I am old enough to have watched the original The Mickey Mouse Club as a little kid on weekday afternoons – in rerun – in the early 1960s. And like all of us brain-washed mouseketeers (and I say that with love), I can never get the opening theme song – The Mickey Mouse Club March – out of my head.

Written by lead mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd and first broadcast on October 3rd 1955. Considering it was conceived for a very specific purpose – to open a TV Show – I was surprised to find that the song was covered by so many artists, over so many years. Sure, I would assume that many TV Theme compilations would “re-do” it for cheap bargain bin albums… but I was actually delighted how much I like these covers that were somewhat serious – and rather cool.

Below is the original and my favorites remakes by others. A more complete listing of Mickey Mouse Club cover recordings can be found here.

The Original – 1955

Pony Poindexter – 1962

The Super Duper Record of Super Heroes – 1966

Julie London – February 1967

A Reprise of the Original – The Album Cut.