<P> "When You Wish Upon a Star", along with Mickey Mouse, has become an icon of The Walt Disney Company . In the 1950s and 1960s, Walt Disney used the song in the opening sequences of all the editions of the Walt Disney anthology television series . It has also been used to accompany the Walt Disney Pictures opening logos--including the present - day logo--since the 1980s . The ships of the Disney Cruise Line use the first seven notes of the song's melody as their horn signals . Additionally, many productions at Disney theme parks--particularly fireworks shows and parades--employ the song . </P> <P> The piece has become a jazz standard . It has been performed by artists including Louis Armstrong, June Christy, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Glenn Miller, Shakatak, Harry James, Joe Pass, the Keith Jarrett Trio, the Manhattan Transfer, Sun Ra, Jason Becker, Leon Redbone, Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Porter, Bill Evans and Shirley Bassey . </P> <P> The owner of the rights to the song, Bourne Co . Music Publishers, sued Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company, Fuzzy Door Productions, Cartoon Network, Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane to try to stop distribution of a 2003 Family Guy episode entitled "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" that parodies the song in a version called "I Need a Jew". A federal judge ruled against Bourne Co, stating that a parody of the song did not infringe on the company's copyright . </P>

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