", was created in 1981 by a recording company called Network Music. When the segments were shown individually on television, the title music used was from "Sunset Boulevard", also by Network Music. In the show's opening, a cheese-like Moon zooms out to reveal a black background with blue musical notes. A silhouette of Mickey Mouse's head rises from the Moon, and it exits below the screen. The letter D (in the corporate Disney font) and the letters TV appear and zoom out to attach to the head. Finally, after a few seconds, the screen zooms into the silhouette of the head, which reveals several vintage Disney cartoon clips.

Home media

Many songs listed above were released on VHS, in five separate volumes. The first three volumes, entitled "Pop & Rock", "Rock, Rhythm & Blues", and "Golden Oldies", were released in late 1984, as part of Walt Disney Home Video's "Wrapped and Ready to Give" holiday promotion. In the Summer of 1985, two more volumes, "Love Songs" and "Groovin' For a '60s Afternoon", were released.

Television specials

Disney aired three DTV television specials on NBC in 1986 and 1987: DTV Valentine (Feb 14, 1986, re-titled DTV Romancin' in later airings), DTV Doggone Valentine (Feb 13, 1987), and DTV Monster Hits (Oct 30, 1987).

DTV Valentine

DTV Valentine focused on love and romance music.

Songs

Voice characterizations

DTV Doggone Valentine

DTV Doggone Valentine focused on love songs with a tribute to Disney's dog and cat characters.

Songs

Voice characterizations

DTV Monster Hits

DTV Monster Hits was focused on Halloween-themed music and footage. It was also referred to as Disney's DTV Monster Hits by the show's narrator, Gary Owens. By this time, Hans Conried had died and the Magic Mirror, now credited at the end of the show as Man in the Magic Mirror, was played by Jeffrey Jones.

Songs

Voice characterizations

Notes

  • June Foray returned as the voice of Witch Hazel to dub new lines. These can be seen when she introduces Michael Jackson and during the segment where she is reading a book about scary stories, which is a segment lifted directly from a Disneyland episode, The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte.
  • New lines for Donald Duck were dubbed during the Ghostbusters theme, where he says he's "not afraid of ghosts" is a new line.

References

  1. Evening Magazine: July 4 and 5, 1984: WJZ-TV (Television Station: Baltimore, Md.) on Internet Archive
  2. DTV (television) - D23
  3. "DTV – Disney's answer to Music Television". Inside the Magic. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 254. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. RPM - Network Music Ensemble - Topic on YouTube
  6. Sunset Boulevard - Network Music Ensemble - Topic on YouTube
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