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Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928) are Academy Award-winning American songwriters, who specialize in musical film.
From the 1960s the brothers worked primarily with the Walt Disney company on films and television specials. The Parent Trap was their first assignment for Disney. They also topped the US charts in 1961 with "Let's Get it Together". Another big hit for the pairing was the 1964 New York World's Fair song "It's a Small World". The song "You're Sixteen" twice made it to the No 1 spot in the USA.
The Sherman brothers stopped working exclusively for Disney after Walt's death in 1967, and began to produce independent scores.