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Listen to Samuel E. Wright, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Samuel E. Wright

Disney

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Listen to Under the Sea by Samuel E. Wright, see lyrics, music video & more!
Under the SeaSamuel E. Wright
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Kiss the GirlSamuel E. Wright
Listen to Under the Sea (Remastered 2014) by Samuel E. Wright, see lyrics, music video & more!
Under the Sea (Remastered 2014)Samuel E. Wright
Listen to Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) by Samuel E. Wright, see lyrics, music video & more!
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)Samuel E. Wright
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Limbo RockSamuel E. Wright
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Three Little BirdsSamuel E. Wright
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AriseSamuel E. Wright
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Music SweetSamuel E. Wright
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Hot, Hot, HotSamuel E. Wright
Listen to Down to the Sea by Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rob Paulsen, Clancy Brown & Kay E. Kuter, see lyrics, music video & more!
Down to the SeaJodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rob Paulsen, Clancy Brown & Kay E. Kuter

More albums from Samuel E. Wright

Listen to The Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Special Edition] by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright & Pat Carroll
ALBUMThe Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Special Edition]Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright & Pat Carroll

About Samuel E. Wright

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Hometown
Camden, SC, United States
Born
November 20, 1946
Genre
Disney
American stage and film actor Samuel E. Wright is best known for voicing Sebastian the Crab in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. ∙ Wright got his first big break in 1972, when he took over for Ben Vereen as the lead in the Broadway production of Pippin. ∙ In 1973, he recorded a soul single, “There’s Something Funny Going On,” for Paramount Records. ∙ Playing jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, he made his film debut in 1988’s Bird. ∙ “Under the Sea,” one of several songs he performed in The Little Mermaid, won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. ∙ The 1990 album Disney’s Sebastian from the Little Mermaid featured various reggae and calypso songs sung by Wright in the Sebastian voice. ∙ He starred as Mufasa in the original 1997 Broadway production of The Lion King.

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